Day 127/365 (November 21, 2014)

Had my Jenny appointment... oops! Birthday fun had a bad result on me, oh well! Then I went to work and had a training session with Travis and spent some time with Penski. Naturally after working out the best thing to do is go get ice cream right? The Bug Gay Ice Cream Store and Shake Shack came together for the weekend only to create a holiday treat and I wanted it badly. Eggnog ice cream with some sort of cranberry pistachio crumble and pumpkin custard sounded like a win, plus the cup was so cute. Everything except the pumpkin custard was SO good, especially the egg nog ice cream! The custard however was not the right consistency :( however Ally (who met up with me) ended up being given a free apple gobbler by a worker for reasons unknown to us and it was STELLAR!

Then i went home and cleaned up to head to movie night since they were showing CLUE!

Day 120/365 (November 14, 2014)

Another long day filled with exhaustion. I went to my Jenny appointment where I basically am back to where i started from week one with my overeating for the week. then headed to work where I ended up having to call 911 because everyone else was too afraid to when we saw and smelled smoke coming from our elevator. It was a very small one and all turned out okay but boy did we cause a commotion!

After work eventually I had training for the first time in almost 2 weeks... boy oh boy did it do a number in me!

I got a birthday card in the mail from Davenport that was Kinky Boots themed and I thought very sweet. I eventually showered and headed out to movie night since they were showing Aladdin. They had a coloring contest and well obviously i didn't win.

Day 85/365 (October 10, 2014)

usual Friday morning, Jenny and trader joes. I worked from home today and even forced myself out for a run at one point... solo! I baked some browned butter chocolate chip cookies with sea salt on top, watched Charlie attack Fred, and then went to Movie Night to watch Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I eventually headed out to deliver some of my cookies to people and enjoy the beautiful evening weather, Fred has found a new place to seep on my bed.

Day 78/365 (October 3, 2014)

Today after my Jenny appointment I headed out to New Rochelle for a bit to get some resume help from Paula. While there I got some good Penny time and also went out to lunch with her and Dennis. He wanted to go to Smash Burger... I was proud of myself for only getting a salad but it was rough!

Then I headed back home so I could get Karen's birthday cake layers made (chai flavored) before heading out to Marty and Marissa's movie night. I really don't like Little Shop of Horrors (the movie) but its fun to watch movies there!

Day 64/365 (September 19, 2014)

This was a LONG day but filled with many good things. I got up way early and walked to Trader Joe's by 8:30 am. ALong the way I passed so many cute little kids excited on the way to school with their backpacks bigger than them... heart melted! Then I had my Jenny Craig appointment then headed back home.

I eventually headed out to work for a bit then I came home and ate lunch (since I forgot to bring it with me). I headed to training where my butt was kicked then it was home to eat and clean up before heading to Marty and Marissa's movie night at NWS to watch Dreamgirls. I don't go nearly as often as I would like. It is fun to watch the movies edited down with their commentary with other people. Then I headed to Iron Bar for Janet Krupin's Trillium performance. It was lovely and I ran into quite a few people I knew (after a while) but man oh man it was so loud it had to be causing hearing damage. unhealthy! I had to sit for a while with my fingers in my ears (i did fall asleep for a touch) just to not feel like my eardrums would explode. Her show didn't start until after 1 am (though it said 11) so it was such a late late night but it was worth it. It was super fun and I am glad I got to go to it since I missed the EP release. She also had Ariana DeBose and Chris Rice dancing as part of her set in this interesting crowd involvement kind of way. It was almost like performance art and fun.

Day 51/365 (September 6, 2014)

It was an early day out in New Rochelle, but a good one. It was just Winnie, Dennis, and I since Clare was away on a school retreat. I made pancakes for breakfast, and took Winnie to her Field Hockey game, then the three (well 4) of us went over to their Grandparents for a bit before coming home and working on homework. Let me tell you 6th grade advanced math is no joke, and it took me a few moments to figure out what he was doing so I could Help. Wiinie also had me read over some essays when she was done. The poor thing, I was like English was always my worst subject, and grammar is not my strong suit but I was at least able to tell her they made sense and pick up on a few tiny things to fix. It was so incredibly hot out they had to call her game at Half time because it was 10* hotter on the turf, I can't imagine! Then I brought Winnie to a friends house and Dennis and I enjoyed a movie night together watching Thor: The Dark World before picking Winnie up an going to bed. Penny went with us on mot of our traves so that was nice.

Day 45/365 (August 31. 2014)

Barely any sleep! Since I was up so late the night before I only ended up with about 2 hours and 15 minutes worth of sleep before heading out to Mega Bus to head to MA. Thankfully the bus ride was swift and I fell asleep for just about 2 hours, we even arrived right on time, but sadly my ride got lost on the way there so I didn't get picked up until 25 minutes later.

I finally made it back to Ayer and spent some time with Nana and Grandpa  and my mother before taking a much needed extended nap. I woke up as Samantha, Mike, and new baby Xavier arrived. He is a total cutey and I got to hold him for a very long time! A bunch of people came over too to see him, including Becky and the kids. When Sam and Mike had to leave Becky kidnapped me and we went grocery shopping before heading back to her place. I go to spend some good quality time with her, Colson, Tessa, and Mike. We made dinner and then watched Blended in their home movie theater which is complete with a vending machine, it is pretty cool! It turns out Blended is a pretty funny movie.

Then it was back to my mom's for a tiny bit of sleep.

Day 8/365 (July 25, 2014)

My cousin Samantha is having a baby shower on Sunday so I had to come to Massachusetts for it. Thankfully Sasha let me use her car and I was able to head out on a super fun roadtrip by myself this morning. Traffic wasn't bad at all once I got out of Manhattan and I basically spent the whole trip singing at the top of my lungs. My throat is sore now but worth it!

I came early because I stored a whole bunch of my stuff in cousin's attic ages ago and they need to have some work done up there so she needed me to go through my things and take some stuff, toss some stuff, and make sure everything left would be protected when they get chemicals sprayed up there. It was like taking a trip down memory lane. Some of the stuff was great to see again like a baby book (look that's me) and some of the many games I owned. Sadly i had to toss quite a few games because of their condition. I am also concerned because I thought things lie my college diploma and both high school and college senior yearbooks were here, but they weren't and that means I have no idea where they are which makes me sad. I loved Carmen Sandiego stuff so much! Then there is that slide kit which i was so into! When we had to move from the hosue I grew up in so much of my stuff got scattered to different places and some of it was not protected carefully. The result of this is most of my childhood stuff is gone and it feels like I lost everything in a fire, so it was nice to find a few of these things have still survived.

My cousin Maureen has two children Ryan and Katie. Ryan is away at camp so Katie got to have a movie night with some of her friends. There was pizza, popcorn, and candy a plenty! We watched The Princess Diaries. It was nice to have the chance to catch up with them since I don't get to see them too often.