...Everybody's looking forward to the weekend. Partying? Not so much. Tonight, I made a very exciting trip to Walmart to hit redbox and get hagan daas. I watched Star Trek and ate sorbet and have soaked in the tub with a glass of Niagra and my book. Mmmmm.... I feel so good right now.
Tomorrow, I am going to a vocal workshop in Lewes. I haven't done much with my voice lately so this is a nice change. I hope to ask about how to preserve my voice when I find myself talking and shouting so much in my life as a teacher. I was so exhausted, vocally and physically, on Tuesday night and I can't keep on like that. Maybe if the kids behaved themselves I wouldn't have to yell? Somehow I don't think this is a good long term plan...
After I return from this workshop, Mom and I are going to go shopping at Goodwill. With the whole I'm-losing-weight thing, I almost perpetually need new clothing. On Sunday I realized my leggings were too big. As in sagging in the butt too big. Enter today when I decided to wear tights with my skirt. They were a new pair that I bought in the spring. When I first put them on, all was fine but as the day drew on, I kept having to yank them up as they were sagging around the knees. Not a look I was going for.
I am at the point where people are suddenly realizing that I have, in fact, lost a lot of weight. I am down two sizes in pants and three in dresses (well, depending on the cut. I still have huge hips). I used to use my hips as shelves for carrying things. I can still do that but not as easily. The other day I was carrying a cardboard box on my hip and had to stop every 30 seconds to adjust because it was digging into my hip bone. Ouch. I haven't had that problem before. Don't get me wrong--I still have more padding than I would like but I am now wearing smaller clothes than I wore in high school, a very good feeling.
It was a rough week at work for a lot of different reasons I won't get into here. Frustrating as it has been, the people that I work with are amazing and I believe that we are all committed to making a positive impact on these kids' lives. I am so thankful for the friends that I have made in work, both last year and this year.
Sunday is church day. I am digging my new Sunday school class and it is also a youth luncheon Sunday, which I will be helping with because apparently 8 hours a day five days a week is not enough time with kids for me. Middle school kids have wormed their way into my heart. Apparently this is the age group of my heart. Go figure.
After church, I need to make a run down to Salisbury to pick up a birthday gift for my brother. And also starbucks. and possibly Old Navy. oh, and Michaels. I haven't been to Michael's in FOREVER. ...This is starting to sound expensive. Probably not the best since I was a week to wait before I get a real paycheck... One way or another, I will figure it out.
Hopefully I'll get to do some sewing this weekend. I've knocked out a new garment each weekend and it would be a shame to break the streak... I'm sure there is something in my stash waiting to become gorgeous. :)
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