I don't know why I'm really excited that Lance Armstrong won that bike race. But I am. I like when Texans do stuff like that, especially in a place like France.

So the wedding was fabulous, the night before was spectacular, and it was just a generally great weekend. I'm ready for the happy couple to return home and BLOG about it!

I'm SO excited that Andra will be in TX. We can have those kind of "blogger girls" get together much more frequently and not have to wait for a wedding. And now your baby won't be a foreigner! Thank goodness!

SO I've been back since Wednesday and I've not been doing much. I've been applying for jobs, cleaning some, laundry, etc. Today I'm trying my hand at ironing. Vic always irons my clothes because, well, I don't/can't. Today it occurred to me that maybe I could iron his scrub tops since they are pretty basic. There are a good 6 or 8 that he never wears because they have to be ironed. They don't look great, but they are now acceptable to wear. He was shocked.

SO the other reason that I was thinking that I'd do his scrubs is he took ANOTHER job. SO now he will work at Denton Regional fri and sat nights from 7 pm to 7 am and 3-11 pm on Sundays. The new job is 8-5 M-F. It's doing MRI's at an independent place. SO that means that on Sun he'll get home at 11 pm, have to be at work 30-45 miles away by 8 am the next morning AND on Fri get off at 5, drive back to Denton, go to work just 2 hours later for 12 hours. This my friends, is nutty. But he says he'll be fine for awhile, and that he's going to talk to the MRI place about doing 4, 10 hour days. I am just going along with it for now. But that means that for awhile he'll be working basically 8 days a week and will need more scrubs. He starts tomorrow. He now has ironed scrubs, which he'll need because he won't have time for much else other than a smige of sleep and eatin' on the run!

My dad is in Wyoming right now working on a rig. It was 38 degrees where he was yesterday. I want to be there too. I love today, it's only like 80ish. But I know that the miserable heathumidity will be back soon enough!

My brother was trying to make me go see something about Harold and someone going to a Castle. Instead, because apparently it's not open yet, I get to go see Anchorman. Neat.

I thought I was going to leave today, but I've had a million things to do. But I'm out of here in the morning!

I had an interview yesterday at Lewisville Medical Center. Three different positions in the ER. Should here back from them next week. I also got a call from the City of Southlake today for one of the two positions I applied for there....utility billing coordinator, but they require a college degree and pay 15$ an hour. I wasn't here, but I called back and left a voice mail and plan to try again tomorrow on my way to the flat lands.
Things are still improving here. I am planning to revise my goal list when I come back. Some of the things are completed, and a few I need to update.

I was feeling that with all my changes I needed to do a major one to the outside. Where as normally when I feel that way I tattoo or pierce something...this time I went the traditional way and chopped all my hair off. I did the Locks of Love thing. I had to cut off at least 10 inches, so we did that and then after shaping and all, it was about 11 inches. No more pony tails for me, but I do need some new barrettes. One added bonus though was that my haircut was free since I donated my hair, which made it extra nice.

I'm really excited about this weekend. I'm wearing my favorite Hawaiian shirt to Misti's on Fri night. Yes, I did need to note "favorite." I have more than one :).
 
Ok, off to shop for something sleazy. Not for me, of course...but for the bride-to-be! YEAH! 
 

I don't think I've mentioned this on here before, but I'm afraid of fireworks. As long as I've been alive, I have cried when they are close to me...yes, even sparklers. I don't know where this comes from, but it makes today a horrible day. Now, don't get me wrong...I love America and am thankful for our freedom's....but do we have to explode things to celebrate?

Fireworks are:
loud
stinky
messy
pollution
dangerous
scary to animals

Yeah! We are independent! Let's risk setting something or someone on fire! Especially a kid, "Here you go little Johnny...light this on fire and watch it explode!"

So needless to say, I hide in the house on every 4th. I'm about to go swim, but fully intend to be back in the house by dark!

So Ritalin LA is makin' me a lil loopy. BUT! It has lit a fire under my ass. So much so that I, Amanda the Great Fat Chick, joined 24 hour Fitness. Yes, yes I know. They are the ones that had the billboards that showed an alien chasing a fat man that read "When they come, they will eat the fat ones first." It pissed me off, SO I wrote them off back when this was going down. But right now it is truly the best option. And you know what? I see that sign a little differently now that I've had some distance from it and a few years has passed. I see it as the aliens just have good taste....everyone knows that fat tastes good!

So the reason it's the best option is this: 24 frickin' hours a day. I mean, damn. Who can beat that? AND they have a pool, open all 24 hrs. Not just a float around pool, but a 25 meter lap pool. True, I prefer an olympic size pool which is 50 meters, but this will do...it'll just require more flipturns!

My other options were TWU and the new Water Works Park - Denton Texas. I've been to TWU and they don't have steps, just a very narrow ladder which does NOT accommodate my ass very well. Today I went to the Water Works place and their hours year round are noon - 6 p.m. WTF?

SO I sucked up all the confidence I have and marched into 24 hours fitness and with a very authoritative voice said "I heard that you have a lap pool. I would like to see it and speak with someone about the available plans. I also would like a sheet listing all classes that are available." So they paged "Chad" and he came to find me. He took me on a tour, where I could feel the judgmental eyes of the meat heads looking my way...but I do have an arrogant side that says "you wish." Because you know, once you go fat you never go back. ha ha. ANYWAY. We took the tour, he explained it all, we went back to his desk and he started explaining the price packages. It seemed a tad steep at first...but after I broke it down it's just about 20 bucks a month...and if I stay more than 3 years, then it goes to just 24$ a YEAR. Curves is more than that, and 24 hr. fitness has a circuit area just like curves...and I'm not one of those women that gives a shit if there are penises everywhere. I don't need a single sex gym to feel comfortable!

With my plan, I also get 4 sessions with a personal trainer. Chad wanted to get me set up for that ASAP and asked if I cared what sex the trainer is. I don't. But what I DO care about is that they work with my beliefs of being fit and fat. I don't want to be pressured into weightloss at all. That is NOT a goal of mine. So I told him that and he was super cool about it. He told me that if I feel pressured after making it clear that health is the goal and weightloss does not equal health, to talk to the head of training dude and they will get me a new trainer...and not count it as a session because they feel if it's not beneficial to the client then they haven't done there jobs.

Hot damn, I was sold. I called the bank of B&T and asked for the $$ and signed the check!

Now, the next big question is would it be appropriate to start off going in this conservative suit or this super sexy rexy suit ??? Cause I have both and I honestly feel that people know I'm fat without a thin layer of lycra covering it...but it's still a little shocking for most to see a fat chick with that much skin showin'. So I suppose I will just wait until tmw when I go for the first time and see how bold I'm feelin'.