not so much wanting to work

were you to pass by my office right now, you might assume that i am busy dilligently writing an article or working on a proposal for my current marketing event project. such a wrong assumption... alas, i am rambling aimlessly on my lovely blog. as usual, there is not much to report in my life. just over 7 weeks until i can wrap myself around my husband, that's good! i will fly to jacksonville, fl., pick up our rental car, and then tempt my fate on the inagural trip of the GPS as i wander aimlessly in a new city trying to find the naval base at which i will pick up my extremely good looking husband from the airport. from there we will again rely upon the trusty Garmin as we make our way to st. augustine. and so the vacation will continue as we experience a bit of beach time, some mickey mouse, a lot of roller coasters, entirely too much food, and some quality time staring longlingly at one another.
in other news, my weight loss battle is going slowly. i have always been a person who works best under pressure; but might i say that it was not wise of me to feel pressured 8 weeks before i see my husband again. 12 months - 52 weeks - and i wait for the last 8 to get serious. i have issues. but whatever, progress is progress. and at least in knowing that i am actively combating my chunk, i feel less pathetic and self-conscious about it, which improves my outlook considerably.
so to night is our rescheduled company holiday party. the restaraunt where it is usually held is fairly nice and we had prime rib and really fancy desserts and all kinds of nifty things last year. this year we're going to a bar in leavenworth where we will dine on little smokies and nachos. clearly a step down and i am not at all excited about it. in fact, i'm only going because you cant win a prize if you're not there, and they're giving away some nice prizes. but i am missing out on the gym and i will be cutting it close to get to jiffy lube to service my slowly dying mustang before they close at 6. tonight is "leg night" at the gym, so i will go home and do some sort of pain-inflicting activity that involves the muscles in my leg and will call it good. tomorrow i will work on my arms, which are still rather sore from tuesday. eeeexcellent.
i continue to attend birthing classes with my new friend evelin. evelin is the girl who was deployed to cuba with charles and his friend jamie. (she and jamie were dating when they left) one wedding and one pregnancy later, she comes back here ahead of him and is due march 5. she was living with me for a few weeks and now lives across the street. jamie will be back in about 5 weeks and if the baby (yet another goddaughter for us) gets here before he does, i get to play dad. last night at class we held hands and did stretches and i massaged her back, then we breathed together and stared into each others eyes as she imagined the intense pain of a 90 second contraction... this is a new level of friendship i think, but is silly and enjoyable in its own way. i will be giving her a baby shower on the 31st, but as she is just as un-sociable as i am, it will probably involve my mom (who has never actually met her) and my two friends from work (who have met her once or twice) and hopefully one or two girls she works with. once again, i have managed to find some amazing people to count among my friends who are not only willing to support me in my time of need, but my other friends as well.