Abbie's Real Life Blog

It was a good weekend, one of those weekends that hits every note: laziness, socializing with family, sleeping late, being productive with hobbies, cleaning & laundrying, reading, watching TV, eating unhealthy foods, having a great time… it was all of these things.  I really love summer holidays.  The Fourth of July is right up there for me, even though I didn’t see fireworks this year.  We were too busy playing with my sister’s Wii, which she got for her birthday.  I can’t believe how much fun we’re having with that.  We have mostly just played Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort, and I know all of that is old news (most people got a Wii years ago, I know), but we have had a lot of good times so far.  I am kicking ass at sports that I cannot play to save my life in the real world.  Table tennis for one.  And I broke my own brother’s basketball record, which will haunt him for some time.

I spent the entire month of June avoiding the gym, so the Wii has actually made my shoulder and tricep a little sore.  I put on a few pounds, which I did anticipate after eating my weight in vegetarian food while in DC, and I am determined to rectify this by returning to the gym regularly and eating well, starting yesterday.  Good for me.

I am pleased to tell you that I have not bought new clothes (none, zero, nada) in several months, which may sound unsurprising to you unless you are a female member of my family.  We are not very materialistic people, but we do like buying new clothes.  But I was trying to save money, I have plenty of clothes already, and I would like to lose weight.  Not just the amount that I gained in June, but more besides.  It doesn’t make much sense to buy clothes if you end up losing weight and needing new clothes.  But, still, it counts as a victory in my book that I’ve managed to not buy anything new, even though spring and summer clothes were tempting.

As far as activity that does not burn any calories, I am processing photos and having a nice time at it.  Check out my progress here.  My coworker has been lending me season 3 of Ugly Betty, which is fun.  And I’m behind at least one or two seasons on Rescue Me, which is not so fun.  That is a crazy show.  I must like it on some level because I have returned to it, though I am pretty sure I already watched the season that I’m watching at present.  But I’m not totally certain.  Some of it rings a bell.  So, yeah, it’s not that great of a show.  Eventually I will start renting Breaking Bad, because everyone loves that show now and I am glad to have something good on the horizon.

I am sort of surprised at my satisfaction with normal life, because I usually feel some element of wanderlust, but I think the length and breadth of my traveling in June will keep that at bay for some time.