My Distractions...

Well let's see... what has been going on in my world?  You see, I always get really behind on blogging, and then I get a chance to catch up on things and I will do several posts at 1 time & back date them so it kinda makes it look like I posted on the correct date but really I didn't post about that weekend until 2 or 3 weeks later (so scroll down after this post b/c I posted 3 more new ones today when I was on a blogging roll!).  I just surprisingly don't put my own blog 1st & instead spend my time reading everyone else's blogs every night.  I also usually only blog about my weekend "events" but here is a random post of things that are going on in my world right now...

 -TWILIGHT: I won't go crazy obsessed for my non-Twi-Hard blog readers sanity, but yep... I am only like 5 years late to this whole phenomenon, but several months back (I think I mentioned this on my blog at the time) Ben & I rented the 1st Twilight movie & really enjoyed it (I had never read the books & up until that point thought all the hype was silly).  After seeing the 1st movie I was hooked.  Then my sisters & I went and saw New Moon as soon as it came out in the theatres & I saw it a 2nd time with Ben!  After watching both of these movies I was so curious what would happen next but don't have ANY time to read actual books, so I asked for the Audiobooks for Christmas.  Ben gave me the Twilight Audiobook for Christmas & I listened to it in a matter of days while working, I quickly ran to Barnes & Noble and bought the New Moon Audiobook, & then my sisters gave me the Eclipse & Breaking Dawn Audiobooks for my birthday (a week early b/c I was already done w/ New Moon & didn't want to wait!).  I finally finished "reading" them all on Feb. 12th & I have to say I am SO glad I joined the following!  They were SO good!  (but I warn against these audiobooks in that they are so addictive that I didn't ever talk on my phone when I was in my car b/c I was constantly distracted & wanting to listen to my books!) 

-HOUSE: As you may have read in the questionnaire I did on Natalie's blog for my birthday, my goal for the year is for Ben & I to sell our house & move back to Mobile.  Our house has been For Sale by Owner for probably almost a year now (I can't remember exactly when we put the sign in the yard last year).  We know that the economy and housing market is really horrible right now so that is the main problem we are having.  The fact that we don't NEED to move but just really WANT to is the reason why we initially weren't really "in any hurry" and so still haven't gotten a realtor who will take a big chunk out of our profit/breakeven.  I personally want to move like...yesterday... no matter what it takes, while Ben is being more practical (stubborn) and is only thinking about the money aspect & isn't willing to lose money on the house (well, duh, isn't everyone losing money on houses these days?).  It's just one of those things I wish we could be done with and moved but I can't MAKE it happen... { sigh }

-WORK: It's so crazy to think that this time last year I was still unemployed!  I have been with my new company for over 8 months now & I am so lucky to have a job after the long job search I went through and with the industry I'm in still laying people off all the time.  Things have been shaken up lately; I got a new manager & when that's my only real contact with my company (& talking to coworkers over the phone) since we are all hundreds of miles away from each other, it's a BIG deal to get used to... but I am still going strong, working hard, and trying to remain positive about the future.  My new manager came down & rode w/ me this week & was very complimentary about what he observed so I feel confident in how I am doing, things have just been extremely crazy lately.  I have been really busy b/c even though I am only in the field 3 days a week, I have a lot of at home reports and computer work... 

-SICK: Yeah, It was bound to happen some time with me in and out of pediatrician's offices all day long & sitting in chairs that snotty nose babies and kids with the flu and all kinds of yucky bugs floating around... I was off on Mardi Gras day but woke up for work Wednesday morning not feeling very well. I didn't think much of it so I headed out but was miserable all day long, feeling nauseous, rumbly stomach, & then my last call of the day almost passed out in front of a Doctor.  By the time I got home & took my temperature it was 102.7!  Long story of sparing you the details short, I caught some fort of virus & had a non-vomiting form of the stomach bug for 3 FULL DAYS!  Since I never threw up & never lost my appetite I was still able to eat some chicken noodle soup, macaroni & cheese, & other bland foods, so I didn't lose any weight like most people do with the stomach bug (darn)!  Saturday morning I woke up feeling back to myself.... until I woke up w/ stuffy nose/sinus issues this morning.... (Ben decided to have some sort of sinus infection this whole week).... 'tis that time of year huh?  

so, lovely blog readers, who I hope are still around & reading here even though I'm not always around... how are YOU doing?