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Sooooo, that's still a work in progress.
I have been making great efforts to actually Get Up! Off of the Sofa! And Do Stuff!! I would say overall it's been a fairly successful endeavor, but I've got to tell you it's been a challenge.
Last weekend was filled with enjoyment and nausea. On Friday night I tried out a new restaurant, Virginia's on King and then took in a couple of sketch groups from the New York based Upright Citizens Brigade who came to Charleston to perform as a part of the city's four-day comedy festival. Dinner was good, though not my favorite cuisine experience in the lowcountry so far, and the comedy was hilarious. Saturday, a pal turned 30, so I headed over to her place where we managed to relocate a couple of bottles of wine from their original containers to our stomachs and pass out on the sofa at an undetermined time. I woke up Sunday, a little groggy and disoriented and spent the rest of the day trying to make my house stop wobbling around every time I got up to go to the bathroom or eat a donut.
Oh, and then I WATCHED THE SAINTS WIN THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP! Look, I'll admit it, I'm totally a bandwagon fan. It's not that I was ever opposed to the Saints, it's just that I never watched professional football, so I was pretty neutral one way or another. But come on, they're my home team, they're tearing it up out there on the field and I'm damn proud of them. Does that make me a super-fan? No. But you can bet your sweet ass I'll be cheering from the deepest place in my soul while they're playing in the Superbowl.
Anyhow, after the excitement of last weekend, I retreated deep into my introvert cave to recharge my socialization batteries. I've made a bit more progress around the house as far as organizing the daunting piles of crap we still have stored behind closed doors. Colby comes home next weekend, and I'm hoping the next week will be spent in a massive attack on the projects that try as I might, I simply can't (read:don't want to) do by myself.
This weekend should be a quiet one, so I'm
planning to finish a book, work on a little scribbling of my own and
potentially try out my new Jillian Michaels DVD. There's also a pretty
good chance that I some point, I'm going to work in a cupcake, just to
counteract the harmful effects of too much healthy exercise.
Oooohh, cupcakes, there's an idea. I keep counteracting my treadmill time with Hershey kisses. I certainly admire you for doing Jillian Michaels workouts--she scares the hell out of me! Glad to hear you're keeping busy though!
Posted by: shani | January 29, 2010 at 06:43 PM
ooo... what's the new Jillian Michaels workout? I haven't yet progressed to level three of the 30 day shred, so I figure I still have some time with that video... but know that pretty soon I'll be wanting a new one!
Posted by: Brittany | January 29, 2010 at 06:58 PM
Wow we had a completely different experience at Virginia's on King. It was one of the worst meals either Jon or I have had here in the lowcountry. Glad you had something better than we did.
Posted by: Kaela | January 29, 2010 at 07:34 PM
It sounds like you're adjusting to Charleston well! Enjoy your quiet weekend.
Posted by: Lynn | January 30, 2010 at 12:03 AM
Oh what's the new Jillian Michael's work out? Also, that Saints/Vikings game was INSANE! So good.
Posted by: Jessica | February 01, 2010 at 04:16 AM