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I really do need to get to bed, but I just wanted to write a few quick lines...

I have officially started my new job...LOVE it! My days are supposed to be 8am-5:30pm, and at first I was really dreading the long hours (mostly because I'm not used to that!). However, last night I was praying for more time during the day and then again today, the same thing. I worked until 6:10pm last night and 7:20pm tonight! I'm loving how they appreciate me taking over everything kid related and whipping the family into shape. I feel like...I don't know...Suzie Homemaker and Super Nanny combined. Haha. I've reorganized almost every cabinet/closet in the entire house and the freezer is tomorrow. I LOVE that kind of stuff. Looking at an entire pantry that is completely organized and in such great order brings me such great pleasure and the best sense of satisfaction! Haha. Crazy, but true. And did I mention that I get paid by the hour?

Another great thing...I'm going Thursday to sign my lease at this adorable 1 bedroom cottage right on the water. I'm SO excited to have my own place again...it's been 6 months and I miss living alone...I miss my space! I have really loved being here at my aunt's house, but I also love living alone. It's been so fun to live in the chaos and always have people around, a home cooked meal (compulsively balanced, as well) every night and a glass of wine and a cup of coffee with my aunt whenever I can. But there's something that I absolutely LOVE about coming home and opening the door to my very own place. It always looks just the way I left it. I love my stuff. Which, by the way, I don't have any stuff! I sold all my furniture when I left Boulder... That's fun (to buy new stuff), but also expensive. I have less than 2 weeks before I move in...that means I MAY be sleeping on the floor and using paper plates, etc. for a little while. Oh well. I have to admit though...I'm going to be a little nervous. I've always been in apartments, so I'm not completely alone. But this time, it's a house on it's own property. Sharing with no one. Weird. I'm planning on getting a dog, for sure! A Bernese Mountain Dog is in the lead for the breed I want. I'm definitely doing my research, but I think that's what I'll end up with. Hopefully at the beginning of the summer. It's perfect, because my cousin has wanted a puppy for a while and she's not really in the position to get one...however(!), if I get a puppy, she will willingly (gladly, in fact) take care of my puppy during the day. We're going to share the puppy, so to speak. I can't decide though...is that weird? To share a puppy and not live together? Ideally, she'll have the puppy during the days of the week and I'll have the puppy every night and on the weekends. But she really wants to pitch in for the dog...but then what happens when she moves out and wants her own puppy? Will she think she can take our dog? I doubt it, but I don't know. I guess I need to talk to her about that. I mean, seriously...I doubt we'll really both be in the situation to share the dog for the next 8-14 years. Maybe though. I don't know. Ok, moving right along...

(I always type so many...., don't I?)

Next month, I'm going to Disney World with my family. My extended family, so-to-speak. Actually, they're my 2nd and 3rd cousins, but I've always considered them 1st cousins. Both of my parents are only children, so I don't have any first cousins or aunts or uncles. Weird, huh? But my mom's first cousins are like my aunts and uncles and their kids are like my first cousins...we've grown up together and are JUST like first cousins. Thank goodness. But anyway...about Disney World...I found out a couple of weeks ago that my brother, mother, NEPHEW, and sister in-law are all meeting us there, too! WOOOOOHOOOOOO! I'm SO excited! Oh - and my sister in-law is pregnant!!!!!! Yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I'm also in the process of helping my brother find a house for he and his family to rent for two weeks over the summer...here....right on the beach! FUNNNNNNNNNNNNN!


And tonight? When I got out of work I went to the gym. My cousin's Alicia's friend was on the treadmill next to me (note: cute boy, much MUCH younger than I am). I said I was going to run as long as he did...BIG mistake. Haha. But I did it. I ran for 2.5 miles, and stayed on there for 3.3 miles. I had an extra long cool down because I wanted to watch the rest of the Biggest Loser. Haha. Appropriate. But seriously...I usually only stay on the treadmill for 2 miles, and only run for 1.5 of those 2 miles. Today I bumped it up because there was a 22 year old cutie next to me. It felt so good. Haha. Of course, me being me, I had to make a big joke about it when we finally stopped running, but still....I DID IT! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh. Life is goooooooooooooooooood.

Ok, I'm off to bed. But not until I first wash my face with my wonderous new face product line!!! I got it at North Shore Community College's beauty school. Seriously. It's GREAT! My skin is really looking much better. I was having weird breakouts and I'm THIRTY years old! COME ON! I feel so grown up washing my face with a cleansner, toner, and moisturizer that all belong to the same product line. My skin has always been to sensitive to do that...plain old sensitive skin Dove just wasn't cutting it anymore though. Whew. I've been saved and didn't have to turn to Proactive.

And to top the day off? I heard "Wide Open Spaces," by the Dixie Chicks on my way home. It just doesn't get any better than that.