I should be at church, but here we are. I will be in mass quite a bit this week as it is. It's not really any excuse for not going today, but it's the one I'm going to use.

My schedule is all sorts of effed up due to the eight gazillion things that need to get done for all the Holy Week services "at" HNC. That at gets quotation marks since we're not actually in the building proper again. Chrism Mass will again be out at a north suburban church, the same as last year. What's fun about this year is that the church is approximately five minutes from our new home, which means I could feasibly go home, do something productive (or not), and come back to drive people back downtown. I could be getting paid to come home and do laundry, or to play World of Warcraft. This sounds pretty excellent to me. It will help a long day (11-8) seem a little shorter.

I have to go dress/outfit shopping this afternoon for Easter. Dinner is at Aunt Judi's, which is not so much of a big deal, clothes-wise, but brunch with Lowell's family is. I wore a nice top and jeans to his second cousin's bridal shower, which would have worked for my family but was FAR too underdressed for his. Looks like a dress will be necessary. Here's hoping to God I don't owe any taxes this year (HA), because I'm not going to have enough to pay them, even with the little bit of extra cash I'm getting at the end of this week. Thank God for babysitting.

Speaking of extra cash, I forgot to call Carol to tell her I can do this serving gig on Memorial Day weekend. It's a Christening party, so I don't see it lasting any more then five hours, and it's in the afternoon. This does kill a Saturday afternoon, but hey, I'll make at least 100 USD out of it, which is, a new skirt and top for the spring/summer, and a payment to Lowell for some vendor or another. All in degrees.

My mother is being kind enough to purchase a dress for me to wear to Kate's wedding (and possibly Lowell's second cousin's as well). Now I just have to make sure I will fit into it. I've still been walking, but I haven't been adjusting my diet too much, which is counteracting everything I'm trying to do. I used to be able to be strict with myself. I'm going to have to do it again. What is nice about this week is that the adjusted schedule might actually get me back on track with working out. I'm just going to have to push myself the way I did in college. I used to be able to get out of bed by 4:30, so as to be on a bus by 5:30 and in the gym by 6:15. The gym over here opens at 5:30. If I can get up then, I can be at the gym by 6:00 or 6:15, and be home to get ready for work in plenty of time. Just a matter of doing it. I am not happy with the way I look, and I'm the only one who can change it. I also don't want the "you need to lose weight" comments to continue. And the last thing I want is for my wedding dress to not fit.

Shower, then shopping, then domesticity, then relaxation in the form of World of Warcraft, Little Big Planet, Pokemon, and Amy Tan.

This entire day will probably focus around returning, and rebirth, and things of that nature.

I started up on the diet...again. I now have even more direction, thanks to Alex, so now I just need the discipline. Maybe I'll get it this time around. I did go to the gym, worked out for a while, and have already downed a thing of vitamin water. Once that's gone, I'll make the switch to regular water for the rest of the long ass day.

I went to church for the first time in almost a year today. I got ashes, and took communion, though I shouldn't have, according to canon law or whatever. Maybe this'll spur me into going back to church on a regular basis. There, the pastor preached on how Ash Wednesday is a call to return to God, because He will always take us back, or some nonsense. Oooh, a good omen!

Speaking of church, I'm supposed to fast today. That means either A) no food, or B) one large meal, or C) 2 small meals, for energy. I don't have enough money for either. This is why my boyfriend should come bring me a semi-healthy dinner, since I bought him lunch yesterday. ^^ HINT HINT

I've gotten back into doing schoolwork. I've outlined my paper for Japanese Lit, more or less, and will try to write it today during my break, so that all I have to do is type it later, and can work all day tomorrow on the Senior Seminar paper. I've got the JMAC email to do today, room forms to get signed when John gets in, and scheduling to check.

Productive day, yay. ^^

Work was actually fun last night. Go figure.

And hot pink tights are TOTALLY not hot, espeically under a too-short jeans skirt and with stupid brown uggs. And let's not talk about how this outfit got worn to church. Silly people.

*hugs a Treecko*

And Minish Cap = uber fun, at least in my opinion. Tiny Link is teh cute.

So I'm at my reduced work hours, and I'm a trifle annoyed, because now that everything is screwed up, I don't quite know where I'm supposed to be, and what I'm supposed to be doing. With my old hours, I sat in my main lab and worked two of Cathy's classes and one of Bernard's, then switched to our second lab, and worked Bernard's second class. The only reason why I did Bernard's second class was so that I didn't have to sit in this lab all day, 'cause Jim relieved me at 1. Now, I don't know whether to stay here or not because Jim doesn't come in at 1, and I don't know if John wants someone at the desk or not. John's at lunch right now, so I can't ask him. Grr.

This tutor meeting at five is going to suck. I can feel it.

It's Triduum Week, and we all know what that means: much church and much goofing off with Lex. Whee!

I used to be able to fast in Lent. I wouldn't eat on Fridays during Lent (though I would still drink Pepsi), and would call it my "Lenten thing", as Catholics are supposed to have Lenten things or whatever. Probably the only reason I could accomplish it was because I wasn't eating much at the time anyway, but mah. No matter.

Since high school, however, I've never really been able to do it effectively. I wasn't worrying so much about things like money or food or weight or anything, so even if I ate a little bit on a Friday in Lent, it wouldn't bother me. I don't know why it got that way--lack of discipline, probably--but it was never really a huge issue.

Won't be a problem this Lent. I won't have any money anyway. Way to be an idiot and lose 300 USD, Abby. Whoo. Remember to stop checks when they get lost, or supposedly lost. Moron.