Monday, October 12, 2009

Laundry is Ridiculous

I decided to stay in tonight and catch up on some laundry.

oh my word.

My hamper was a bottomless pit of clothes. I found several pants that I've been looking for. I found some of my fav long sleeved t-shirts. All my workout clothes were stuck at the bottom. My floor is piled high with clothes. I would take pictures but then you would see my underwears. And that's for private eyes only. (wink wink)

However, I did pack up my "summery" clothes. That's a plus and accomplishment right? The sad thing is because I waited so late to do laundry I don't really have any clean clothes for tomorrow. Don't stand too close to me.

Also, that Lamas show on E! is retarded.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Time Flies

When you're not ALWAYS having fun. I have been swamped the last few weeks. Well, since I started school. My schedule includes waking up with the roosters to hit the gym, school, tutoring, then maybe gym again. Throw in grad school somewhere in the midst of that and trying to have a social life.

I think one of the biggest struggles I've had thus far this year is connecting with my students. This is just an interesting group of students. I have enjoyed them but I really took for granted my students from last year. I just hope that I can connect with them on some level, at some point. It's difficult going from class to class and adjusting to new students. We'll get there at some point.

On another note, I have been boot campin' it up hard core lately. So far I've lost 14 pounds. I'm back down to my old size. I would really be happy if I lost 6 more pounds. But Josh and I had a discussion tonight. Ladies, I want know what you think about this. We went to Concord Mills to shop for some new jeans for me since all my old pairs are insanely too big. We went to Gap, where I normally buy my jeans and I found a pair that I liked. Plus, it was just good to try on my old jean size. Then, Josh suggested we try Levi jeans since I've never worn that brand before. I tried on 4 different styles of Levi jeans and I walked out frustrated. Here's the problem: when you put on their jeans, it says "loose on the hips, perfect for the waist." It lies. It's not perfect for the waist. Their mid-rise jeans sit right above my crotch. When you're buttoning the jeans, it squeezes the belly and pushes it up, which lends to a major muffin top (I had to explain and show this to Josh). I'm sorry but the last time I checked, that's what we DON'T want it to happen. So not only did it cause me to have a muffin top, but my Colombian butt would not fit into the butt part of the patns. The pants had to push it down and make it even more uncomfortable. Josh suggested I go up a size. O HECK NO. I told him that defeats the purpose of buying new jeans. He didn't understand-according to Josh if they don't fit go up a size. Technically that makes sense. But to me, it's all about the number (well for right now at least). I told him I worked hard at losing my weight and keeping it off. I did not want to buy my old jean size. He said that different companies are going to have different sizes and make their pants different. I agree but I refuse to buy jeans at this point that are going to have my old jean size on them. I told him it was a psychological thing- I wanted to wear jeans that said my new size. Does this make sense? We then went to Old Navy and I was able to wear my new jean size there too. So, as far as I am concerned, I am not going to wear Levi jeans any time soon. Not when I'll have to result to my old "size" just because they chose to make their jeans smaller.

I'm off my soap box now. I'll try to update more often. May not be elaborate posting but it'll be something right?