Don't step on my purple suede shoes.

New Job is great. We've had a little bit of a delay but we are making the best of it. It gives us more time to do things properly. However, it does leave me with a little free time at work. Which is not something that I'm used to.
See at Old Job, there was never a moment to rest. I always had a pile of stuff to do. And even when it was done, there was always next week's pile to get a head start on. And even when THAT was done, I could be on the floor selling. Which would then put me behind on the week's pile of stuff to do. Always moving, always something to do. Go, go, GO! Sometimes, something would be time-sensitive, for example, sales don't start until a certain day. But there's so much to be done for a sale, and you can't really do it in advance because the sale doesn't start til a certain day. My friend Maryann used to call it "Hurry up and wait!" I always thought that was hilarious. And it kinda feels like that now.
For now, I'm trying to enjoy what an office life is like. It's pretty cool. Even cooler? Holidays. That's right. Holidays, not having to work on 'em! What's up with that, world! It makes me giddy. Thursday is Veteran's Day and I freaking have OFF! I don't even know what to do with myself!
I just had this past weekend off. At Old Job, this past weekend was a big deal - first weekend of a major sale. I did NOT work! My manager gave me the whole freaking weekend off. Bless her little heart, which is Southern for "Crazy!" But I'm not the manager, and I like not being in charge there anymore. What kind of shenanigans did I get myself into? I went there and bought a pair of PURPLE SUEDE BOOTS! Somebody hold me back! So freaking awesome!

I used to love shopping. I have Billie to thank for that.

Anyway I am now using my time to do all those things that I've always wanted to do. Like buy mouthwash sew clothes clean room do laundry podcast! Some friends and I came up with an idea for a comedy sketch and I decided it would probably be best to do it as a podcast. Basically, a collection of us girls would watch a section of a bad action movie and critique it as we do so. I know it doesn't sound that funny, but when we came up with the idea, we were watching Road House, and it was freaking hilarious.
Another thing I want to do ... get back to writing sketch. A friend of mine has really inspired me. He's putting on a one man show that he's written himself. I am so envious and I can't wait to see it.
I also want to get back to dating. Well ... you know ... cuz.
FYI, improv is going well too. We got another girl in the troupe! Woopee! It was fun for a while being the only girl, but it's nice to have more people and it's nice to have someone to do girl jokes with. Not that girl jokes are that hard to get, but they somehow seem funnier to other girls. It's a mystery.

Weight gain. Boo. I gained four pounds. I think it may have been because I wasn't taking vitamins. I overate because I was ravenous all the time - could that have been a vitamin deficiency? And I was bored with the exercising. So I took a week off. I ate whatever I wanted. And then I hit the gym again and started watching my diet. It's been a little difficult eating properly because I'm buying lunch these days. But I'm trying to get back to packing lunch. Cheaper and better for me. And I switched up the workout by going to a dance workout class once a week. Fun but also humbling. My clubbing days are definitely over. I no longer have the funk. I haven't been on the scale since because I just want to get back into the groove of things. But 180 is the wall. I've always had trouble getting past 180.

Congratulations to Dave Winning for running the NYC marathon! WOW!

So that's all I've got for now.