A LONG DAY

Last night I was up until 4 a.m. trying to finish up some work for a catalogue meeting this morning. My computer decided to be a jerk and take 8 hours to export a document, when it should have taken an hour TOPS. On top of that, I had a dentist appointment this morning, early this morning. So on two hours of sleep I braved the day having my mouth poked and prodded for two hours not to mention crashing and burning during our meeting today. By 2 p.m. I was exhausted, we felt defeated and on top of that I failed to mention that our boss left the company yesterday… boo. I came home, took a nap and woke up to my lovely husbandry who helped me chill the night away.

PATTERNED

Remember that day that we drove all around town trying to get my driver's license renewed? You probably don't because I sort of left out all of the craziness that we went through only to find that my birth certificate wasn't an official document. By the way, government offices are not open as late as they say. Fast forward to today and look what has arrived, but my official birth certificate. Look out world, I was born! Officially!

FROM THE LYNCHES

I don't think we will be sending out a Christmas card this year. Actually, I KNOW we wont be sending out a Christmas card this year (we're still trying to get our wedding thank-yous out; darn Post Office keeps sending them back). Remember that company party we attended over the weekend? They took our picture when we first arrived, they paper-framed them and handed them out today at work. So, from our couch to yours… Happy Holidays.

THREE AND A QUARTER

Last week I didn't have weigh-in, seeing how it was the day after my anniversary and only five days after Thanksgiving. I wasn't feeling too confident today at my weigh-in because I had cheated at my company Christmas party on Saturday when I hadn't planned on it. I was three pounds away from losing fifty pounds and guess what, I actually lost three pounds in those two weeks (I may have gone up and then come back down, but we will fortunately never know). Starting weight back in July was 232.5 and I now weigh 182.25… only fifty more pounds to go. I'm feeling good, but I will say this, it is getting harder and harder; I'm burnt out a bit and Christmas time (especially around the office) is probably the worst time to be on a diet. Bah, humbug.

BETTER WORSE OR THE SAME

Oh, Monday.  After work I went to the eye doctor. I took that horrible test where he asks you 'better, worse or the same' and you panic and get flustered and need time to think it over… who can make such a snap decision like that? It makes me laugh, but also, it's not my favorite thing. Apparently my eyes have gotten slightly better, so I am to try out a lesser prescription of contacts this week and see how it goes (you know, don't run anyone over while on the road and such). So, for the rest of the week my glasses are retiring to the bathroom drawer; they shall be missed on those mornings when I am dashing out the door. He also did the glaucoma test where he puts the bright, sticky yellow drops in your eye (note the yellow-stained and wadded up kleenex in my hand).

Side bar: my family has been going to this doctor ever since I can remember and he just realized today that I don't have any brothers… ha ha. I laughed super hard… in my mind… and right now while typing this.

IT'S UNUSUAL

Last night as we got into our hotel room we noticed something strange… can you spot it? It may not be as obvious in this picture, but I am sitting on the toilet. Yes, that's right the microwave, mini fridge and coffee maker were in the bathroom. Do you see it now? The shower head and curtain up there on the left-hand side–pretty strange right? We opted for a late check-out this morning (FACT: this photo was taken exactly twelve minutes before we were to check out). We had a nice drive home through the canyon and spent the day relaxing in our apartment with our normal fridge and microwave in the kitchen where they belong.

MARATHON DAY

Today was completely jam-packed and filled to the brim (if this were more than a photo-a-day there would be at least 10 photos above). We spent the morning decorating our big tree and little tree with matching red, green and gold decorations (photo #1). Then, we made a trip to H&M where the parking lot was filled with moronic drivers creating a traffic jam (photo #2). Our H&M trip involved returning some clothes from the photo shoot and finding a dress/skirt that would help out my outfit tonight. I tried on two dresses and went with dress number 1 for the win (photo #3). I also grabbed some party jewelry on the way out; two pairs of earrings and a necklace, for the double-win (photo #4 and #5)! You see, I needed a new dress to go with these glitter heels, significant because I bought them forever ago as an incentive to lose weight and I finally fit into them (photo #6), but I didn't own anything that paired well with them. We got home, packed and got ready for a weekend away in Park City; my company Christmas party was up in Deer Valley this year with a free night's stay in a neighboring lodge. We arrived to an impressive appetizer of cheese being held in a metal contraption by the open fire, melted onto a plate for filling with delicious cheese companions (photo #7). We sat by some great co-workers and I even got to see their new babies (photo #8). The actual main meal was amazing, and yes, I cheated for all that amazing food; it blew our minds (photo #9). To end the night they had dueling pianos that took requests with a dance floor and all (photo #10). So yeah, big day. If only days like today were spread out enough so I could fill other posts with more interesting photos as opposed to more boring days, like this.