The Year in Review

I was reading Nikki’s end of year blog and thought about doing my own year in review kind of blog, but nothing much really has happened to me this year. I went back through my old blogs and I found some stuff, but not much too exciting.

This year I decided to be more green. I tried when Paco and I were together. I bought him re-useable grocery bags and shopping bags. I tried to switch to green detergents and soap, but he complained, so I switched back. Once we broke up, it was full on green at my place.

I rarely every get plastic bags when I buy groceries now, and I even refuse shopping bags at the mall and other stores. I use organic or natural soaps, detergent, fabric softener, and deodorant.

In February I had a bad cold and was overdosing on Sucrets. I broke out in hives and thought it was an allergic reaction to cheese, so meanwhile I was still slowly killing myself by taking more Sucrets. Part of the problem was that a side effect of overdosing on Sucrets was that my throat got worse and so did my cough, so I kept taking the Sucrets thinking it was helping, when really it was what was making me worse. Lesson learned.

I normally avoid going to Charlie’s because that place is just a bad memory from my past and I always run into people that I don’t care to see and it’s always awkward. Well, Robert convinced me to go back in late March and I ran into a friend of an old ex that I still really like and inquired about my ex only to find out that he had died from a drug overdose less than a year back. Sadness. One of the main reasons we stopped dating was because of his drug and alcohol use.

I started taking Real Estate classes early in the year, and by April I had finished and passed the Real Estate Exam! That same weekend I was out celebrating at RCC and go entered into a Sexiest Person contest. I had no idea what was going on, a guy just came up to me and said I had been entered and gave me a number. It was 3 women and 3 men, and I won over all them. Yay me!

In June I bought a Palm Centro because it’s very helpful for Real Estate stuff, such as opening lockboxes. I’m super addicted to it now. I can’t imagine life without a smart phone. I don’t know how people do it.

In July I got to visit with a Jennifer. I hadn’t seen her in a long long long time, so that was SUPER fun. We went and looked at million dollar homes and had the best time. I still think about this one house that we saw, it was about 9000 square feet and the most amazing home I had ever seen in real life or on TV.

In August the Rusty Spurs opened and ended an era of dancing at RCC. I thought it would be weird to not be at RCC anymore, but the Spur quickly because my favorite place and I can’t imagine ever going back to RCC. Everyone is so nice at the Spur and it’s so much more relaxed and fun.

August 18th I got into a car accident on my way home from work. Wrecked my front bumper and I still haven’t gotten it fixed. It’s so trashy. August 19th I broke up with Paco. Our relationship had basically deteriorated to a friendship. He was happy; I was not, so I ended it. He moved out that night. We’ve been able to remain friends and there’s never been any weirdness or awkwardness between us… which in itself is weird.

At the end of September I bought a TiVo and it changed my life. Ok maybe not, buy very close. I’m no longer a slave to my television, but now I’m a slave to the TiVo. I record way too many shows and I always feel like I have to watch everything I record. The good thing is that I no longer have to worry about missing my shows, or avoid doing things because I can’t miss an episode of Desperate Housewives or Gossip Girl.

In October I started going to monthly events at the Blanton Museum of Art with Xoch. The events are fun and it’s nice to see art, but I think we’ve already seen everything in the museum and I wish we had a big nice museum like the Smithsonian. That would be AWESOME!

In December my sister moved to Arizona. It’s weird not having her around. We’ve been hanging out once a week every week for years now. Without her, game night is kind of falling apart. It’s down to just Eric and I. We need a third!

I went back and forth to Mississippi a bunch, and Kristi came here a bunch as well. It’s been nice having her back in my life. I just really wish she’d move here so that I could see her and RES more often.

I guess my life has change a good deal over the past year, becoming single, my sister moving away, getting my REALTOR® license, and TiVo. I guess I just don’t feel like I’ve accomplished a lot.

Oh wait… I forgot about the weight loss. At my heaviest I was almost 195 and now I’m down to 178 (as of this morning) and that is SUPER exciting! I hope to lose at least 8 more pounds and continue to take better care of myself. I didn’t lose the weight by starving myself or dieting (or even exercise); I lost it by eating healthier and smaller portions of food. I used to eat until I was well past being full and I wasn’t eating the healthiest food either… so this was actually an easy change to make and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything. I still eat the nasty stuff that I love every once in a while, like Mac-n-Cheese with Sausage, but I eat healthier portions and try to balance it out. If I eat something bad for lunch, I have something EXTRA healthy for dinner.

Hopefully this next year will be much better. This coming year I will pay off my truck and hopefully a bunch of other bills, so that I can buy a house!