Ugh, stress!

Ok, so I know its been awhile. I'm surprised I haven't been yelled at yet. So...let me catch up. First off, we had Christmas #1 on New Year's Eve. We had dinner at the house with Mat and Melanie, then watched the Clemson game. Of course, it dragged on and on, and all I wanted to do was open presents. I was worried it was going to go into the new year. But, it didn't and we opened presents and I was extremely happy. I didn't really ask for anything this year, but yet I ended up with pretty much everything I wanted. Weird. I got the usual stocking stuff, some cd's (so far I have only listened to Blake Lewis, and I like it a lot). I got a Nintendo DS, with PicCross and Brain Age to play on it. Mat has this system (of course) and I wouldn't let him play it much while we were in DisneyWorld. PicCross is a very addicting game, and I was really hoping I would get it for Xmas. I have pretty much played it nonstop since. I also got the newest CSI computer game, the first season of Grey's on DVD, more ram for my computer (yay!!) and several puzzles. One of the puzzles in the Sistine Chapel and it 3000 pieces. The most I have ever done is 2000 and it took me awhile. I'm excited to start it, but I don't have much time right now.

Then we went to Ohio for Christmas #2. I got another cd and another game for my DS. It was really fun watching Ty open presents. He would open one and be really excited about it, then throw it to the side and open the next one. Then when he was done with his presents, he started opening Danny, Sara and Katie's presents. Some presents got opened without the person actually watching. He was most excited about his Overdrive (its a Power Rangers thing) and his Train Set with a remote control like Grandpa's. We had to put that together right away. Poor grandpa didn't open his present for awhile later, due to construction of the train set. We also had to watch Sharkboy and Lavagirl several times - its got to be the weirdest movie ever for children. Its just weird, thats all I can say.


Katie is most definitely the cutest baby ever (and I know I said that about Ty, but I mean it this time). She is so happy and laughs and smiles a lot. We had fun playing peekaboo with her. I really just wanted to take her home with me. Sara had it right when she said she's addictive - you just want to hold her all the time.

However, we had to come home, without Katie :(. And, I started class yesterday. I have an Intro to Business class at the center, which is as interesting as it sounds. But, I did a really good job of taking notes and paying attention. I sat in the front, so I wouldn't be tempted to not pay attention. I think that will have to be my seat for the year. Unfortunately, there are two papers for this class and one is a group project. That I am not looking forward to, but oh well, what can you do? I also have an online class in Project Management that feels like I have to be doing something constantly. I have to post threads for discussions for both topics 3 different days during the week. Meaning, I have to go on at least every other day and read all the posts (which all say the same basic thing - I mean there's only so many different things that 20-30 people can come up with) then post something unique myself. And, the 6 posts per week is just the minimum, she really wants more. Also on top of that, I have a lab and assignment to do. The good thing about this class is there really isn't a major project due, and only one test at the end of the 8 weeks. My business class has a midterm and final, then 2 papers, and I think 2 quizzes a week, with discussion online and in class. Ugh...I'm definitely worried about getting it all done. I don't want to get behind, so I just keep checking it all the time. I'm surprised I haven't had one of those dreams yet, where you realize you were supposed to be in class all semester and you didn't go to any classes, and now you're there for the final and have no idea what to do!! Ugh...stress...I can feel it in my shoulders already.

On the weight front, I maintained this week - which I am actually really happy about. I had Christmas, New Year's Eve and out of town Christmas all in the same week. I didn't eat bad, but I wasn't as strict as I could've been. So, I'm ok with maintaining, I just have to get back on the stick.

Ahhhh...

So, I just got back from my hot stone massage, and thats about all I can say...ahhh. It was great. I have had a full body massage before, but had always wanted to try the hot stone massage. So, my mom got me a gift certificate for one back in March. I kinda kept putting it off til I lost some weight, a little embarassing to have to be naked under a towel when you're at you're highest weight ever. But, it had really already expired and I thought I would be nice and use it in the same year it was bought. Anyways, it feels like I just had an hour and a half of total relaxation. It felt like I even stopped thinking, which for me, is amazing. She massaged with her hands, then the stones, then hands again. At first, the stones were really hot, but then it was just heavenly. It was like the heat and the stone just melted my muscles...ahhh. She massaged my feet as well, but due to the still banged up toe, I told her it was best to leave that foot alone. She did this one thing with the foot, and it was like after that, my foot didn't care anymore. It felt so good. I think my right foot was a little jealous that it didn't get the same treatment. I have decided that I am going to have some sort of massage as a reward for the next weight loss goal I set.

And on to weight, WI was today and.....I lost 2.2!! So, I'm not completely to the 10 lb goal but I'm close enough. I am at 9.8! So, I feel really proud of myself, I met the first goal. So, now on to the next goal. I guess that will be the 10% goal, which is another 14 lbs. I don't know yet if I am going to put a deadline on it, we'll see.

Tonight is Christmas for us, so I'm ultra super excited. I think my mind knows it has been over a year since I had Christmas, so I'm ready yesterday to open my presents. It's also my dad's birthday and Clemson's bowl game, so it should be fun. I'm excited!

Little Victory

So, I have had a very limited wardrobe in the last couple months, especially pants-wise. Now thats its cold, I basically had one pair of jeans that I wore out and 2 dress pants that I would wear to work. Well, tonight I was going to the movies with Melanie and my jeans were still wet and in the dryer...so I had to think of something else. So, I figured I could give some of my other pairs of jeans a shot. The ones I had been wearing were a size 22, and I found one that was a 20. I hadn't been able to button them in quite some time. I put them on, and my first thought was...they're still tight. But, they buttoned and zipped! I wore a looser shirt with them and they're really not that tight. Still a little snug...but better than they used to be!! So, yay a little victory for me. I weigh in tomorrow and find out if I meet my goal of 10 lbs in Dec. I'm currently at 7.6, so it would have to be 2.4 loss, but I won't be upset if I don't get it. I figure as long as I don't gain weight this week, I'll still be proud of myself. I lost 7.6 in three weeks and that is really great.
Movie update - we went to see PS I love you. It was really really good, but if you go to see it, take tissues, trust me. I left looking HORRIBLE! I cried through most of the movie and I definitely looked it. But, it was really good, and I think its one I want to have on DVD when it comes out!

Bam!

So, I was definitely not good yesterday. We went and had dinner with some of my parents friends. I probably did better than I could have, but not that good. I definitely used all my 35 points. I tried to guess and add it up, but its almost pointless. I had some cheese and crackers, and carrots (I tried to be good). I didn't too bad at dinner, turkey, potatoes, stuffing, green beans, and salad. I had a little bit of each and then a little bit more potatoes and turkey. I probably should have gone without the seconds...but it was really good, and I didn't get that much the first time. Then, probably the worst thing I had was bread pudding. Although I probably only had half a cup maybe a little more...we found that a cup of bread pudding is 13 points...not good. And I had 2 very small pieces of bread with frosting that my mom made. I had several glasses of wine and a glass of creme de menthe, which was probably bad as well. One of the weighers at the last meeting said that she calls her 35 points her bam points. She uses them all in one day at the beginning of the week and "bams" her system into gear. She said it works for her, so we will see. Mom and I decided we definitely bammed our points all at one time.
I saw some good movies this week, kinda went on a renting spree. I didn't have anything to do, and I everything I tried bored me, so I figured I would watch some movies and then maybe it would at least feel like something happened. Here's what I watched:
Pirates, At World's End - very good (anyone else see another possible sequel there?)
Harry Potter, Order of the Pheonix - can't go wrong with Harry Potter in my eyes
License to Wed - just ok, the humor was a little risque I think, a little disrespectful for religion, and I'm normally all for funny stuff like that
Bug - um...just creepy I would have to say...yeah...just creepy
Reign Over Me - really good, really sad
Stardust - really really good, my kind of movie, fantasy, not realistic at all which is what I like...awesome.
I also saw the Golden Compass recently, and it was really good too.
Anybody seen anything good recently?