It seriously feels like Wednesday or Thursday when in reality…ONLY Tuesday.

I guess that’s what happens when you get so much time off at Christmas. And now it is SO dead at work that it takes ALL my effort during the day to keep my eyes open! Oh well, at least everybody is a little bit slack right now, so I don’t feel so bad to be blogging right now!

Last night I was so lazy!!! It was ridiculous!! I sat with Danny and watched the Juniors game (Go Canada!) and I read a bit for my course…then I REALLY tried to talk myself into working out…that was at 7:20…I didn’t haul my butt downstairs to work out until 9!! how bad is that? It took everything in me to get my butt downstairs, but I think the important point is that I DID it and didn’t talk myself out of it!

So I went to the basement and did a lazy 20 minutes on the Elliptical (while watching old episodes of the OC) and then Danny came downstairs and wanted to do cardio so I moved over to the 30 day Shred Video and it kicked my butt! What a fantastic video!! I can see where I need improvement and that is only on Level 1!! So I at least know that I will get some good use out of the video!

I then made my way upstairs to take a bath (which I want to steal from Tash’s bedtime routine!). Danny flicked the jets on as he was walking past so it ended up being quite relaxing in the end! I also made sure to remove my makeup and all that jazz before bed…in the end, though I didn’t do much, it was a productive evening and I stuck to my resolutions!

I am working on applying for a couple of jobs today. I don’t love interviewing, but right now I am feeling confident and full of positive energy. I am hoping that if I get any bites that I am well received! I refuse to be negative about this whole process any longer. Just think of how wonderful if I can get something lined up for after my trip to Mexico? I could enjoy my vacation and toast the future!!

We made our trek to Edmonton early Tuesday morning (after a quick breakfast at Tim Hortons) and the roads were ABSOLUTELY awful!! I mean TERRIBLE!! We had very little visibility for the first 2 hours and lots of drifting snow…I was really starting to wonder if it was worth it!! But, by the time we hit the halfway mark (it’s a 5 hour drive). The sky cleared up and so did the roads…we didn’t hit any ice and there wasn’t much traffic for the rest of the way…whew…I still got cut off at one point, hit my brakes and fishtailed…really not what you WANT to do going 100 km/hr!

Anyway, we hit Edmonton and stopped at Best Buy as per Danny’s request. MUCH to our surprises, Boxing Day sales have now become Boxing Week sales! We geeked it up at Best Buy and got some pretty good deals! Including a mini Camcorder that I have been wanting for a while. I wanted to add a little something new to my blog, so I wanted to video record my vacation in Mexico at the end of the month. Now I can do so, conspicuously! Anyway, we also hit the Tommy outlet for some great 50% off deals!

We made it to our hotel which is in the middle of downtown Edmonton and checked in. We got a great rate AND the hotel is IN a mall, seriously, what more could you ask for?? But it was getting late, so we just went to our room and got ready for dinner. We made our way up to the pub upstairs for some pre-game food! I had a pint of bud light (with clamato in it, yes, I am gross) and for supper I had a blue cheese and bacon burger with sweet potato fries (yeah, I was not a good girl). I was getting a good buzz (I am also a light weight when it comes to drinking) when I spied one of my coworkers! What are the chances!! He was staying at the same hotel as us, eating at the same pub and neither of us knew the other would be going! Unfortunately, he and his wife walked in as we were leaving, so we couldn’t chat long as we had a game to get to!

We walked through the mall to the LRT (train) station to get the Arena…we spent MAYBE 3 minutes outside altogether, so really, this was THE way to travel! We got our seats and some more pre-game beer and waited for the game! We also got to sit in 30 minutes of blackout AFTER they introduced the teams and sang the anthem…crazy people couldn’t get the lights back on! Whatever, the downside was when the game started up again, it took the fans a while to warm up!! EXCEPT for a girl in our section…quick little bit on her…she came in with a long sleeve shirt on, a jersey “dress” (she was a sens fan…and I thought we were a classy breed!) and some pants. She walked away to get some snacks and came back sans pants…um nice…she had leg warmers on and her “dress” hit JUST below her bum (for the record, I was wearing thick jeans, knee socks, faux uggs, 2 shirts, a senators jacket, and the Oilers jersey danny bought me and made me wear over top of my senators jacket so I wouldn’t get berated – and I was FRIGGIN FREEZING!!!). Anyhoo, the whole 1st period she yelled “go sens” every two seconds, while she – consumed 3 beer, ate 2 individual pizzas, a huge bucket of popcorn, reapplied her makeup twice and talked on the phone (while still screaming) – yes, I am a people watcher. Anyway, when we came back after the 1st intermission (me armed with a soft pretzel and a diet coke, YUM!) and settled in to watch the 2nd period. “Sens girl” had not returned. When the clock was at about 14 minutes left, she returned (so a lot longer than 6 minutes!). Anyway, as she got more and more drunk, she then removed her long sleeve shirt from under her “dress”…this was where it got worse…she jumped up to cheer at one point and ALL of us realized she wasn’t wearing underwear…that made her popular with the married man sitting beside her!! Anyway, it made me think about how little self respect one has to have for themselves to be such an attention seeker, this girl didn’t do ANYTHING without looking around to see what people were saying/reacting to around her…anyway, she missed about half the game because she disappeared for a while after the 2nd intermission as well…I don’t think she was there to support her team as much as she was to attract attention (she messed up a few of the players names and didn’t seem to know much about hockey)…anyhoo, I am a firm believer – if you are willing to show your cooch for your team, you had better be there to support them!!

Anyway, moving on! (Short form!)

Next day we hung out with our friends from Fort Mac that also went to Edmonton! We went out for lunch with them to Milestones (4 cheese burger, more sweet potato fries) and did a little running around. Then we had some New Years plans with our friends to go to Red Robin for dinner (more burgers, fries…this time a milkshake!!) and we went to our other friends house to play a little Wii before the countdown (aren’t we wild??). We walked back to the hotel at around 1:30 am when we were told that we couldn’t get a cab for AT LEAST 1.5 hours!! EW! We also decided to stay ONE MORE night because the roads weren’t great (so we heard).

So we got up early New Years Day searching for something to do! Luckily the Bay was open in our mall and I hit a few more sales! Then our friends texted us to say that West Edmonton Mall was open! Sweet!!! We hit that up as well!!! I went to Lululemon and got a pink hoodie and we mosied around for a while!

We went to Mongolie Grill for dinner (YUMMY!) and went our separate ways. Danny and I went back to the hotel to watch “Hancock” (not bad!)…

Yesterday morning we got up early and had to return something, then we made our way home!!! 

We had a GREAT trip (spent a bit too much) but it was a nice time away! I couldn’t believe all the amazing sales we hit!

Over our trip though we decided quite a few things that need changing in our lives. And since I am all about planning, I came up with my resolutions…

I will post them later with an action plan – right now I am off to the grocery store and then to the gym!!

This week has just not been good…I have had a lot of fun, and a lot of good times, but really I have had ZERO time for me…and even though Danny is WITH ME at all these events/occasions, we have had ZERO time together! No fun. At least I can look forward to our mini trip away tomorrow though, we are going to Edmonton for one of Danny’s Christmas presents – an Edmonton Oilers vs. Ottawa Senators Hockey Game!! YAY!!! I love me some live Hockey and have been a somewhat follower of the Oilers for years, however, both Danny’s and my loyalties lie with the Senators and we have never seen them play! I can’t wait!! (Yes, so this is really only Danny’s christmas present right???)

So this week is really nothing even close to resembling normal…Danny is at work today, and I have agreed to go in for the middle of the day…I really have no desire to sit at home while Danny goes off to work, so it just seems better that way! I am working on taking down the tree as soon as I finish this post…otherwise I am certain the kitten will have destroyed it by the time we get home!

I am working on my New Years Resolutions but I think I will wait until New Years Day to post them. That doesn’t mean that I will wait until then to follow them…I just need to fine tune them a bit…I want to see a lot of changes this year for both Danny and I, and I want to make sure that I can stick to them. I have also set a few timelines for some things.

It is definitely looking like a new job is in the works…now I just have to find out where…I am glad that I forgot about that over the holidays because it was causing a little stress before then…this isn’t something I should do…it is now something I have to do…I can’t go into full details on here, but there will be a LITTLE bit of explaining around the middle of January, but because of personal reasons, and confidentiality, I am sure you guys understand.

I will keep this short because I am off to take down the tree and then get ready for work…I will be packing tonight for our mini-getaway in the morning!!