I love a good guacamole!
My plan is to enjoy myself responsibly for the remainder of the holiday season. I am so awestruck by those of you who can lose weight thru this madness. I'm just going to keep working out and try not to over-indulge on any one thing. We'll see how well that plan works out for me 
Today I'm going to start wrapping. Or gift-bagging 
This could very well be the year of the bag. Whatever. I'm not going to stress over it. After Becca gets home from school, we are heading out to the mall. She has amazingly good shopping karma, so I'm hoping we can git it done. 
I'm so lazy when it comes to gift-wrapping, pretty much everything gets bagged haha!!! Carlos made me wrap most of them this year though. It's cheaper. And prettier. And more fun to open. And blah blah blah...darn boy and his traditionalism lol
Cathie - you had to mention guacamole didn't you. I used to love that. I say used to because I had a horrible experience with homemade guac not too long ago. It was after my gallbladder out and I ate way too much of my friend's guac and was so sick afterwards. I was in the fetal position for therese if the night and into the next day as my body couldn't process all the fat from the avocado and chips. Oy - it was awful. Still can't eat it or even think about it.
Hope everyone is having a good night. Pretty uneventful around here which is a good thing.
Awww Paula what an awful experience!!!!! Yeah, that happened to me a lot after I had mine taken out, I had to really watch what I ate or I'd be in that kind of pain. I still have to watch it, 8 years later.
Hopefully one day you and guacamole can be friends again
I won't lie... I feel bloated and disgusting right now. I didn't even really over do it but it was more then I'm used to and it's actually really bothering me. I'm going to be better about this tomorrow. I have also promised myself that during the like 20 minutes of free time I get when the kids are napping I will do some sort of ab work or something just to feel less lazy.
And in sad news... three teachers had gift cards stolen out of their mail pockets at work yesterday. This is the second theft in a month and a half, this is the first time since I've worked there that anything like this has happened. Ugh, it's like being stuck inside a burning building. I'm just watching things crash down around me and I can't get out.
That's soooo sad. It's really horrible that someone would do something like that at the holidays...I try to think that maybe they are really desperate and needed it to buy things for their kids...but even then...there are ways to reach out to those around you without making others miserable. I really hope the school does something about it because that's just ridiculous.
Meg, you have described perfectly my feelings from late July through now. Watching things crash around me and I can't get out.
Just
Lots and lots of them. I hope things stop crashing soon.
This week has been insane. It must be a bad work week worldwide. Because my boss is driving me up the wall....if I could drink at work he'd be driving me to that, too.
Over the last year I've been pushing for my promotion to a 3rd level rep. Been giving him proof of how I am up to that level, and why I deserve the promotion. He kept saying that we'd wait until the end of the year. Well, now here it is, and they've changed the guidelines. And they're bigger. Crazier. Expecting much more...still things I can handle though, and have done this year. Well after he informed me of this, lo and behold, the last two weeks he's been BOMBARDING me...having me deal with calls that we'd send elsewhere, preparing things for legal, high priority cases, etc. Don't get me wrong...it's great to feel important, great to feel needed, and to have a chance to shine. But I've been doing it all year. I guess he just wanted to see how much I could handle at once to make sure I really am ready for the promotion. It's been a VERY stressful week. All of the emails in my inbox right now are from him....
I just keep repeating to myself, three day weekend, three day weekend....
And on another happy note, Carlos and I went to his parents house last night to help his mom decorate cookies. If any of you remember, I'm pretty sure his mom isn't real fond of me. But last night....was WONDERFUL. She was very chatty, and it was actually a lot of fun. She actually gave me a hug when we left, too, instead of waving from across the room like she normally does! It was so nice. I think that maybe Carlos and I moving in together has perhaps made her realize that I'm here to stay and she's not getting rid of me!
I hope everyone's week has not been too stressful, and that you're all heading into Christmas well. If I'm not around this weekend, I'll be here Monday to catch up!
Have a great day everyone!!!!
I was up at 4 and in my office by 5:30 for a 6:00AM meeting with my night crew. Ugh... Powered my way through my workout with Jesse tonight though but skipped out on cardio. My bed is calling me. Jesse is fine. Just a bit stressed about some trivial things but no drama. He still can't understand the whole being off the wagon thing that I go through from time to time. Oh well. Guess that is mine to deal with.
awesome! I hope it's dead too! 
since I am baking tonight and tomorrow night.
We have had amazing shopping mojo the two of us. 
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