Is Anybody Out There?

I am 99.99% sure that no one is aware of this blog let alone reads it since I've never really told anyone about it, but I just thought I'd ask...is anyone out there? Leave a comment if you are.

Top 10 Reasons Why I Would Never Make a Good Contestant on the Bachelor

10. I don't scream when a guy walks into the room.
9. I would never kiss a guy when he was kissing other girls.
8. I can't rock a bikini and would never wear one even if I could.
7. I refuse to go on group dates where there are more girls than guys.
6. I prefer to be pursued rather than be the pursuer.
5. I refuse to pretend like I'm in love with a man I've never met or hardly know.
4. I don't wear a size 000.
3. I'm don't spend hours on my hair and makeup.
2. I don't think you can find love when you limit yourself to the man the producers chose for you.
1. I'm married to the love of my life!!

"Being Erica"

I do a lot of data entry at work which means I listen to either music or TV on hulu.com. Recently, I started listening to a show called "Being Erica." It's on soap net, so I'm sure it's not the cleanest show in the world to watch, but I really like listening to it. The basic premise of the show is that the main character, Erica, meets a psychiatrist who gives her the chance to go back and try to fix her regrets. She usually ends up learning some valuable lesson about herself or her relationships with others, but the part that got me interested was that the premise of would you change your past mistakes if you were given the option? I have made my fair share of mistakes and I regret some of the decisions that I've made. That being said, I feel like we are a sum of our past decisions and if we were to change any one of them, we wouldn't be where we are today. While I'm not exactly thrilled to be doing glorified data entry day in and day out, I am happy with my life overall and am working hard to improve it. If given the chance, I don't think I would go back and change a thing. After all, there's no telling if changing something I regretted would have prevented me meeting and marrying Spencer or being in the place I am today. Would you change anything?

Y(MCA) Not?

So my last post detailed my plan to follow Denise Austin's new bootcamp workout DVD. I managed to eak out a few workouts while on vacation, but didn't really stick to it when I got back. Spencer and I had been debating joining a gym to play racquetball, and when the YMCA annoucned they would waive the activation fee ($65!!) we went for it. So far, we've played twice, but we've set up 3 more court times. In addition to that, I'm planning on alternating the days I don't go to the Y with that bootcamp DVD so it wasn't a total money waster.

Here's to a healthy new year!

Getting in Shape

I just tried Denise Austin's new 3 week boot camp workout tonight and let me tell you, it was killer. Now, I haven't really been keeping up with my workouts like I should this past month due to illness/exhaustion/laziness, but still! It's a tough 20 minutes of alternating cardio and weight lifting and actually comes broken down into 2 workouts that are kettle bell inspired and can be combined to create one super-tough 40 minute "boot camp" workout. The idea is to do the easier 20 minutes 4x the first week, the harder 20 minutes 4x the second week, and then the whole thing 4x the third week. In light of the upcoming new year and the inevitable resolution to lose weight and tone up, I decided to start this year's resolution early. I had previously tried it on Saturday while very hungry and very tired and was not able to do it. In light of that, I am counting today as the first day of this workout adventure. So, for the record...I need to do it 3 more times this week! I'll be posting little notes here to let you know how it goes.

Back to Business

I've done a lot of soul searching in the last 24 hours and I'm sure there will plenty more in days to come, but I've decided (with Spencer's support) that BeautiConrol is more worthy of being a top priority than I've made it. I really want it to be a viable option for when we finally have children. Though I swore I'd never want to have children (I also swore I would never get married), I really can't imagine leaving them every day and going to work. I have grown to love the idea of being a stay at home mom and taking care of our house and family while Spencer does most of the bread winning. However, I also want to contribute to the income so that we can be better equipped to take care of our family. Plus, I really love spa-ing and pampering other women. The bottom line: I really enjoy the business (even though I'm insanely unorganized right now) and I want the option to quit my job and stay home when our yet-to-be-conceived child comes into existence. Until then, I will continue to work, finish up my master's degree, run the house, and work BeautiControl part time. The bright side is that I should be done with my masters by the end of July! Wohoo!

No Picture=No Fun

One of the reasons I started this side-blog (and didn't feel the need to tell anyone about it) is because I wanted to flex my creative writing muscles a little bit. I used to be a prolific reader and writer and college (and then work while doing graduate school, being a wife, and running a home business) killed it for me. So, I thought I could keep up with my writing skills if I at least took the time to occasionally jot down some notes on our medical student life or whatever. However, I have noticed that some people don't want to read anything someone writes and would rather complain about the boring lack of photos. I am not a picture taker and can't remember the last time I pulled out the camera to snap a few, let alone actually downloaded any. Despite this, I feel compelled to post a picture since this blog has become a veritable fortress of text. So, for your viewing pleasure:
you get nothing! That's right folk! The network is down so no photo! Better luck next time. :)