FanTAStic

I am fantastic. Really. You can't dampen my mood (despite the damp weather here). I had a crappy week last week. Just nothing seemed to go right. Some of it was TJ bickering, some of it was work bullshit, some of it was just pure bad luck.

The crowning moment was when I attended a school board hearing, announcing to the Hearing Officer and Court Reporter, "Good Morning, and I use "good" in the loosest of ways." (They know me well, it's not like I was being too familiar with my bad mood to a room full of strangers, and I explained I'd just had one of those weeks.) (PS also: at a school board hearing, I "prosecute" kids who are supposed to be expelled or suspended from school for longer than 10 days, as an attorney for the School Board.) Less than 5 minutes later, I spilled my jumbo cup of Crystal Light all over the table at which I was sitting. I was so used to the bad luck I'd experienced all week, I didn't blink twice. "Told You So," I announced to the Hearing Officer and Court Reporter (and luckily, the hearing hadn't started yet, nor was the school administrator there yet, or I would've spilled it all over him/her). At some point during the week, I just had to let go of the bad luck and just try to make it through, KNOWING it'd get better. And by the time the weekend came and my friend came into town, it had!

This week has been great. I've been very dedicated to my gym routine and can visibly tell changes not only in my weight, but in the way clothes are fitting better and whatnot. I'm far from where I want to be, but I'm getting there. In fact, I'm pretty sure some people in the cardio room on the ellipticals thought I was certifiable last night, since I was visibly bouncing around, dancing, shaking my hips, and lip-syncing the words to peppy songs on the ipod (sometimes, I like to mouth the words to songs when I shouldn't be singing out loud, even though there's very little POINT to that--I do it in bars too, I just don't see the need to expend vocal energy if no one can hear you, but I like to get into the spirit of the song by lip-syncing). Yes, I have very good balance on the ellipticals, in case you're wondering how I bounced around on them, and it was very obvious I was rocking out. Once I actually walked out the front door, I openly began singing along with the ipod, to "Let's Hear It for the Boy," and I know the guy in the parking lot with me was cracking up.

A hint of Fall is in the air, and it will be in full force in Athens this weekend, and this is my favorite time of year. TJ and I are getting along really well this week. I think we've finally determined that we don't have to talk on the phone at the same time or for a certain length of time every day and we're just going with it naturally at this point, when we feel like it (which is still several times a day, but usually shorter conversations, when we have an "update" or something to share). It's FRIDAY!! And I'm going to have so much fun! TJ is also in a great mood, since he aced a quiz yesterday and is all finished with his lab report for the week. I'm sorry, did I mention Athens F-ing Georgia?! It's like the funnest place on earth. It's just a great great student/bar/party scene. I can't wait to visit my old stompin' grounds.

Now, if only I could get through this day at work!! (PS Ice cream and cake day for the October birthdays in the lounge at 2:30. Aww Yeah, I'm an October Birthday! Oh that's something, did I forget to mention my BIRTHDAY IS SUNDAY!?!?)

[Fade out, singing happy songs, bouncing, whistling, humming, happy dance. . .]