Some things that irritate me

I work in a library that was built in 1991, so the furnishings are a little out of date. The carpet is a faded pinky-grey color, the furniture is drab grey and maroon and there are these depressing vertical blinds on the windows. But the windows themselves are lovely, floor to ceiling, practically wall to wall with gorgeous hilltop views of San Marcos and the surrounding area. Plus they bring sunshine in to my relatively dank work area, so I love these windows. But for some reason the stupid college students always close the disgusting vertical blinds, covering up the view and the sunshine and high lighting said depressing blinds. I know not everyone likes bright light, but there are places in the library that don't get much sun at all, they should take their, vampire-selves there and leave my windows alone. On top of this, our floor is a group study floor, which means people, including the staff, can speak in their normal voices. So why is it we have noise complaints about 3 times a week, when it is clearly posted that this is a GROUP STUDY aka "loud" floor.

In other news I have now lost a little more than 18 pounds, so yay for me. All my clothes are really loose and I hope to fit into some of my smaller clothes by Christmas. I have a dilemma though. I don't know whether to ask for new clothes for Christmas, because I will probably be too small for them in a couple of months. Maybe I should just ask for a vacuum cleaner, or knives or one of the many things I need in my home or kitchen. I don't know.

And now, the later half of my 20s

That's right its my birthday today. Its been pretty good so far. Except I'm at work, but not for long. I like my birthday, Its the perfect day. 5 is half of 10, and I love October, its my favorite month. For my birthday I want money, a sports bra, a nice dinner and a cold front from Canada. I'm probably only going to get items 1 and 3, but I can buy 2 with 1 so I'm pretty much set except for the cold front ::frowny face::. I'll get over it though. My parents are coming next weekend, so that will be fun. Mom is going to take me to IKEA, because that is why she really visits me, so she can go to IKEA and spend a million years looking a stuff for my nephew's room. But oh well, I get to go too. So happy birthday to me.

Making changes

So I've been hesitant to talk about this, but it has been an issue for most of my life. Simply put, I'm larger than I ought to be. So I finally started to do something about it. Almost 3 weeks ago I joined Weight Watchers, which was very hard for me, because I had this idea that it was for people with kids or people a lot older than me anyway. I still haven't told my mother about it, partly because I want her to notice that I've slimmed down when she next sees me.

So far I've lost almost 7 pounds, which is about 10 percent of the amount that I want to loose. I know this is going to be a long journey and I'm impatient to see the changes. But I've stopped the junk food, I eat lots of carrots and salads and other vegetables and I eat virtually the same amount of fruit as before. I've always been a fruit person.

Along with this I have fitness goals. My current goal is to be able to run a 5k. I started training back in June for this goal, but I was side tracked by my eyes surgery and subsequent ankle injury. I am following a 9 week program called "Couch to 5k"and I have just started week 3 again, so hopefully by the end of November, I'll be able to run 3.1 miles. This is what I'm most excited about. I love to run, but it is hard on me right now. I can't wait until its easier and I can go faster for longer. Its going to be hard but the goal is worth it to me.