Posting drought

Wow, it’s been a while.  I figure I will just go ahead and do some updates and maybe you’ll see why I’m a lazy blogger?

First reason I can’t be bothered to post.  I got a new job!  I just started at a new company working as a web designer.  It’s been a bit of a whirlwind (I never really know what the right spelling is there so just deal with that one please).  All of a sudden I decided it was time for me to make a change and BAM!  I had a new job.  I’m incredibly excited about it but right now I’m completely drained.  I don’t tend to handle change very well and this is a serious big girl job.  Guys, it’s like a career.  Anyways, with the career change I’ve been a bit preoccupied and now spend my days trying to convince myself I’m good enough.  It’s just plain exhausting.

I suppose another reason would be the holidays.  Since this is my first Christmas in the house I’ve been a bit spastic about decorating.  I just want it to look perfect.  That means I’m currently obsessing about every little thing.  Here’s a quick snapshot of my front door.

Oh, and yes that is a giant black bear holding a fish that says “Welcome.”  That would be
an addition made by Nathan and I hate it with all of my heart.  Seriously, I hate it.

Next reason.  There’s been much blithering about my weight gain on this blog.  Basically, I’m pissed about it.  After much wallowing in misery, I have finally gone and found the thing to motivate me.  I have recruited some friends and we now have a program to get our asses in shape while being held accountable.  It works like this – 6 out of the 7 days of the week you MUST work out for at least 30 minutes.  We aren’t picky about the type of workout.  It can be cardio, strength training, etc.  If you miss a day of working out (other than the day of rest you choose), you owe $5 to the pot.  At some point we will take the money and do something fantastic with it.  There was some rumbling of giving it to charity and I may have shouted out (in front of people that had know idea what I was talking about) “I do enough for charity, I’m not giving this to them.”  Wow, I’m a bitch.  Anyways, since I’m competitive, stubborn and cheap, I don’t anticipate paying much for this.  So far I owe nothing.

Third reason, I’ve been oh so weary because Nathan keeps working out of town.  My main squeeze has been working in North Carolina during the week so I only get to see him Thur-Sun.  I am really not loving it.  Although, I am able to fulfill my fat bet requirements in any way I want while he’s gone.  I have been doing a lot of dance workouts.  I look like this:

Yeah, embarrassing.  I have also been doing a lot of the belly dance workouts and I look absolutely ridiculous.  It kind of reminds me of the King of Queens episode where Carri keeps pole dancing and it is painfully awful.  That is me when I belly dance.  Alas, I will keep looking like an idiot and I’ll be fine with it.

I guess there aren’t really any other reasons I can’t post.  It’s just plain laziness.  I’ll work on it.