When I got back to Georgia the only shoes I had with me were my Mary Janes. Of course I’ve since purchased a few pair, but I’m thinking it’s time to add another pair to my collection. I’m not allowed to wear flip flops to work due to the dress code, but I am allowed to wear other types of sandals. Living in Georgia where it often gets well over 100ºF throughout the summer, sandals are a great investment. I see Dansko has a few pair that could possibly work. After all, I didn’t get this pedicure to hide it inside of closed toed shoes!!

I’ve been going through some of my things here, most of which was either given to me by my mother or was left here when my ex and I moved to Calgary in 2007. It was like as soon as I got back in Georgia my mom just started pushing all of her old junk on me. I’m not fond of most of it, though there are a few things I intend to keep.. I’m thinking a yard sale is in order. I’m sure I can make a few hundred bucks just with the stuff she’s given me. Maybe even more if I sale some of my ex’s old things. One of those barcode scanner systems would come in real handy when I do get around to this yard sale thing too. Would certainly make things easier, haha!

I’m thinking if I do a yard sale though, it’ll be this weekend or the first weekend in August. Supposedly the first of the month is the best time to do them.

Life has been busy. A lot of good things going on, though still under a great deal of stress. In less than a month I can finally file for my divorce. It’ll be so nice to finally get that out of the way, especially when it’s finalized. I’m so ready to move on from “that” part of my life. I have so much to look forward to, so many wonderful things waiting for me in the future and I just can’t wait to get to that point you know?

I recently visited my doctor due to severe headaches. I’m not sure if you could classify them as migraines because of their location (I believe migraines start in the temple area) but either way, they were so painful. My doctor said it was likely the stress of everything that’s happened this year that’s caused my blood pressure to be a little higher than it should be. It’s being handled now. Headaches are very minimal and my blood pressure is finally back to normal.

I’m spending the day trying to get caught up with things at home, like housework, and emails. This weekend has gone by way too fast. But on the bright side of that; hopefully that means that the next few weeks go by just as fast!

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to turn the TV off. Too many commercials advertising any number of fat loss pills

I’ve gotten to the point where I cannot stand watching TV. It seems like there are 25 minutes of commercials per 30 minute program, and that’s so annoying. Every time I decide to watch something I find myself learning more about allergy medication, various household products and life insurance. No thanks, I do not need a life insurance quote at this time. I’ve just purchased an extra policy to go along with my policy offered by my employer.

Am I the only one frustrated with this kind of thing? I know there are “bills to pay” so to speak, but seriously, it’d be so much nicer to get more out of a show than what seems like 5 minutes.

It seems like everyone I know is trying to lose weight these days. Some of my coworkers are trying various things to do this too. Some are going about it with dieting and exercise, some with things like Turbo Jam and Zumba, and some by way of diet pills. I don’t know much about diet pills but one would assume if you were thinking of taking something like that you’d do a little research first. For instance if “I” were interested in Lipofuze I would definitely read Lipofuze reviews and speak with my physician first. I guess I’m a little weary of those kinds of things though. I’m always worried about the side effects such things have, and lets face it.. sometimes the side effects of something can be much worse than the problem you’re taking it for.

Think I’ll stick with my health eating and workouts.

I’m shrinking. I’ve finally gotten back into a regular workout routine, and while it’s hard on the days I’m pulling those 12 hours, I’m happy I’m keeping at it. I feel so much better lately and have so much more energy, well except for the last 2 days and about 2 weeks ago (been sick). While in my little funk during the initial shock of the ending of my 9 year marriage, I put on a few pounds. I decided to start shedding them without the use of diet supplements, and instead make the effort to workout again. I’m glad I’ve decided to do this too because it would suck otherwise.. that whole not being in decent shape for Summer and all.

Life is so funny sometimes isn’t? For several years now I’ve been blogging on an almost daily basis, then suddenly I go poof. I’m a little embarrassed about the amount of unread emails sitting in my inbox, but I’ve just honestly been so busy that I can’t keep up with much of anything outside of work. Work has been going OK. Working a lot of hours, but hoping it’s going to start getting to normal soon. I’m kind of looking forward to going back to 8 hour shifts 5 days a week.

My nephews are out of school now. Now that I’ll be getting off of work at 3pm, I’m going to start taking them swimming once or twice a week. Of course I need to lather up really good with sunscreen because I burn so easily - the joys of being so fair skin. Summer is definitely here as far as weather goes. It’s been pretty warm recently except for the few days of cool air. We’ve been getting a lot of rain and thunderstorms too, which I actually missed while I was in Canada.

It’s definitely good to be home.