It was weird, I went searching through my old blog to find a picture of something and I just ended up reading a few posts from 2 summers ago…wow! I am shocked at how much I have changed since then! I have a new-found cynicism and the negativity that floats around me now…and I 100% think that is being dragged into all aspects of my life.

So I could sit around and bitch and complain like the new me wants to, or I could enjoy the things that are coming…or hell, happening around me RIGHT NOW.

Generally I am a pretty happy person, I have a lot of good things in my life, I just don’t think I stop to smell the proverbial roses. I think a GREAT part of my unhappiness stems from my current work situation, but wait a minute, that’s changing, so why dwell right? This is one time when I will let myself look ahead instead of enjoying the NOW.

I still feel a bit scattered since I got home from my trip but all the hectic stuff is starting to calm down and I am so looking forward to next week! I am finished here on Wednesday, then I have Thursday and Friday off (WOOT!) where I don’t really have much planned – a couple of trips to the gym, working on my course a little, a waxing appointment, and a lunch, which might sound like a lot, but it really isn’t!! Then it is a long weekend!! So I get the husband for 3 whole days (I miss him after spending all last week together day in and day out) AAAAAANNNNNNDDDDD it’s VALENTINE’S DAY!!!  I seriously love Valentine’s Day!! (Yes, I am a sick individual!). This years plan is Heart Shaped Pizza at BPs (this is our tradition, this will be our 9th V Day together!) and then we are going to see “Confessions of a Shopaholic”. I invited our good friends along because, well, because a) they are great friends and b) they are so in love and it’s infectious!! Valentine’s is a time to be all cuddly and smoochy and I don’t think either of us mind if the other couple is being lovey dovey, so I think it will be a good night!!

Also, the past couple of days I have been trying something new. A few weeks ago Carolyn mentioned that she put on her MP3 player and danced her heart out…I love that kind of thing, but just haven’t done it in forever! So when I got home on Monday I plugged my iPod into the dock and shook my booty while I made dinner! I did the same last night while I prepared a salad for a dinner at our friends place…and honestly, I just felt loose and relaxed afterwards!! got rid of all my stresses from the day!!!

I need to try incorporating Yoga into my day more often (EVERYBODY is into Yoga these days aren’t they?) and I have this really cool iPod app where you can choose your program and it shows the poses on the screen!! *squeal* SO cool!

I also am going to take a little extra time to figure out my meal plans!! I find that I have just let them fall by the wayside and eat whatever whenever…that doesn’t really work that way right?

****And how could I forget to mention!!! It’s my husbands birthday today!!! So Happy Birthday Darling! (I am going to bake him a cake and cook him spaghetti when I go home…I am a fabulous wife ;p)