Marathon Mom

A.M. Weigh-in weight: 147.0 (same as yesterday and about what I expected)

Did great today… right up until I had Raisinets at the movies… and then Sun Chips (french onion, oh so addictive!) and then more Raisinets. Ah well. I’ve decided that since I can’t even walk without knee pain anymore, I am going to go back to old school calesthenics. Not jumping jacks, obviously. But pushups, crunches, arm curls, leg lifts… that sort of thing.

I got my hair done today. Much needed!! Nothing exciting this time. She redid my red high/low lights (they’re sort of inbetween lights) and that really brightened up my hair. So funny, I look like a natural redhead. Blonde or brown hair totally washes me out. I need the red. She also fixed my layers, since I’m growing them out. It had gotten pretty choppy and I had this weird short layer and then basically the rest of my hair was all one length. My hair grows weird! Anyway, she neatened that all up.

Which is great cause I bit the bullet and signed up on eHarmony today. I got a 30 day trial offer and so I went for it (still had to pay, but I got to pay for one month instead of having to pony up for three! Yikes! How can people afford to be single!) Anyway, so I’m going to give this dating thing a shot. Which leads me to the movie I saw tonight “He’s Just Not That Into You”. I’ve been waiting for this movie to come out since last summer!! And it lived up to everything I expected it to be. It was funny and touching and totally harsh and brutual and poigniant… all rolled up into one. It’s a total chick flick and I highly recommend seeing it with girlfriends. I don’t know if guys will really “get” it. But we women, oh we’ll all totally identify with it. Probably too much! Ginnifer Goodwin was incredible - I have a bit of a girl-crush on her now! She plays hapless and desperate with so much… realism that you can’t help shaking your head and really feeling embarrassed for her. Which of course, is the total point. You can see what she’s doing wrong a mile away, but at the same time you totally get why she can’t see it. However, now having seen it, I’m left wondering what the hell was I thinking?! Do I really want to wade back into the dating pool? I haven’t even been in the shallow end since the ’80s. And now I’m going to just take a running leap off the diving board? Am I insane? Yeah, I’m insane. It’s been three years. It’s time. I’m tired of dating my kids. I love ‘em, don’t get me wrong. But I lean on them too much for companionship and friendship. It’s not fair to them. I need a life of my own. So, stand back - it’s cannonball time!

Posted on February 7th, 2009 by firefly
Filed under: daily blathering