Day Three

Dear Blog,

Yesterday was seriously very unproductive. Slept most of the day and finally caught up on episodes of "How I Met Your Mother". That was the biggest accomplishment. I did get to go to the grocery store with my good friend Sarah and was nice to visit with her and to have a ride to and from the store, which I never have. Other than that, basically was my final day of sleeping during the day and recovering from the flu. I usually have the Sunday night blues before going back to work on Mondays, but since I haven't been at work in 2 weeks, I was actually excited with anticipation. I'm actuallly typing this at work and starting to get hit with fatique, but it's still nice to be back into a routine again.

More on today later....

Jessica

Day Two

Dear Blog,

Today was an exciting day...I left the building. My first big adventure included going to the post office to pick up a gift my uncle sent to me. It was supposed to arrive a week before Christmas, but it didn't and then I was in the suburbs for 9 days. By the time I got back, my mailbox was too full for it to fit into and I received one of those notes indicating I needed to pick it up; well then the flu happened all week and finally today I was able to collect my gift and put this saga behind me. It was a very active morning! Then I decided to workout for the first time in almost 2 weeks and dry heaved quite a bit...my lungs weren't used to the activity. It's amazing how easy it is for your body to become accustomed to doing absolutely nothing. So clearly after my 30 minute boot camp cardio workout, I needed a 2 hour nap.

My second big adventure of the day was meeting up with a couple of friends to go see a movie downtown. We saw "Up in the Air", starring George Clooney, which was about a lonely guy who was about to earn 10 million frequent flyer miles who fires people from their job. It was actually a really good movie that made me appreciate the fact that I have loved ones that I look forward to chatting and visiting with. The strangest part of my day was participating in a debate about whether or not to feel sorry for mothers who abandon/kill their babies. I argued against feeling sorry for them given the Safe Haven law and the basic being against murdering other humans aspect. We agreed to disagree.

So there you have it. Wasn't the most exciting day, but given the past few days, I'll gladly take my two adventures and keep them.

Jessica

Day One

Dear Blog,

Ok, so let's be honest. Nothing too exciting was expected to happen right out of the gate. The most excitement that I faced today was when I accidentally locked my apartment keys in the laundry room and couldn't get back in to get them. So I had to wait for someone to walk in the building so I could request their help. This wouldn't have been so bad except that I was hoping to go undetected while doing laundry since I was wearing a house coat over faded capri pajama pants and my fuzzy slippers. Other than that minor derailment of my otherwise completely less than ordinary day, there was nothing too noteworthy to report. It's kind of hard to experience awesomeness when you never actually leave the building or communicate with the outside world. Nonetheless, it was a pleasant and relaxing day spent sleeping, eating, and watching TV shows online. Tomorrow; however, I have big plans to face the world. I might get coffee, see a movie, pick up mail...who knows, anything is possible.

Jessica

Day Zero

Dear Blog,

So I have a theory...if you have a really crappy final day of a year, then the following year is bound to be great. So although I should be upset that I'm spending New Years Eve 2009 on my couch, alone, recovering from the flu (which I took a stand against paying $25 for the "it's all a big hype" flu shot), drinking my 4th bottle of Gatorade and daydreaming about all of the really fun parties everyone else I know is attending; I'm actually not. If you think about it, it's really quite funny. Here I was torn about what I was going to do. I literally had 7 options of parties I could have gone to, half in the burbs and half in Chicago, and instead the peak of my day was showering, the low was watching an online sexual harassment video for work that needed to be complete by today and all of the in between included sleeping, watching a Canadian based TV show, then spending an hour researching one of the characters from said TV show (which turns out he was in the top 10 of Canadian Idol), and unpacking my suitcase from 4 days ago. But back to my theory.

In 2003 I had, by far, the worst New Years Eve of my life...and hopefully that I'll ever have. Basically my mom ended up in the Intensive Care Unit for Bacterial Meningitis and was in a coma; however, 2004 (aside from the first 2 weeks of wondering whether mom would live or not) was the best year ever. Let's see, here's what I remember about 2004: mom lived (yay), I had an awesome 2 week stand (maybe I'll explain later), online dated for a few months which produced some great stories, hung out with my closest friends on a weekly basis - having bbq's and going bowling a ton (to quote Barney from How I Met Your Mother, it was "Legendary"), I went on a great trip to Michigan with my good friend Beth, I reconnected with a junior high crush, fell in love with said crush, moved into apartment with my college roommate in Chicago (which was the first time I lived on my own outside of college), officially implemented "Christmas-licious" and celebrated New Years Eve with my closest friends and had a wonderful evening. Not to mention, I looked good in 2004 (I'm just saying).

Back to 2009...this year has been kind of blah. No tragedies, which is great, but nothing really noteworthy either. I guess my high would be suddenly changing jobs and working for Feeding America. Wasn't expecting to find a wonderful organization to work for that I would connect with so much. My low would be my weight. I put on a lot of weight and then had to stand up in two weddings....gross. If my theory is correct, then I definitely think 2010 is going to be great. I have some predictions: I'll turn 30 years old...ok, so that's more of a fact, but I predict that I'll live to see 30. Also, I predict that I will be successful in my weight loss goals. So far, as of yesterday, I have lost 23 pounds since November 11, 2009. This year will be the year that I wake up and do everything that I always want to do but typically let some stupid excuse get in my way (my weight which leads to lack of confidence).

I've decided that I am so confident in my theory, that I am going to document it. I don't want to miss or forget anything...so to prove to myself and to anyone else that may stumble on this, that one shitty New Years Eve makes for one fantastic following year. Can't wait to see what will happen....

Jessica