Today is a good day!!
I posted on the community board, but I will post here as well:
I have been published!
it's my first paying freelance article:
http://www.collegebound.net/collegeboundmag/issues/sept04/roommates.html
Last night I had my stir-fry again- delicious!
I also made monster cookies for my dad- my mom just got a new job and is living here (Des Moines) in an apartment until my dad (two hours away) can get things with the house together and whatnot... they might not even decide to sell the house. They don't know what they're going to do. My bet is that they will end up with a condo or something here. ANYWAY, my point is, my dad is from a generation of men who let their wives do the cooking for them. About all he is good for is grilling, frozen pizza and McDonald's. She is headed home for the weekend, so I made him some goodies. According to her, the house is devoid of groceries and the cats are barely getting fed (they're fat anyway
So, I made cookies. I also made SB-friendly cookies and had one of those- a cup of peanut butter, a cup of splenda and an egg. I really like them!
Anyway... I had one of those for breakfast and some cheese on my way out the door.
Because tomorrow is the big Iowa/Iowa State game, my office is having Famous Dave's catered. Hopefully it will be something that isn't drenched in BBQ sauce!
I did have some Dots when I got here this morning- 5 or 6 probably. Just when I thought the candy was no longer a tempation, she refilled it! It's the Dots that get me! Grr!! I resisted all day yesterday, though. And I will resist for the rest of the day!
We are going to see DBF's little brother (10th grade) play football tonight, so that will be fun. We got in a big fight before I left for work this morning, and that was NOT fun. I work 8-5 M-F, but this is his last semester of college, so he doesn't have a "Real" job yet. He works full time- 32 hours- at Barnes and Noble and is in the running for a management position (I hope he finds out today!), btu he still works those odd retail hours- somedays it's 7-4:30, some days it's 2-10:30... you never know. And I am at the age where all of my friends are getting married (hence the title of my journal). I have two weddings to go home to in October and one weekend I am going home for Oktoberfest- it's also Homecoming and it's a lot of fun. Everyone gathers at the beer tent and catches up and it's just a blast. Well, DBF never gets to come with me because he always works all day on Saturdays. I am tired of hearing about my "mystery" boyfriend and "Oh, did you and Paul break up? We never see him anymore." However, he is getting the Saturdays for the weddings and Oktoberfest off.
This morning, I asked him if he is working on Sept. 18th. A friend of my family's is turning 40 and there is a surprise birthday party for him on the 18th- and DBF freaked out. He needs to get a certain number of hours in at work just like I do, and he can't just get every weekend off! I understand that, I really do. We both used to be managers at Target (that's how we met) and I fully understand how frustrating the retail world can be (cleaning up after lazy shoppers until 3 a.m. during the Christmas season and then trying to make it to an 8 a.m. class was really NOT fun).
And I hardly ever ask him to take weekends off, but it seems like all of these things are falling into the same 6 weeks or so and so he thinks I am asking him to take time off all of the time.
Grr. Sometimes I just want to fast-forward my life by a couple of years- when we're BOTH making decent money, have normal jobs and a real house... I feel older than I am.
Sorry for the long rant. Despite the big fight with DBF this morning, my day has been great- we made up before I left for work (although I was still grumpy for awhile), my article got published and my paycheck for Wednesday is about $300 more than I was expecting!!
This was a really long journal entry, but you know... sometimes you just have to type it out.
Have a great day, everyone!
Great job resisting the tootsie rolls despite missing your snack. That walk definately counts as exercise.
Curves is a good program. I started there before switching to the Y. I lost some weight and made friends. It is a great combo.
But, no bun and none of the delicious-looking corn muffins. 
Stacy,
for you to feel better. Sorry to hear about the shoes. Your Jackson sounds like he is a handful. Good Luck with obedience school.
I think I am going to try a combo of calorie-counting and low-carb. I really want my bowl of cold cereal in the morning! And it's not like I eat lucky charms or anything like that... although, with Halloween coming up, I will have to buy a box of Frankenberries at some point. 
