Holidays and cheer...

I have always been very excited about Christmas. Even though when I fill out some survey that asks me my favorite holiday, I can never remember that Christmas is my fav~lol. Well this year was no different. There were no surprises for me, but it was an all in all great Christmas. I ordered a laptop from Costco when they were having a great deal in November, and got it around the 20th of November. At the time J said it would be my anniversary present (November 10th) and I was happy about that, since I wasn't expecting anything. Then once Christmas neared, and I took out my laptop he asked me "how do you like your new laptop?" And I replied "Oh I love it!" He said "Good, so it is like your Christmas present then" Um, yeah.


So Christmas is all about giving, not about receiving. J has always been like this, so I was not too surprised, so I proceeded to do my usual spoiling of Mr J. Growing up he never really had a Christmas, at all, and so now he does and I don't. Wah wah wah. I know. I really didn't think he would actually not get me anything at all. I did get some gifts from other family members. I actually took some time off from work and just stayed home! That was pretty great. I stayed home for one week. It was great, I got SO much done! That was the greatest gift of all this year (besides the laptop).


New years: We are going to our friends house tonight. It is not going to be a blow out party or anything, and if it was, I don't know if I could handle it. It has been so very long since I actually had an exciting New Years. We are going to hang out and watch movies, and have some champagne at midnight. We usually stay there until about 3 in the morning (record time for J). When I told him we would be going there for New Years Eve, he asked me "are you OK with that?" And I was like "Well, it is better than being home in bed (sleeping) at midnight!" I know, I am such a brat, but I am feeling lately how very mundane our life really is, it must be midlife crisis! LOL! I hope not, I am not that old after all.

*later~after the "party"...
OK. I can't really call it a party. There were three couples, and 4 kids. I handed out the Christmas gifts that I wasn't able to give them since they were in Mexico. We had dinner. It was ceviche made with soy (better than it sounds). Then we watched a home video of a party in Mexico, though interesting, not really my cup of tea since I didn't know any of them. I was getting texts from everyone else having a normal celebration all dressed up and counting down. That just made it harder to be sitting there watching the History Channel (I'm not kidding~from 8:30-11:30). Finally at 11:55pm I asked if we could at least watch the count down. We did, and had some champagne that I brought over (I immediately downed 3 glasses and was happy). Then J was ready to go home. It was an ok night all in all. It could have been worse I guess.

Fabulously sore!

I have a friend that I chat with every night on my computer while I work on homework. She lives in Sitka. Well, she has come to be one of my very good friends, even though we have never met face to face. She is an awesome person. We were chatting last night, and I asked her "have you gotten on your elliptical yet" (we had talked about it earlier and she was going to get in the habit again). "no, not yet" she replied. I thought, even though we are in completely separate towns, we could still motivate each other, so I said "OK, we are both going to do this tonight, I am going to go get on my treadmill and you get on your elliptical" We figured out our plans, and one, two, three- go! We both went to our respective machines, and burned some calories. Now I haven't gotten on my treadmill in exactly 3 months to the day, and so when I was on it, I was very stiff, and my body was very unwilling. I pushed myself through the first wall, and felt better. OK, I think I could jog, I thought to myself. So I did it. I jogged a quarter mile, and then walked for a while, and then jogged for another quarter mile, then walked it out. I felt so good for doing it! I made a mile and three quarters in 35 minutes. Not my best by any means, but hey it's a start! I am going to keep going, at least 2 times a week. Wednesday night for sure, then probably Friday or Saturday nights. Then during winter break I will go more. I am so motivated to keep doing this, and I think with my friends help, I will.

When I went back to chatting with her we were shopping online, I was looking for an elliptical, and she for a treadmill. I think I settled on an exercise bike for now. I am pretty sure she is going to get the treadmill. We will keep pushing forward in our individual goals as a team even though we are far apart. Yes we can! =) Here is the bicycle that I am thinking about getting:

It is not very expensive at $199 (shipping included) It has an ipod connection and a lot of great features. J said I should order it for my Christmas present! I guess I know what I am getting! lol I am thinking it would be great to have in my living room so that I could ride it while watching my recorded shows. Or when I am doing homework and just need a pick-me-up. Either way, it is going to be great towards my goal of reaching pre-marriage weight, which of course won't happen if I get preggers! But this is something that will help me to get in shape so that I may have a better chance of getting preggers too. =)