Well - I've been so busy with all my studying that I literally have not had the time in a day to do primary activities like laundry, errands, clean the dishes, let alone blog time. Now that I am done with school (YAY!!! Happy MBA to me!!!) I think I might have bit more time to blog. For now this is just a quick note to mention that I am still here and I am hanging on for dear life.
When I look back on this blog years from now, I'll remember what was going on and will recall how crazy I am to push the envelope this far. I really hope I didn't shoot myself in the foot by trying to do in 6 months what most people take 18 months to do. Oh well, failure is not option so I'll just have to muddle through it.
As of today, I study 2 -3 hours on my off-class nights and 6-8 hours on Saturdays. As of next weekend I'll be studying 6 - 8 hours on Sunday too. On top of that, I have changed my schedule around at work to work 9 hours on Mon - Thur and leave 4 hours early on Friday. Then every other Friday I will take 4 hours of unpaid time (we are being encouraged to do so given the state of the economy) so every other Friday I will have entirely off.
So I'm studying all the time and (believe it or not) I'm still behind. WTF. This schedule is grueling but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, I know when this will be over and I can practically taste my goal. I'll get there - but it really will take blood, sweat and tears.
In other news - I had a blast on Saturday night. Went out for a "quiet dinner" with friends that turned into an all night fun fest complete with lots of booze and karaoke. I even sang Garth Brooks "Friends in Low Places" and didn't even get my mic turned off. Success!!! Needless to say I spent all day Sunday paying the price but it was nice to get out and cut a rug. Considering my schedule, I have to get an outlet somehow, right?
The weight loss is going well. I'm in a new digit bracket and have lost a total of 17 pounds since I started on January 5th. People are starting to notice and I feel great! HG joined NS so I love having a buddy on it so we can compare notes and whine to each other about the joys of bread and bacon (which we obviously can't have on the diet). I only need to lose 8 - 10 more pounds to reach my first 12 week goal. Yay!
I booked a trip to Colorado in May. I can't wait to go. It will be during a much needed CPA break and I will get to visit my bestest CO buddies. I will definitely cheat on the NS diet to have the following items: Chick-Fil-A's chicken nuggets dipped in mayo (don't judge), China Taipei's combo fried rice, Monaco Inn's dolmades, Greek soup, and turkey souvlaki, Dave & Buster's chicken parmesean or a number of other goodies, Le Peep's white lightening omelette, and I may give House of Kabob another try - depending on the schedule.
That's all for now - stay tuned for more, though who knows when. :-)
1 comment:
I dip all fried things in mayo, it's a Wisconsin thing. French fries, tator tots, I like it on my brats (when I eat them like once a year) and I also like it on lettuce, tomato, cucumber sandwiches.
You'll get no judgements here on the mayo issue :)
I can't wait to see you, Max is really excited.
Congrats on the weight loss sister, you go!
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