Super Me!

Hey there,

Sounds like you had a good weekend. What was the big score at L&T? I'm glad to hear you're going on the girl's trip - you'll have a great time I'm sure.

Ahhh...today is a good day, so far! It's only 9:25, and already I have: gone to the gym, showered and dried my hair, put in a load of laundry, cleaned up the kitchen, figured out what's for dinner and made a grocery list. And, I'm having an excellent hair day. Maybe that doesn't sound all that impressive, but for me, it's pretty huge. Usually, around about this time, I'm still in my pj's, third cup of coffee or so, listening/watching to The Today Show, dinking around on the computer, and revising my To Do list.

Don't know what happened this morning, but I'm jazzed about it. This weekend was a good one, but a bit on the silently stressful side. My child support ran out this month and is now reversed; all of a sudden, I have less than zero income. The job hunt went from I should kinda get on this to oh shit, I really better get a job. Poor J, I think he's even more stressed out than I am; somehow we just aren't making ends meet as well as we have been and he hates his job. I mean, it's not like we're about to lose our house or anything, (like the people down the street just did) or we're missing mortgage payments (like a lot of people I know); it's not that bad. Really, comparatively, I'm probably making a much bigger deal out of it than I need to. (Who, me?)

Nonetheless... I hate not having money in the bank for things as simple as a Starbucks or a new sports bra, so here I am. J and T finished the steps on the deck this weekend while I worked on my resume and stuff. Saturday night, I made a big pot of spaghetti for everyone (that turned out awesome) and we had a really nice time visiting and enjoying one of our last nice weather evenings. JJ and his buddies went to Teen Late Night at the school - their first one. We dropped them off at the door and I refrained from yelling "Make good choices! I love you!" out the window. There were already a herd of kids waiting at the door, all the girls in their best dress-up outfits. Wow! K, S and I had a great time critiquing those. S and I, of course, are used to seeing it, but K's a little out of the kid loop and just sat there, staring in disbelief at the outrageous fashion combos that were on display. The boys, at best, had taken showers. Clean shirts. Maybe some cologne (not JJ - I have such an aversion since my last marriage). Too funny.

Yesterday, JJ and I went shoe shopping for his athletic stuff - got three pairs of sports shoes to get him through all the seasons and felt like I scored. Famous Footwear was having a sale, which normally means that everything hideous that no one would ever wear is on sale, but all the sneakers were half off. Yahoo!! I spent the rest of the day on the computer. :-(

Today I have this short list of errands, then I'm going to focus on a couple of applications I started last night. I hope to be able to get some writing done too (I'm a little behind...) but I'm trying to prioritize appropriately. Thursday, after my big surgery, I will treat myself to veg time at the keyboard for sure. (Did I tell you I'm having a root canal? I know, not a huge deal, unless you're me, and you're terrified of dental work. I totally opted for the IV sedative, even though it cost extra. Priorities.)

So off I go, Motivated Me, to continue my great day. Hope you're having the same kind of morning and looking forward to ending it with Dr. B et al. Have a great time!

Love you,

A