I'm mildly alive

My mom turned 60 a week ago and I hope she enjoyed it. I wish I could have been there to celebrate her birthday and officially reaching "over the hill" status. My parents are soon to be making the trip back to the frozen north. I'll have to make a journey to Hermon to see them when they get settled. It's nice to visit the parents for short periods of time. Two or three days max and I'm good for a little while. Just thinking about living with them full time again gives me a screeching headache.

In other news, my two new year's resolutions are going well. Better than expected actually.

1) Do not shop at Wal-mart for a year.
I know it sounds dumb, but it's totally worth it. I hate that place and I wish I could say that I would never shop there for the rest of my life, but sometimes it's the only option. I'm proving that a person can live without shopping at that dreadful store and still manage to save money. It can be done!

2) Stop drinking anything with caffeine in it.
This one is definitely tougher for me. I live for Coke. I need it all the time. It tastes so damn good. Just thinking about it now makes me want one, but I resist the urge. I can do this. Caffeine makes me jittery, gives me headaches and the sugar in soda isn't doing anything but make me fatter. Plus I found out that in my old age (27 ha ha) coffee gives me the worst heartburn of my life. I quit cold turkey on January 1 and it's been good so far. I stick to water, decaf tea and juice. It keeps me sane. It lets my esophagus live and maybe someday I'll actually lose a few pounds from cutting out the excess sugar. One 12 oz coke has 10 teaspoons of sugar in it. Good lord! That's an entire day of sugar in one can. I don't need that. People think I'm nuts for doing this. I see it as one step in the right direction of being healthier.

Portland Adult Ed is rocking my world lately. I'm almost done my 12 week yoga class and the spring/summer classes are getting ready to start up. I wish they had a tap class because that would be killer and a serious calorie burner. Unfortunately their dance offerings are limited to belly dancing and ballroom, neither of which I'm good at. They've got more yoga classes which I think I'll sign up for. Plus they've got a bead working class where you can learn how to make your own jewelry. I'm very interested. I think it would be fun and I'm seriously desperate for a hobby.

And the hits just keep on coming

Things have swirled around a bit since I wrote the doom and gloom post. In no particular order:

- I got a full time job yo.
- After seven years of studying criminology, I work for a healthcare company.
- Once again, I have moola.

Brief mentions:
I really don't like people who try too hard to witty.
Twitter is my friend.
Foxmarks is not.
Chair + floor = white circular ring.
Maine Restaurant week is interesting.
I suggest everyone try speed dial for Firefox. It rocks my socks.

My cat Lola loves small stuffed mice and a laser pointer. She also scratches CJ in the middle of the night, knocks stuff down and races around like a horse practicing for the Kentucky Derby. All in all, she fits right in with the insanity that goes on around here anyway.

Lego Star Wars and Lego Batman are my favorites for Xbox 360.