Week 1

My first week average weight was 159.1. Not too bad. Im trying to stay confident that if I simply 'stay the course' everything will drop down to where I like it...and I shouldnt have lost 4 lbs the first week, as much as I want to :) So...Im doing ok. Next week starts the yoga again to get some definition back in my arms and legs.

Day 1

Its time to jump back on the 'watching what I eat' horse. I have a small goal of 10lbs by Christmas...shouldnt be TOO hard, but boy do I love my chips and cheese dip :)

Weight: 161

Wine Weekend

It was time. Time to fill my pathetic empty wine rack with some good wine! I think I may have suceeded...

Livermore may not be classically beautiful but I managed to see some amazing things...

They put the grapes in the barrel room in the big containers and just let it all just soak and furment, then later they process it in the barrels...

We got a tour through El SOl winery and they showed us how they processed the wine out of the barrels...looks yummy huh?

I should have bought this sign, because it really just fits me :)

Dad was our DD and enforced all the rules for our trip, see the sign behind him? "No alcohol behind this point!"

It was a much needed vacation and a fun 3 day road trip. I made some macaroni/potato salad, marinated some good chicken and really just enjoyed myself. It was great to see Aunt Maureen and Uncle Greg and Aunt Jeri and Uncle Mike. At dinner one night the owner of El Sol winery came by our table with 2 free bottles of wine for us to enjoy (like we really needed MORE). Everyone we met was amazing and I cant wait to go again next year!

RIP Rosie. My Sunshine

I got a pet door to go out to our patio so Rosie can go in and out and so her litter can stay outside and not in our tiny 1 bedroom apartment...well, the first night and Rosie has taken off :( Im so sad. I miss her like crazy...Please come home Rosie! I keep looking outside thinking that you will jump over the balcony and you dont. I keep looking back onto the couch thinking I will have to yell and tell you to get off. But youre not there. I keep looking at your purple pillow thinking you will be all turned upside down and cute...but youre not there. I love you so much. You make me happy. I always figured that you would be with me...at least for the next 15 years or so. I fought for you...and now you are gone. I seriously miss you...like nothing I have ever missed before. Please come home. Dont test me anymore. I cant handle it.

ETA: SHe was hit by a car and killed today. Way south of town by the Pink Scolaries. I dont know how she got so far, from a cat who was normally too scared to venture past a couple feet from the balcony.

Just call me Aunt Megan!

Im not the one to tell everyone but Im bursting with happiness! Im going to be an Aunt. Not a 'fake Aunt' to Jenns amazing son, or a CousAunt to Chels precious son...but a REAL AUNT :) My brother and sister in law are expecting their first baby. I am on total cloud 9!! Aunt Megan...just has a good ring to it doesnt it??

School Girl

Well, Im registered for college. Holy crap. Im going back to school!! And who knew it was so damn hard?? I started my day with the class schedule and picking all the courses I wanted in the time slot I wanted...no early mornings, no late nights...you know how I roll ;) So where is my luck when not one of those classes is actually open?? So I start getting a little less picky 'ok, maybe Ill start at 0930 and not 1100' that didnt work either! After going through all the class options I managed to get 2 of my classes. One at the butt crack of dawn and one late at night. So, I ask for some opinions, have some wine and decide to go to see an advisor the next morning instead of waiting the 2 weeks for my apointment. My advisor told me a few other options for classes to take and a few ways to get the governement to pay for my CPR course. I rush home and sign on to web-reg and manage to get into 2 more classes. I am signed up for Math 090 (I know, gay right?? I have already taken Calc 176) MGT 212, PSC 101 and IS 101. Im still trying to get into a EMS 100 class and the RAD 090 class. In the spring I plan to take Math 120, NURS 130, and LTE 110 ( I needed some time to get my shot records and cpr certificate figured out). And in the fall of '10 I will plan to take BIO 141, Chem 100, Phys 100 and in the spring of 2011 I finish it all off with BIO 141. That would give me all the requirements to apply for my radiology program and all 13 points that the radiology program requires...cross your fingers for me!!

Im home

After 6 years, 2 states, multiple countries and much anguish I am back in Reno. For good. I got the keys to my brand spanking new apartment on Friday and have been slowly unpacking and settlin in. Jason went back to Vacaville for the week to celebrate Fathers Day and wrap some stuff up and will be making the final drive over the pass this Friday. Maybe Ill save him some closet space ;)

Saying goodbye to Jenn was hard. I feel like I am abandoning her, even though this is now her life and her decision to stay in Cali with the babys father. I keep hoping she will leave his ass and move home to Vegas to be closer to her support system. Im going to miss her like crazy!

I start school in August, have to take a bunch of crap 'prerequisites' before applying to the Radiology program here at TMCC and Im pretty excited about it. Just going to campus made me feel all sorts of out of place though. I felt so damn old! It wll be a whole new world though, going to school at this age, without the drama of 'going out' and college life. I can maybe finish some homework now LOL.

It feels really really wierd to be back in Reno though. I feel bored and kinda uneasy. Im not in limbo anymore and I have direction for my life but I just feel...low. I love my apartment and I love the direction my life seems to be going in. Jason and I are at a whole new level in our relationship and I see us lasting forever. I guess its just nerves maybe, moving in with my boyfreind and giving up any sort of single life. I dont want to be single but having a live in boyfreind just makes it just that much more obvious that I dont have sole control of the TV anymore :) Im sure everything will settle in nicely and Ill get all registered for classes and Jason will find a job and life in Reno will eventually because normal to me once again...

And holy shit, I am in Baby Heaven!! Im so so so excited to have babies in the family! Jenn and Ethan (we find out on Wednesday if her at home sex test was correct) and Chel and Bryce and Keegan...Im so excited to hold your bundles of joy and watch them grow up and explore this world.

I get a sister in law soon too! Heres to her bachlorette party on Saturday!! Im sure its going to be a night to remember :)

Thats about it for now...Ill add pictures of my new place once I get them all onto the computer...