One down, three to go...

Classes that is! I finished my Litigation class tonight with an oral argument. Yes, it could have gone better, but at least I didn't have severe cotton mouth nearly as bad as last time! And the best part is the fact that this class is over and done with!! :)

Woo-hoo!!

Of course this is on top of my loss of another .4lbs. :) That's a grand total of 36lbs! :) Of course I would have loved more, but I'm just happy I lost and didn't gain! :) Of course I've been constantly hungry since Friday...which is so crazy because last week was my visit from Aunt Flo. I think it is likely stress...school, work, financial, home, family, friends...you name it, I've got it in the stress department! It is what it is!

Yes, I can move slower than I did yesterday

Today is moving no faster than yesterday. But I did finish my brief tonight, which is good. I should have immediately jumped on my small firms, but after reading through all 9 parts I seem to have mentally checked out! To get myself back in mentally I decided to make a late night run out to Biggby's to grab my DDHC and of course I was too late and they were closed. Yes, it was only 9:30pm. So I drove all the way down the road for a total opposite treat...ice cream (sugar-free) and of course they were closed too. Ugh...

Deciding or hoping that this wasn't going to be a wasted run out into 38 degree weather I decided to trek back to MickeyD's. I ordered a small hot chocolate, non-fat, and a medium diet coke to balance out the sugar since they, like Starbucks, do not do sugar-free with their hot chocolate/coffee drinks. I came home to discover that my hot chocolate is actually some coffee drink (Yuck!) and my diet coke is real coke....strike 3...I should be out! This screw up was probably because the little order taker was too busy flirting with me and he probably typed in the wrong stuff......like that is gonna help him get my number.

Then I decide to order a sub for dinner from Hungry Howie's and even though everything points to the fact that they are open until midnight, when I called at 11pm I was told they were closed and when I tried to question the lady since their recently delivered ad says they close at midnight and the bitch hung up on me...nice customer service, don't ya think?!? So now I'm waiting for my ol' faithful Tiffany's to deliver dinner so I can eat and dive right back into Small Firms...

Thank goodness this was a 4 day weekend, but the sad thing is...that still won't be enough either! Ugh...

Done: 1, 2*, 3, 4, 10, 13**

Started: 5***, 7****

Untouched: 6, 8, 9, 11, 12

*~~yeah, still not put away...

**~~sleeping in until 1pm Thursday and noon today make me feel guilty enough to mark this one done!

***~~brief is done, just need to prep for my oral arguments and I won't even think about that until late tomorrow

****~~I think reading the instructions for my assignment constitute starting this one. ;)

Could I move any slower today?

Done: 1, 2*, 3, 4, 10***

Started: 5**, 13

Untouched: 6****, 7*****, 8******, 9, 11, 12

*~~Laundry is done and folded, but I still have to make that long trek down the hall to put the munchkin's towels and clothes away. This will get done sometime Saturday, but I'm too lazy tonight. But I do consider this item done!

**~~My God...this is one slow moving Motion! I worked on this for over 7.5 hours today and in the days/week prior I've worked on it for over 10 hours. My goal is to be done Saturday morning and moving on to Small Firms and getting as much as I possibly can before crashing tomorrow night...probably right around the same time I am about to crash tonight (approx. 2:30am)! Ugh...when is this damn semester over????? Of course it doesn't help that I'm not feeling motivated today. I spent a few hours attempting to write my Brief while watching the Alabama/Auburn game, but I was continually pulled away from the computer screen to the TV and by the end of the game I had a major headache (thanks Crimson Tide!), so I watched Four Christmases to rid myself of my headache after taking 4 Motrin. Oh yeah...I went and met "The Great American Shoppers" (a/k/a the fam) for lunch too. Can I procrastinate or what?! hehe

***~~This is a little fluid due to my homework this week and the fact that my schedule is a bit mixed up this week because of school. My plan includes going to the gym on Wednesday if I'm okay with my homework, plus I will really need it. I did worse today than I did for Turkey Day, damn-it-to-hell! Ugh. Then I'm hoping to go and see my honey Friday night because I figure my brain will be mush to do anything else and Saturday I get my haircut and begin studying like a crazy fool for my PR exam, because as you well know...I haven't really done much for this class yet this semester thanks to all of my other frickin' homework! :(

**(continued)~~I have to have my Litigation homework done for Monday night as I argue that Motion and I am totally done with that class! (Woo-hoo!!)

****~~I also need to finish my PR homework in time for Monday night too since that will be the last time we meet before our final on the 10th of December. (Amen!)

*****~~Thursday night is my "make-up" class for Small Firms, because the prick canceled the night before Turkey Day and didn't feel it was "appropriate" to not reschedule...nice, huh? My final project is due on Friday @ 5pm.

******~~Tuesday night I argue my final motion for Pre-trial and will be done with that class, totally, as well! (Frickin' A, Man!!!)

Getting a Jump Start

While others are preparing to get a jump start on their Christmas shopping (this includes my mom, my two aunts, my bro & his ol' lady), I was getting a jump start on my to-do list...

Done: 1, 3

Started: 2, 4, 13

Untouched: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Happy Shopping on Black Friday!!

No Rest For The Wicked

I hope everyone had a wonderful Turkey Day. For the most part, mine was great. I actually slept in until almost 1pm (going to bed @ 2am and taking NyQuil will do that to a person!), got up, sent my holiday wishes to all of my friends and family, chatted with a few friends on text, hopped in the shower, talked with my guy and headed over to my mom's for dinner. Dinner was great, everything seemed to be going well and everyone was getting along well until in walked my brother, his (alleged) wife and their two boys.

I just cannot seem to get past my anger with my brother. He is just such an ass! He hasn't called or made any contact with anyone in the family since he returned from doing his 2-weeks in jail in Kentucky, didn't respond to my mom's inquiry if the 4 of them were going to be attending Thanksgiving dinner, but then comes walking in and telling us what we can buy them for Christmas. Seriously?! Then he takes out his phone and shows only my aunt a picture of his new truck so I ask him if he went off and bought another new car and he comes off with that he was in an accident and totaled his truck. So I tell him how I didn't know he was in an accident that it isn't like he ever talks to me. He then gives me some BS story of how he is working 4 jobs and doesn't have time to talk to people. Ten minutes later I cut myself a piece of pie and cheesecake, put the whipped cream on it and made my way into my mom and dad's bedroom and watched some of the Cowboys-Raiders game (Way to go Cowboys!!!) until they left.

When I think of my brother I just want to scream and when I see him I just want to punch him in the face. By the time I made my way home I almost wanted to send him a BBM telling him that we are going to have to split up Christmas because I have no desire to be in the same room as him. I wish I could get past my issues with my bro...just let it go, but he is on a list of people that I cannot get past being angry with. This is a pretty short list mind you...my ex-in-laws (I count the family as one), a former boss of mine who fired me and my brother. How can I get past my anger? For my own benefit I would be willing to try almost anything because I'm tired of being so angry...this is part of the reason why I hate the holidays.

I am very very very happy to report that even after my day of partaking in Thanksgiving dinner and drinking (I had a few glasses of wine too) that when I took my blood sugar tonight it was only 117!! Yay me!! Oh yeah...and I wore a pair of the pants I bought a month ago to Thanksgiving dinner and they are a size 22! Double Yay Me!!! :D

As the end of the semester looms and the holidays get into full swing, there is no rest for the wicked, so I give you My Friday To-Do List:

1. Pick up the house

2. Do laundry

3. Write out my shopping list

4. Get organized

5. Do all of my Litigation homework

6. Do all of my PR homework

7. Do all of my Small Firms homework

8. Do all of my Pre-Trial homework

9. Write out the munchkin's soccer & school pictures to give out

10. Plan out my week

11. Write my man

12. Write my h.s. friend

13. Get me some sleep

I kept it shorter this weekend since my focus has to be on numbers 5-8 this weekend! Wish me luck y'all! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is the day that we all take a minute and give thanks, so I would like to take a moment and give thanks for the following people and things in my life...

My family, especially my mom, dad, aunts, uncles, cousins and nephews...

My son...the most important thing in my life, I give thanks that he is mine and I'm lucky to have him as my munchkin

My man...who has made so much progress and is becoming the man I always knew he could be and the man I feel in love with almost ten years ago

My friends, especially my LSBFF, SillyJilly, MyMormanGirl, Captain, Blaez, and Dani

School...The fact that I am lucky enough to be able to go, even though I complain about it

Work...The fact that I have a job and for the majority of the time the fact that I do like my job even though we are going through lots of changes and I complain about it A LOT!

Mine and my family's health, even though this last year has been rough, I am still very blessed

You...my readers, my followers, my commenters and my new friends

During such unpredictable and tough times we all currently find ourselves in, we need to remember all of the things we are eternally thankful for and probably more than just once a year.

Enjoy your Holiday and remember to give thanks for all of the blessings in your life. Love to you all and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

How does this happen?

One minute I'm watching the hotness of Jax, catching up on my emails and blogs during commercial breaks and the next minute it is 2am. Time flies while watching a hot-bad-boy! I am loving all the hot-bad-boys in my life tonight...yes honey...that includes you and another wonderful visit tonight, thank you hotty! ;)

Here's to the best hump day ever, the one before Turkey Day and a 4-day weekend!! :D

I probably shouldn't be angry, but I am...is that wrong?

I honestly had no intention of posting another entry today, but I received a text message while I was in my Litigation class tonight that irritated me and this I was irritated with myself for being irritated over the text... Do you ever have that happen?

Let me back up for a minute. I have a friend. My oldest friend in fact. We have known one another since we were 5 years old. We come from different yet similar families. Our lives have taken different yet similar paths. You get the idea... I think we both had the same opportunities in life...actually at times I think she had more opportunities as she had services available to her that I didn't have available to me. I'm not complaining mind you. My childhood was no day in the park, but it made me who I am today. Same as her.

Throughout the last 28 years we have lost touch more than once, but somehow we always made our way back to one another and rekindled our friendship. Back when my munchkin was born we met up again and discovered that we were both married the same year, in 2000, and she was pregnant with her first child and due approximately 5 months after my son was born. It was actually kind of ironic. I then filed for divorce from my hubby in 2004 and her and her hubby after having another baby in 2005 filed for divorce a couple years later.

As you well know, after filing for divorce from my man, I began raising my son on my own and in 2006 went on to law school. My friend, "A", began raising her two kids on her own after the divorce and talked about going to school. This is where our differences become quite apparent. Even before "A" and her hubby divorced they were on State assistance, so after the divorce she remained on State assistance. Actually, as I think back she was on State assistance in 2002 when she was pregnant with her son.

I'm not here to judge people who find themselves in a time of need and rely on what the State has to offer in the name of food stamps, rent assistance, payment of gas and electric bills, payment of daycare, and free college. Certainly in today's economy, living in the hardest hit State, there are a lot of people who never would have thought they would be on assistance are. I even knew if I would have been laid off in July that my first stop on my way home that day would be to sign up for benefits for my son so he would be okay while I doubled my load of classes and pushed my graduation date up to this coming May. So please do not take this post wrong and think this is an anti-welfare bitch, because it is not.

Back to tonight...as I try and figure out the last possible day I can mail in my next two bills so they don't hit before payday this week and worrying how I'm going to get the munchkin the two presents I want to buy him for Christmas since my financial aid from school dried up about 6 weeks early this semester...I get the following text message from "A": Just got a call, we got adopted 4 christmas! Normally I would be happy at the fact that her children will have a nice Christmas this year, but I just can't. I cannot bring myself to be okay with this, because this will be the 7th Christmas in a row that I've received the same message from her.

I know it probably makes me a horrible person, but I just cannot make myself happy over this turn of events. I don't want her children to be punished, but at what point do you tell yourself it is time to stop living off the State and time to get a job and/or go to school to get a career and provide your kids their own Christmas instead of relying on an agency or a donor to give your children the Christmas they deserve?

So tonight...as I sat through a class, exhausted, stressed, sacrificing my time with my son...my friend shares her good news that my donations to the Salvation Army are going to her children again this year to put a smile on their faces Christmas morning while my tax dollars paid to keep her gas and electric on again this month and secured another month's rent in their home. All while I wonder if I can put a smile on my son's face this Christmas morning alone...

And while I go to bed tonight after midnight to get up early tomorrow morning to go back to a job for 8 hours that makes me angry everyday dealing with the BS, I know "A" sits in her home, smoking her Marlboros while her boyfriend smokes his dope and they have marathon sex* so she can sleep the day away tomorrow while her kids are at school and the rest of us are working I ask myself what's wrong with this picture and how horrible of a friend am I wishing just once "A" wasn't adopted for Christmas....

*~~This is for a whole different post, which we shall call "There are boundaries for a reason y'all!"

Even Knocking With Vengeance

Mothernature could not keep me down this week! Down another 2lbs! Grand total weight loss is: 35.6lbs!! (Goal remains: lose another 27.6lbs by 1/1/2010!)

Can I Ask You A Question?

Apparently I have a look about me that tells strangers that I'm open to conversations and willing to answer their questions. The idea of this post came to me long ago during a visit to a lab to have blood taken and after last night's incident at Meijers I decided it was time to write this post...

Many months ago, I went to the lab down the hall from my PCP to have my blood drawn. After I was done, the very chatty phlebotomist says, "Can I ask you a question?" Well, let me tell you I'm a very nosy person, so of course I wanted to know what she had to ask, plus no matter how much I would like to be I just cannot be rude to strangers unless I'm in a really bitchy mood or else they have irritated me already. So of course I said yes and then immediately regretted it! The question was: "What is a good amount to spend for a girl's birthday present?"

Now mind you...we had already discussed the fact that she had 4 kids, 2 of which are girls, and I had 1 boy. I don't know what is a good amount to spend for a girl's birthday present!! I don't do girl birthdays and I'm kind of cheap! I gave my opinion that $15-$25 was probably a good range. Thinking I'm home free I was stopped with a follow-up question, "But what if they only spent $3 on a gift for your daughter?" I did the whole...you don't want to punish the child for her parents lack of money or class if they have money and choose to spend very little on the present. She continued with another issue and when I shot that down with what I thought was a reasonable contribution that would get me out of the lab, she had another and another and another. After more than thirty minutes I wished her good luck and walked out.

Now fast forward to last night...I decided to go ahead and get my lunch meat at Meijers instead of driving to the meat market today just to get a small amount of lunch meat to make it through a three day work week and before I get my hands on some left over turkey & ham from Thanksgiving Dinner. That was mistake #1. Mistake #2 was responding to a fellow shopper when he asked how I was doing. Mistake #3 was saying yes when said shopper asked if he could ask me a question, because his question was "What is wrong with America today?" WTF?!? I thought it was going to be something along the lines of lunch meat or condiments or something to do with a deli counter...not "What is wrong with America today?" When I said, "Excuse me?" I was on the receiving end of a dissertation about this 52 year old's inability to get accepted into medical school, his time in Cincinnati, a book he read by some author about the Southern Bronx, his parents, his view on Republicans, 9/11, the Iraq War, etc...these are only the ones I remember. This went on for an hour, I swear to God!

I know what you are saying, "Just walk away j'lynn." Um, yeah...I did that. He followed. At one point I wondered how much time I might get if I stabbed him in the eye with my pen! He followed me around the bakery section, the vegetable area and the fruit area. I wondered if I needed to call security but he wasn't really being inappropriate...just trying to carry on a conversation and expound his theories and conspiracies upon a person. I was finally able to escape after I began yawning...okay, it was more than just the beginning of yawning and more like consistent yawning. He then walked away saying how some day maybe we will run in to one another at the coffee shop. I walked away in a hurry mumbling how I didn't drink coffee and immediately headed to the feminine products area hoping he wouldn't track me down there so I could leave the store without the fear of a stalker following me home to tell me more about his views on WWI, WWII, and the Bush Administration~that includes both I & II.

Maybe now I will learn my lesson...when a stranger asks if they can ask me a question my answer will be "No!" I'm not nosy enough to like people enough to have wasted an hour and a half of my life with them over their craziness!

Accomplished: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, & 19

Started: 8

Undone: 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, & 20

No Headbands Here

Realizing that some of my "Future Blog Posts..." have been on my list for some time, I thought I would check one of those off today, since I'm in the mood for checking things off lists! Plus I had a conversation about this very issue with my esthetician today while she was waxing me and giving me my facial.

I just cannot wear headbands and it sucks because I love headbands. I don't know why I cannot seem to wear them...I say it is because my head must be too fat, my LSBFF says it is because my hair is so fine and my esthetician weighed in on the matter today and said maybe it is because my head is too small or that my hair is so fine. LSBFF, you won this debate!

When I put them on they look so cute (the full headbands I'm referring to) and when I see others with them on they look so cute too. The idea of washing my hair and just picking it out and slapping a headband in it makes me so excited...especially on those days when I'm running uber late, but I have to wash my hair because I haven't done it in 3 days! But before I walk out the door in less than ten minutes the sucker is already sliding off of my head!

I've tried so many things to prevent this slippage...keeping the band over my ears instead of behind, putting product in my hair and touseling it a bit to give it more texture, and I've even attempted to actually style my hair by scrunching it and putting the headband in then...but nothing seems to work. It totally sucks! Even when I'm washing my face at night when I try to use a headband to hold all of my hair off my face the sucker slips right off within minutes! I've purchased several different kinds of headbands to see if maybe it was the headband and not my head! I have thick ones, skinny ones, loose ones, tight ones...I even have one that has designs on it that are sort of made out of a rubbery substance, which I thought for sure would latch onto my hair and prevent slipping...NOPE!

It is very frustrating and I spend my days envious of girls when I see them with their headbands on, looking all cute with their hair nicely kept out of their face for that "fresh" look, wishing that I could wear some of the 20 headbands I am now the proud owner of. But alas I have succumb to defeat and declared a "No Headbands Here" zone. Instead my mom leaves me notes saying, "borrowed a head band today, hope you don't mind." Why should I mind? It isn't like I'll be wearing it!!

Accomplished: 1*, 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18***, & 19

Started: 8**

Untouched: 4, 7, 9**, 10**, 11, 16, 17, & 20

*~~I did the best I could with what I had, but I probably shouldn't have taken lunch with my co-worker, who just returned Thursday from her 2 month medical leave but since she hinted at it Thursday and I had already picked up my lunch I just felt bad saying "no" a second day in a row. I would have kicked more ass if my big boss wouldn't have scheduled a last minute 3:30pm meeting...but I did what I could and consider it accomplished!

**~~Technically I don't have any homework due this week in these 3 classes, but since I always have limited time and the assignments due the following week are HUGE my goal is to complete my MSJ in Litigation, begin my final project for Small Firms and prepare my oral argument for Pre-Trial and finish everything during my 4 day weekend for Turkey Day next weekend!

***~~Hmmm...sleeping in today until my guy called and woke me up at 12:27pm today (of course I didn't go to bed until after 2am last night) marks this one off my list! LOL I'm just glad that this didn't happen again. But of course, I feel like I could take a nap right this minute!

Kind of Gal Who Loves a Challenge

My Friday To-Do List:

1. Kick ass at work for 8 hours

2. Go see my guy

3. Write out my shopping list

4. Go shopping

5. Pick up the house

6. Do laundry

7. Do all of my PR homework

8. Do all of my Litigation homework

9. Do all of my Small Firms homework

10. Do all of my Pre-Trial homework

11. Write out the munchkin's soccer & school pictures to give out

12. Update my man's address with his last magazine subscription

13. Get my facial done

14. Get waxed

15. Plan out my week

16. Write my man

17. Write my h.s. friend

18. Get me some sleep

19. Get ready for Turkey Day

20. Get the munchkin's haircut

Do I smell?

This was the question I posed to a co-worker, Pixie, today...now let me tell you why...

This afternoon I went downstairs to grab a grilled chicken plain greek salad and swung by the little store in our building for my next bottle of water. When I paid for the water the guy at the store says, "I also sell perfume and cologne if you are ever interested. Along with car chargers, home chargers, and pouches. Just let me know if you are interested, whenever. I can get it for you. So if you want some perfume and cologne, just get me your name and number and I can get you that." I said thanks and moved along since there was a customer behind me.

I proceeded to go upstairs, drop my salad and water at my desk, take the cup of nasty ass dressing I got with my salad into the kitchen, rinse it out and pour my fat-free yummy catalina dressing in the cup (this allows me to measure my dressing since the container equals a half of a cup) and walk over to Pixie to have this conversation:

j'lynn: I need to ask you two questions and I need you to be completely honest.

pixie: Okay.

j'lynn: Do I smell?

pixie: WHAT?

j'lynn: Seriously.

pixie: No! Absolutely not!

j'lynn: Do I look like I would smell?

pixie: Um, No!

j'lynn: Okay. Thanks.

pixie: What the hell is going on?

I relayed the whole story about the store guy and she says, "I think he was asking you for your number." I told her I would pass...I'm not into guys whose pinkie finger nail is longer than mine when I used to wear acrylics!

On a side note...2 more things have been moved to the accomplished list leaving just 8 items off the accomplished list (of course just days away from me generating a new to-do list!):

Accomplished: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, & 40

Started: 15

Still to do: 16, 17, 20, 25, 26, 30, & 31

Come on people...Are you frickin' kidding me with this crap!

This is a line that a good friend of mine that I adopted years ago when we worked together... gosh, I miss those days.

Anywho...I went to the gym tonight after work. Yay me!! While on the treadmill for the 2nd 15 mins at the end of my workout I get an email from Prof. K. I didn't read it and waited until I got home. Um, yeah...I'm taking a class with Prof. K. next semester. His email was the syllabus for that class, along with tips on where to buy the book.

I wanted to respond to his email and say: "Dear Prof. K: I know you are excited about the class you've taught for over twenty years, but sending me the syllabus seven weeks before the class starts is a bit much, don't ya think?! I would appreciate being able to get through the current semester before I take on the stress for Term II. Since apparently you have tons of free time, I have this Motion for Summary Judgment due in less than two weeks that I could really use your expertise on. Please return the completed Motion with appropriate attachments to me by this Sunday though since I have an oral argument to give on this matter this coming Monday. Your assistance is appreciated and with your years of experience I know to no longer worry if I will 4.0 this class! Yay me!! Thanks for your early prep for Term II!! j'lynn"

Come on Prof. K, are you f'g kidding me with this shit?!? Ugh...

Two is my lucky number today!

I'm closer to my hefty goal of being below 300 by 2 more lbs! Yay me!! I had told myself in the elevator going up to the 25th floor to WWs today that I would not let my weight gain (I was convinced I gained up to 5lbs) derail me from getting back on track! So I have now lost a grand total of 33.6lbs!! I can hardly believe it myself! In order to get to my goal I have to lose another 29.6lbs. I'm quite sure I won't accomplish this by the first of the year, but with each .2lb loss I'm that much closer! I cannot even imagining saying, "I've lost a total of 63.2lbs!" Oh my goodness...just the thought of it makes me feel light-headed and giddy!! I do credit my weight loss this week to my water intake and my ability to stay away from Wendy's and their delicious doubles & singles.

Well, 2 more things off my list of things to do! I registered for classes & filled out my course evals. I was also hoping to move #13 to the accomplished line today since I'm less than a chapter away from finishing my PR homework, but alas...it evaded me today. Tomorrow is another day...

Accomplished: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 38, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, & 40

Started: 13 & 15

Left to do: 16, 17, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, & 31

Ticking them off

One by one...

#7: When I went for my oil change Saturday morning and asked if the service department's manager was available I was told she wouldn't be in. I then began to wonder in my head whether the service manager was the same chick who blew me off last week, so I decided to do the next best thing...write a complaint instead. So yesterday I wrote my complaint and will stick it in the mail tomorrow, along with my bills and envelopes to my guy (I've become obsessed with printing off stories from the internet and sending them his way so he is getting some mail since I obviously haven't had time to write for a while!). I now consider #7 on my list done too! Yay!!

#33 & #35: With everything I've been able to accomplish in the last 48+ hours, I'm considering myself refocused and am hopeful that I've gotten my shit together too! ;) I've gotten almost 3/4ths of my list done. Of course if this wouldn't have happened and if I didn't have to wait until tomorrow to register and do my course evals, along with the fact that I'm waiting on my guy's letter which contains the information to update his last magazine subscription, I would only have 7 things incomplete on my whole damn to do list! Could you imagine?! I know I can't...

#34: Also, with my successful completion of weekend #2 without having a Wendy's single or double for that matter, plus the fact that I've sucked down my 64 ozs of water for today, I'm considering myself back on the WWs band-wagon! So even though tomorrow I will likely be sadden and upset with myself, I think that will be the last motivational factor that I will need to be totally back on board...oh yeah and the fact that my goal is to be below 300lbs by the end of the year. I know...that is a very hefty goal, but we all need goals, right?!

#32: Even though I've been up until 3am both Friday and Saturday night and gotten up early (in my world) both mornings, 7:15am and 9:00am, respectively, I only had the need to take one quick nap, yesterday. I haven't felt overly tired today and never even thought about going and laying down while I worked on homework. So I think I did get some serious sleep...maybe not a lot of sleep but I think it was a case of "good" sleep. You know that deep sleep where you are disoriented when you first wake up. Heck, I woke up at 4:30am this morning and thought I had been asleep for several hours when in reality I barely had 90 minutes in! I'm checking this one off my list too!

Accomplished: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, & 40

Started: 13 & 15

Left to do: 16, 17, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 37, & 38

Yes, I am proud of me! I've busted my behind this weekend and I'm so glad I did. :)

40 items on your to-do list: Overwhelming.

28 items completed on your to-do list: Amazing.

2 items started needing completion on your to-do list: Uplifting.

10 items left to-do: Priceless!

Pictures of my pile of papers & the end result...

Holy shit! What a mess. This is 10 months of stuff...

Do you see my panties? I couldn't even put my underwear in the drawer due to this mess!

A little progress has been made...

Here is the result...

Look at this...it totally rocks!! I'm so happy I've accomplished and this kept it up...

These are now gone too...

And this is all that is left these days, minus the gym bag on top, because I carry that in my car. Just in case, ya know! ;)

Opps...I didn't mean for that to happen!

Well, apparently I needed to work on #32 (Get some serious sleep!!) on my to-do list more than I needed to be pampered. Let me back up for a minute...last night I was so motivated and felt like I was getting so much done, so I kept going and before I knew it I was replying to one of Blaez's comments @ 2:46am! I went to bed around 3am and had my alarm set for 6am to get up and pick up where I left off. Most importantly I needed to get my oil change done this weekend (#6 on my list) before I took the munchkin in for his 9:30am appointment with the eye doctor (#8 on my list). Well, I'm sure this will shock you...I overslept! I got up about 7:15am, so I rushed a quick shower, pulled the hair back and was thankful that I had everything literally ready to walk out the door with! I dropped off my dry cleaning (#40 add on to my list), picked up my DDHC (the biggest size they had!), sugar-free & fat-free of course, and arrived to the dealer by 8:15am!

After getting my free oil change & free tire rotation (I love Ford's new Owner Advantage Program), I rushed to pick up the munchkin at my mom's and off to the eye doctor we went. His eyes are good, so that doesn't explain his daily complaints of headaches making me go 'hmmmm'! I dropped him back off to my mom and then came home. I had about 3 hours before my pampering appointment, so I ate some lunch and started working on my Litigation homework (#12 on my list). I was so sleepy due to the little bit of sleep I got last night, so I decided to lay down @ 1pm and set my crackberry alarm for 2:20pm to make my 3pm pampering appointment.

I was awakened by my phone ringing...it was my salon and it was now 3:22pm. Opps! So I had to reschedule my appointments to next Saturday. :( Guess I won't be getting pampered for another 7 days and #'s 25 & 26 will remain on my list of crap to do for another week... I guess I needed to sleep because I never heard my alarm at 2:20pm and I was sound asleep when they did call so I was totally out of it...

Accomplished: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 36, 39, & 40

Started, but still needs to be finished: 13, 15, & 32

Still needs to be worked on: 7, 9, 14, 16, 17, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, & 38

H1N1 Protected...Soon

We made it and it wasn't hours waiting either. Today from 12p-6p just down the road from where we live was a Flu Vaccine Clinic. Finally, the H1N1 Vaccine was coming to a building near us! Since I've been in a bit of a panic over this flu, I knew that the munchkin and I needed to have the vaccine. Between my asthma & diabetes and his asthma, we were eligible and I decided that we were taking advantage of it!

I left work @ 3pm, drive by the clinic and saw that there were not a ton of cars and there was not a line of people, so I went and picked the munchkin up from his after school program. I dragged him to the clinic and the tears started when we parked. After quite a show and no wait at all, we were done and on our way to Super Wal-Marts for a toy by 4:30pm. Not bad at all...

After picking up his $40 toy gun, I dropped the munchkin off at my mom's as he is spending the weekend with her. Then I met up with my aunt at my house and we opted to go grab dinner as just adults without a munchkin in tow. But before we went to dinner my aunt asked me to show her how to get her pics developed. It was as if she read my Friday To-Do List!

After dinner we came home, she took off to her house and I came in and got right to work on said list:

Accomplished: 1, 2, 3*, 4, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, & 36**

Started, but needs to be finished tomorrow: 5, 18***, 19***, & 39****

Still needs to be worked on: 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37*****, & 38******

*~~The munchkin has to get one more dose in 30 days!

**~~An add on here: Ask my bosses if I can leave @ noon on Thursdays to take my Trial Practice Class next semester (They said yes!! But I have to make up those 4 hours during the week!)

***~~The pics need to be picked up, but the hard part is done in my book!

****~~Another add on here: How could I forget--Do Laundry, we have to have clean clothes!!

*****~~Holy crap, another add on here: Register for next semester's classes

******~~Last add on I can think of: Do class evaluations

I'm hoping to be just as productive tomorrow since I really didn't start on my list until 3pm Friday and I must say so myself...I totally kicked ass!! hehe

But I'm in a suit!

After my realization Wednesday night which lead to this, I was ready Thursday morning to get ready to go with my school work. I had made sure I had time in my schedule during the day to get prepped for my first oral argument in Pre-Trial Litigation. I washed my hair and "did it"! Hell, I even wore one of my suits...I was ready to kick ass! I pulled into my parking lot (late, of course~~it was 8:19am) and my cell began to vibrate. I realized it was an email from Prof. Wine:

"I fully expected to be well enough to hold class today, but this morning y body is telling me otherwise. Sorry I could not give you more of a warning. We will reschedule the oral arguments."

WHAT?!? WTF?!? But I'm in a suit and I'm ready to go!! Ugh... I then made an instant decision, after work I'm going to see my guy! :) Last visit was more emotional and that deep connection type of visit, so this visit was all about fun, giggles and lots of fun! :) It was a blast.

Now I have to face the weekend and everything I need to get done this weekend, so on to my Friday To-Do List, which has a lot of carry over from last Friday...

1. Leave work a little early

2. Check in on the wait for my local H1N1 vaccine clinic

3. Get the H1N1 vaccine for me & the munchkin

4. Write out my shopping list

5. Go shopping

6. Get an oil change

7. Talk to the service manager @ my dealer about last week's episode when I attempted to get my oil changed

8. Take the munchkin for his eye appointment

9. Find my receipt for my snow-blower which needs to be returned

10. File my papers from the last two weeks so they don't get any further out of control

11. Pick up the house

12. Do all of my Litigation homework

13. Do all of my PR homework

14. Do all of my Small Firms homework

15. Do all of my Pre-trial homework

16. Start my final project/assignment for Small Firms

17. Write out the munchkin's soccer & school pictures to give out

18. Get my pics developed

19. Get my aunt's pics developed

20. Update my man's address with his last magazine subscription

21. Get the munchkin's most recent fundraiser together and turn it in

22. Go through this week's papers that I have not gotten to yet

23. Write out bills

24. Balance my checkbook

25. Get my facial done

26. Get waxed

27. Get my house cleaned

28. Get organized

29. Plan out my week

30. Write my man

31. Write my h.s. friend

32. Get some serious sleep!!

33. Refocus myself for this coming week

34. Get back on the WWs band-wagon...still not doing great! Ugh.

35. Get my shit together

I live for the weekend y'all!!