I've been a horrible LJ friend, I'm sorry :/

Usually I read and post from my phone at work during the slow periods or when I need a break. Since I'm off next week for my vacation, I have to wrap up a ton of stuff meaning I'm busy the entire time and stressed too.

After work, I've been relishing in having " time". I've not felt like I've had time to myself in eons. I think this is typical post-Idol... Suddenly I have free time I hadn't had before. I'm working out every night, walking Annabelle for longer periods of time while listening to music, I'm cleaning, I'm preparing for the next day so I'm not running late in the morning and my whole life doesn't feel like a rush.

Annabelle's health issues also took a lot of my time and energy, and now that she's better too... It's making me a lot happier to have time to do things. I no longer feel like my life is one big rush with no time for me to do anything for me.

I'm still not getting out and getting outside hobbies or making friends. Most of that has to wait until I can leave without taking Annabelle all the time (when Kevin moves in), but I'm enjoying the nightly workouts.

Last night I did some arm, leg and ab exercises while watching a show on National Geographic about an American man in a Soviet prison during the Cold War (he was caught smuggling heroin) and how he escaped. Very interesting show. I didn't get as much strength training in as I would have liked, Annabelle was I'm wild dingo mode and stepped on me a few times and kept trying to play ball. She had zoomies around the coffee table too.

So after the show, we walked for about 35 minutes. I'm trying to teach her to walk without sniffing every few feet so we can keep up a brisk pace. Almost there. We would have walked longer but she pulled me to the apartment. She apparently needed a drink. She proceeded to run around the coffee table some more....

I also decided to clean out my closet and work while the motivation was there.

See? Such am interesting life I lead :)

The weekend was lazy. Kevin and I both felt a bit sick and we slept late on Sunday. We had a stomach bug. My head feels weird still and I think it's an ear infection of sorts. It radiates from the one ear, it felt clogged last night and it aches a tiny bit. I have inner ear issues. I can't take off work to see a doctor, my company isn't too eager to give us time off and I had to beg and plead to get my vacation next week. So taking more time off.... Well I can't. Even for sicknesses and stuff, they'd get me in trouble.

So I hope whatever it is, it goes away before my trip next week.

So that's why I've been a bad friend. I'll try to pull myself out of the self-indulgence soon. Likely after my trip. I won't have a computer most likely, just my phone. I'm packing lightly because of how much walking I'll have to do in Chicago on Saturday and then when we arrive in St. Louis on Sunday.

I promise I'll be back though. If I've missed anything big, please feel free to link me or update me and I'll check it out. I'll try to read a bit today too :)

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