Back in the Saddle

It's been so long since I've posted.  Almost 20 days.  Which is just 10 days short of a month.  Just one day short of 3 weeks.  It's a been awhile!

A lot has gone on in the last 18 days since I posted, so I figured out I'd tell you where I've been and what I've been doing...
- My boss at work retired, as did several others at my place of work.  There were lots of "activities" to attend to.
- I got a new boss at work, so again, there are lots of "activities" to attend to.  I'm also a model employee, so I don't blog at work (just kidding, I don't blog at work because I know my luck, and if anyone were to get in trouble, it would be me).
- Grad school started back up, so that means lots of reading and less blogging.
- It was my mom's and my birthdays.  Birthdays are a big deal in my family, which is why....
- Mr. Nation surprised me with a weekend trip to Kansas City:

We stayed at the Plaza and had a blast with one of my best friends who lives there.  (Mr. Nation and her planned out the entire weekend).
- Seems that all of the organizations I'm a part of had at least one meeting in the last 18 days.  I think I only had one or two free nights.  And I spent those watching my shows or catching up on the DVR.  And I have a lot of shows.
- It was just a busy month in general, we also had several friends birthdays, an engagement party, and a going-away party.

I hope to be better about blogging in the future, but it will just take some time for me to get used to all these new changes and transitions.  Hope you all have a wonderful week!  Until next time...

Random Wednesday

This is a true Random Wednesday.  Because it's Friday.  It's been a long week...   Give me a break.

1. If I had a nickel for every time I left a paper in the printer before I left for a meeting (at which I needed that paper left in the printer), I'd have quite a few nickels.  

2. I hate ESPN.  Except when they have good stories.  Then I like to watch.  Don't tell Mr. Nation.

3. I have no motivation to work out.  Like none.  If there was a contest in making up excuses as to why you can't/won't go work out, I'd win.  We have an elliptical machine upstairs for goodness sakes.  I continue to donate money to our local gym, but pretty soon something's got to give...  I hope.  

4. I hope that tights and leggings and "maternity shirts for non-maternity girls" never go out of style.  They are glorious, especially in reference to #3.  What was I thinking when I wore "lingerie tops" in college?  I wasn't thinking because I was too busy working out apparently.  

5. My favorite feature on my Mac is the spell check on EVERYTHING.  It's amazing for people like me who can't spell, but also have a pet peeve of incorrect grammar on the internet.

6. Speaking of pet peeves...  People who have a big destination wedding with lots of family members and friends but then also have a big reception back "home."  I can see if your destination wedding was just immediate family or just you and your spouse, but I feel lately I've seen large destination weddings plus a large reception.  What was the point?  You saved no money and basically had two weddings.  If you have that much money to burn, maybe we should be better friends and I should stop dogging on your two weddings.

7. I love weddings.  I still secretly look at wedding blogs every now and then.  I'm trying to stop because it only makes me want to go back and change everything.  There's too many good ideas out there.  I think I would be a really good wedding planner.  I wouldn't like the drama or the hours, though.  

8.  School is starting back next week.  I'm working on my doctorate.  I don't think I mentioned that before now on the blog.  I'm not looking forward to it starting again...  I wanted to quit every week last semester, my goal is to cut that down to every other week this semester.  We'll see...

9. I don't like change.  I would go as far to say I hate change.  But I guess it's not necessary to change.  Survival's not mandatory, right??

That's all for now.  Again, it bugs me that there's only 9 thoughts, but like I said, it's been a long week.  Have a lovely, relaxing weekend, gentle readers!