Mama's Little Baby Loves Short'nin'

Well, I got a new job at a bakery, thanks to one of my fellow Story Pirates. In addition to my knowledge of coffee, I shall be adding on baked goods. Starbucks has been my fall back, but I am glad to finally move on. I don't believe I will be returning to it any time soon as an employee, but I will remain loyal to the brand despite my reasons for leaving.

Out with the old, in with the new!

This Week

Monday- Get back from DC and sleep

Tuesday- Work, call the dentist, clean, walk, go to The Reeds for Life Group

Wednesday- Work, continue cleaning, walk, do some laundry, socialize

Thursday- Work, walk, see a show with Jillian

Friday- Work, deposit pay check, walk, maybe socialize

Saturday- Work, come up with a six-month plan, walk, maybe socialize

Sunday- Church, walk, maybe socialize.

Come Back, Spoon

Today was sad

All because you are not here

And you should know

How wonderful you are

You were my happy thought

You were my prayer

If I quit my calling

Hell may follow

But hell can't burn

This admiration

And Love within.

I Resolve

1. To take a picture everyday for the next 365 days
2. To have money in savings within the next five months
3. To begin paying off my AMDA student loans this year
4. To eat at least 3 servings of veggies and fruit per day
5. To walk and observe for at least 30 minutes a day

These are very realistic and do-able. How's that for resolutions?

Winter Weight

I am getting chubby as the fall turns to winter. It's not as bad as it could be, but I've been feeding my sadness over Mr. Wonderful's departure with pasta and wine. Delicious and deadly.

I miss him. It's been seven days, but it feels like I haven't seen him in a month. Is time really traveling at the rate we think it is? Because it feels like I won't see him again in a very long time. This makes me sad. Not only am I carrying physical weight, I am also carrying around my emotional weight. Sigh. I hope winter will be over soon.

The Season of Giving

The anticipation of receiving gifts is really what makes Christmas so special. There's also the warm feelings of happiness when you see someone pleased with what you got them.

I wish I could have been better about getting gifts for people. I'm on a budget of nothing, and Christmas is in two days. I haven't even mailed any Christmas cards.

I wasn't necessarily a Scrooge or trying to grinch Christmas- it's just that life got too busy for me to handle. Finances were too overwhelming for me to give. I would rather give a gift that is good than just a crappy old nothing without any thought. But now I feel awful. I couldn't have even sent a little card? Just a little one?

I am usually a very good gift giver. This year, Christmas just snuck up on me, it seems. I didn't have money to get gifts for people. But perhaps, I can employ some of my free time making after Christmas gifts for people.

The truth is, I have not been very thoughtful or giving, and I apologize to all of my friends and especially to Baby Jesus.

Love Supreme

How I feel when I am around that wonderful guy is so different than anything I've felt before. Maybe I fall in love too easily, but sometimes there are these amazing moments where in the words of our favorite tragic heroine Eponine from Les Miserables, "all I see is him and me forever and forever." And it isn't just in my mind, and I'm not just talking to myself and not to him. He likes me, maybe even loves me too. And Ingrid Michaelson might be right. Maybe in the future, he's going to come back, he's going to come back. And the only way to really know is just to really let it go.

I know Christmas hasn't even passed yet, but the new year is coming and maybe this new year will be the best one yet. Maybe I'm being too optimistic, but could this be the new year for a Love Supreme? Only time will tell...