The last week has been interesting.  I came down with a stomach bug last week that’s been circulating around work.  I felt fine in the morning and then the next thing I knew, I was sick.  Anyway, I got over that by the weekend.  Just in time for our water heater to decide that it was also sick.  So we had one night of no water and then another few days without hot water.  This was great motivation for working out, though - hot showers at the gym!  Thankfully, the plumber came today and made the water heater better again.  All in time for the new semester to start at work.  Which has me freaking out because, of course, I’m not entirely ready for all of the new projects I decided to initiate. 

Anyhoo, I’ve been meaning to post pics from my niece’s wedding last month (that I still need to go through, resize, and upload), pics of my latest haircut (still on my camera), and show you my haul from xmas (no pics taken as of yet, though).  Thanks to the wonders of a series of tubes known as the internets, I am at least able to provide you with links to a few of my xmas gifts at least, so you can see how great santa was to me this year.  {grin}

First up… an adjustable dress form.  I’ve decided to call her Big Red.  Then, because she’s adjustable to my measurements, as I lose weight I can call her Smaller Red.  hee,hee!

Next… my new bluetooth (mine’s a plum color).  Except for the fact that the thing is too big for my ear (I seriously have the same size ears as a child), I LOVE this little guy!  It has a flip out feature to turn it on (instead of a button like my old one, which also dialed the thing – I often called people by accident when I was trying to turn the stupid thing on) and it has noise cancellation, so it’s much easier to hear people.

And… a clear teapot with diffuser and flowering teas.  I haven’t had the chance to actually make some tea yet, but I’ll be sure to report on whether this is as cool as it sounds!

There were other fun gifts (such as my “I’m Blogging This” tee from my sister that I wore when we went gliding).  Over time, if I can jog my memory, I’ll have to take some pics and show them off.

Speaking of jogging… I’m continuing with the Couch to 5k program.  Week 3 is kicking my butt.  Probably because I was sick last week and had to fall of the routine for a bit.  I’m thinking that I might continue with week 3 for another week, rather than push myself before I’m ready to try week 4.  Especially since week 4 is supposed to be a really tough one.  And, my mom-in-law is coming out for a visit this weekend (yarn shops, here we come!) and I’d rather not be torturing myself while she’s here.

In other random-ness… my office is slowly coming together.  There’s still a bunch of stuff in our hallway, but a lot of things are making their way back into the room.  One of the things I learned from the show ‘neat’ is to group like with like.  Wow.  I can’t tell you how many post-it pads and writing utensils I have.  I’m still dealing with my ad*d-like tendencies and I can’t seem to actually get rid of any of these things.  But hopefully I can stop myself from buying more, because I certainly don’t need them!

One of my other ad*d-like tendencies that I’m dealing with is my need to do everything.  I really would like to join Project Spectrum.  I attempted to join this a couple of years ago and only managed to make it through a couple of months.  So I’m making myself honestly think about how much time I have to do it… and then I laugh.  It’s a nice thought, and I love the idea of doing it (especially with the elements theme behind it this time around), but I’m not going make myself crazy by trying it.  See?  I’m making headway!

The one thing I love about the new year is the feeling that you get a fresh start.  So I guess you could call these resolutions, but basically I call it getting my act together.

So, as everyone knows I’ve been in weight watchers for a while now.  I’ve been struggling with the weight loss (who knew that the second time around would be that much harder!).  But I am losing (10 pounds as of last Wednesday), and that’s what counts!  Then, back in November, I signed up to walk in the Iron Girl 5k in December.  I’m not sure what sparked it, but I decided that I really wanted to run the event.  Now, I’m not stupid.  No, really, I’m not!  So knew I couldn’t train to run the 5k in a month.  Especially considering that my attempts at running in the past has been to run a lap at the track and then collapse.  But I did decide that I would train over the next year and run the event in 2008.  I was talking to a woman in my ww meeting who did run the Iron Girl and she mentioned the Couch to 5k program.  Over 9 weeks you use interval training to eventually run 5k.  I started the program last week and just started week 2 today using the these podcasts.  So far so good!  I’m even going to attempt to make 100 miles by April 1st.  I think I managed about 5 miles for this last year and since I’m at 6 miles as of today (or is it 8 – I need to check my log), I’ve already beaten last years attempt.  Woot!

So let’s see, lose weight.  Check.  Get in shape. Check.  So that leaves one other common resolution – get organized.  I’m horribly disorganized in every area of my life.  I’ve generally just accepted this as a character flaw.  But after discovering some very expensive mistakes that I made over the last few months simply because I wasn’t organized enough to know what was going on, I decided it was time to do something about it.  One thing I think I’ve learned about myself that I might contribute to this is that I might have ad*d (the asterisk is there so people don’t accidentally stumble across my blog while trying to find real information on this).  I need to talk to a doctor about this before I’ll know for sure, but I’ve been reading some books and articles on the disorder and it would explain so much about my personality!  I realize that I might not have this, but I’ve decided to try working on some behavior modification in the meantime (can’t hurt, can it?). 

Anyway, I’ve decided to start with my office, since that’s where I discovered my costly mistakes.  I’ve literally pulled everything out of the office and put things into like piles in the hallway outside the office (even the cats are tripping over the crap that’s in the hallway).  My next step is to set up the office as I want it to function and then bring everything back into the office and put it where it “belongs.”  I’m still trying to figure this last part out.  ugh.  Once I have everything set up and functional, I’m going to try and spend at least 15 minutes every day going through mail, paying bills, and responding to things that need to be taken care of.  Not sure how long this routine will last, but I’m going to give it a try.  Anyone out there with ad*d that can relate or give any advice?