August 23, Sabbatical over!

After about 1.5 months of feeling blah, getting my hopes up and consequently dashed down, and a few nice headaches, I am back! Yes, it's mostly drama in my life at times.

The first of the day: PANTS!

Or more accurately, SIZE 6 JEANS!


The last time I wore a size 6 pair of jeans was in April 2005. It was actually the only time I wore that size and it was the day I was laid off. I guess I decided the pants were cosmically tainted and I never wore them again (well, I tried them on a few days ago with positive results.)



FLASH FORWARD 4 YEARS.



I ordered a pair of skinny jeans from Old Navy. They arrived. THEY FIT! And they look pretty good!

July 2, 2009: Higher Education

This morning I spoke with an education counseler at Oakland University who said I should have no problem gettting accepted into their biology program! Yay. This is hopefully the first in a long line of positive education-related posts.

July 1, 2009: Walking/running route first

Several months ago, I mapped out a few potential walking and running routes through and around my neighborhood. Today, for the first time, I followed one of those routes. It was the 16 Mile and Mound and back route, approximately 3 miles. It was extremely noisy with traffic and lawn services and not very scenic, but it did get me out of the house.

June 30, 2009: Just say no

Today, for one of the first times ever, I passed on a free beer for the sake of my health and diet. It's not much of a first, but for the first time, I'm focusing on my well-being instead of having a good time.

Okay, to be perfectly truthful, I am planning on a new beer experience next week, so I'm not a total dry health nut.

June 29, 2009: Free online dating

For much longer than I care to think about, I've been playing around with online dating. To make a long story short, I have never had any success. Perhaps the reason what I was unsuccessful was the fact that I was paying a membership fee to meet guys.

Not anymore! I signed up for a free semi-dating site and so far a few guys show a bit of potential. Sure, most are NOT what I am looking for, but at least I'll be 'out there' instead of doing nothing to change my life.

Eh, the hopes are not very high, but I'm trying.

June 28, 2009: P.F. Chang's first

Short and sweet: Coconut Curry Vegetables from P.F. Changs is INCREDIBLE! I've never had their fried tofu before and was not disappointed. And the cherry on top, so to speak: the dish was loaded with peanuts. Yum!

June 27, 2009: Wedding firsts

I attended the wedding of the new Mr. and Mrs. Nick and Julia Vandervest! The wedding was at a Christian community-style church, of which I had never attended a service. It was interesting. The ceremony was less than a half-hour and was very casual. No first or second reading, no recitations, no communion, no candle lighting, none of the usual fussiness. All in all, it was very nice.

The second first for today is, unfortunately, not a great one. I left the wedding reception before the Chicken Dance. Even before I knew that there would such a dance. On the upside, I didn't give into peer pressure to stay at an event when I wasn't feeling incredibly well.