Saturday, October 23, 2010

My Weight-Up Call

So, I put on the Anthropologie dress I wore when I married Scott in Memphis (before our big LA wedding) 3-years ago. We were going out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary. Reality hit me BIG time! It fit. It zipped. It looked OK. But it didn't feel right. It just didn't fall properly. So, I have started to take charge of my eating and exercising. I workout 5-6 times a week, but I don't push myself. I need to push myself to the next level. I miss my personal trainer so much. He transformed my body. He knew what I needed and he pushed me to get there. The eating isn't that much of a problem. I don't pig-out. But, I am trying a lot more stuff since we've been living here & when we travel, which is every few months, I eat whatever I feel like. So, this time next year, that dress will look as good as it did on me three years ago! You'll see. Side note to Scott.... stop bringing home chips & nuts! My metabolism is nowhere near as fast as yours.

We've been celebrating our anniversary all week, pretty much. Why not? We certainly waited long enough to get married, so we might as well make-up for lost time. Some days it's hard for me to believe I got married at all. What a different life I led only four years ago. If I was given a choice, I would choose my life now. Scott is the best guy I could have ever asked for. We are enjoying all our adventures together.....and we have had many the last few years. I wouldn't change things at all. We just want to get back to southern California. We still have not heard where we go next. We hope to know within the next few weeks to months.

Tuesday night we went see Edwin McCain perform live on base. He was awesome. We really enjoyed every song he performed and he was funny, too. It was an intimate gathering which was nice. It was not advertised very well at all on base, so not too many people showed-up. I'd say there was less than 100-people there. It's odd because some things are overly advertised and others aren't. I don't know who's in charge, but they need to get their act together! As is typical, there were dozens of empty seats all over the place, but a group of teenagers decided to sit right behind us for a while. Their cell phones were ringing all the time and they were talking and laughing so much. I gave them a few dirty looks, but they could care less. Eventually they left. I hate when people talk so loudly during performances or movies. It's so rude & selfish!

Last night we went to a Thai restaurant, Monsoon. It also serves all other types of Asian food. The ambiance was great as was the food. Sitting next to us was an Asian couple and their about 2-year-old daughter. The girl never shut-up. She was going on and on and on and on! I think what bugged me the most was that I understood nothing of what she was saying and it sounded like babbling. It was like an annoying background noise that you could never stop. Her parents never even acknowledged her. So much for our romantic anniversary dinner! Fortunately the food was great and my fresh mango juice was very refreshing!

Both Scott & I are busy with work. We're just going week by week. Counting down, down, down! My kids were actually pretty good this week. They received their penpal letters from LA and were beyond excited about it. I threatened to stop the letters if they didn't improve their behavior. It seems to have worked, at least for this week. My kids were amazed at how much their penpals looked like them. I think they're realizing how similar we all are. The names were tricky for them, as I'm sure my students' names were for the LA kids. I really think this will be a great experience for them. So many have already told me that their penpal is their "best friend." The parents are just as excited as the kids. A few kids told me their mothers jumped up and down when they heard the letters had arrived. I can just see the drama now! The women here are highly dramatic people. Everything here is overly exaggerated.

Benny's doing great. There are 3 boys that live two villas away from ours. For some reason, their bus drops them off in front of our villa everyday after school. Benny rarely barks, but he always barks at these boys. The privacy screen on our front gate is customized so that Benny could have the bottom two feet open so that he can see what is going on outside of our place. I often see these boys walk up to the gate & kick the gate to make Benny mad & Benny barks like a mad man. His tail is wagging like crazy, but he's a mad man. I usually miss being able to catch them in the act and yell at them. Well, this week was different. I came home a little later than usual from work. Just as I let Benny out and turned to go in the house, they struck. I grabbed my keys and ran after them. I caught up with them just in front of their villa. I yelled, "Hey! Please stop kicking my gate and upsetting my dog!" The two younger boys, probably aged 12 and 10 immediately denied doing anything. I recognized the 12-year-old's shoes as the ones who had just kicked the gate. I told them to stop lying. I knew they did it and that I've seen them do it before. This local guy across the street was watching me yell at them. The oldest (around 16-years-old) stepped forward and apologized. He said they wouldn't do it again. I thanked them and went back home. Let's see how long this lasts.

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