A long time ago...

in a land far away...when Grr played with her blanket...ok, ok so the picture isn't too old. Maybe a year or two. And she still looks that cute.

It's been almost a year since I last posted. Things have been crazy and 2009 was not the greatest year for me, by far. I'm now 31, unemployed and starting graduate school in the Fall. I got laid off from my job on Thursday November 19 2009, a week before Thanksgiving. And I got an acceptance letter from UCLA on Monday March 8 2010 for the Masters in Library and Information Sciences program. I quit Martial Arts and have been taking spinning and spin/yoga and went to my first pilates class last Friday. Martial Arts just got bad for me. It got to the point where I had to push myself to go and was miserable after it. Basically it was me and 4 teenage boys. So it sucked. But I am loving spin/yoga and pilates. I feel like a grown-up and actually get a pretty good workout.

I'm looking for a job for at least the next few months, but it's not easy. I've barely gotten interviews and it's very disheartening. And unemployment is less than a third of what I used to make. So it hasn't been easy. And Grr has been sick. The good news is I've had time to take her to the vet, the bad news is that she is costing me a lot of money. But I love her and cannot even imagine letting her get too sick. She's a good, fat kitty. She's on a diet and has lost some weight, but we still have a few pounds more to lose.

In other news. I'm reading up a storm. I read pretty much every Nicholas Sparks book. He's amazing! I never knew an author to write people so well. I am still blown away by his novels. Sometimes I wish I still had some more of his to read. Then I also got turned onto and read Mitch Albom's books. He's another amazing one. His non-fiction is fabulous. And I read his first fiction which was wonderful. I just finished Bridges of Madison County. What a great love story. I'm reading an in-between book right now while I wait to visit my Mom on Sunday and borrow some books from her that sound great. I read the newest Dan Brown book, it's so much fun. The only problem I had was the ending. It was lame. But everything leading up to it was just really amazing and a lot of fun.

That's all I got for now. I'm going to try to start posting again. I think it might be fun.