Check #27 off the list!

Last night Shawn (the hubby) and I watched Paranormal Activity 2....in the dark....with NO COVERS!!  Afterwards I had to watch something funny to be able to go to sleep and put on a special by Daniel Tosh.  I had some wicked dreams and when Shawn left for work this morning at 7:45 I couldn't go back to sleep in the house by myself so I got up...at 7:50...on a Saturday....when I didn't have to. 

But the point is only 29 more to go!!  And now I never have to watch another scary movie without covers again!

31 weeks until I turn 30....time for a classy classic goal list

MBA Graduation

I've never been one to focus on getting older.  I still get carded for rated R movies, alcohol, and sex toy stores.  Most recently I was mistaken as my younger friend's daughter...from a distance...and that lady was probably on some sort of drug...but still.  I blame these people:

My parents.  They are young looking people.  Guess how old they are in this picture taken a year ago.....well if you aren't related to me then you probably didn't guess they're in their mid50s.  It could just be me though, maybe I think they look the same because I'm just used to seeing them. 









But, I'm getting off topic. 

So, like the nerd I am, I calculated how many days and weeks are left until the big 3-0.  Fortunately these days there is this handy dandy thing called the internet and it's much faster than counting each day on a calander...

According to said internet, I have 31 weeks (221 days) until I turn 30.  I think a "30 things to accomplish by the time I turn 30 list" is in order.  That gives me 1 week to accomplish each item, plus a week for cushion (that's those MBA style math skills in action!)

Here is my list (in no particular order):

1.  Lose 40lbs.
2.  Tone my arms.
3.  Write a will.
4.  Skydive. (This will be after the writing of the will)
5.  Pay off $13,000 in debt.
6.  Start my tax preparation business, for reals.
7.  Buy Jenee an Awesome t-shirt.
8.  Stop drinking caffeine (I'm thinking this will be in week 29 or 30...)
9.  Go on a tour at the Syburus.
10. Find out what is made at Flutes, Inc.
11. Go on at least 1 romantic getaway weekend with the hubby.
12. Have my teeth whitened.
13. Read at least 1 book per month.
14. Bungee jump.
15. Clean out the gutters.
16. Turn sunroom into something useful (i.e. office for #6)
17. Get out of bed when the alarm goes off..the first time.
18. Buy a new wardrobe.
19. Go to the zoo with family.
20.  Be aggressive, be be agressive.
21.  Plan a cruise.
22. Go rock climbing.
23. Paintballing.
24. Be a vegetarian for 1 week.
25. Create an organized recylcling center in our house.
26. Go tanning.
27. Watch a scary movie without covers.
28.  Learn to speak and understand Spanish.
29. Participate in classy Wednesdays, every Wednesday. 
30.  Have a birthday bash with my friends at Howl @ the Moon on my birthday. 

You may be saying, "Hern, some of these goals are not S.M.A.R.T. goals, and since you have your MBA, shouldn't all of your goals be S.M.A.R.T.? 

My answer is no.  Some of these are just things I have never accomplished (getting out of bed when the alarm goes off, skydiving, go tanning) and some are just things I need to do but I've been too lazy (buy Jenee an awesome t-shirt, clean out the gutters).

The focus here is that there are 30 things to do and 31 weeks to do them.  You'll notice I didn't put "update blog everyday" or something similar because, well you know I wouldn't be able to cross that off my list.  But I will try to keep it updated with my accomplishments, even if it is just a one line blog:  Had my teeth whitened. 

I don't know how to end this post, so I will leave you with a picture of a 2 liter.

Holy Parenting Batman!

Yea, I stole it Jenee....


So I am a parent.  P-a-r-e-n-t....par-ent....pare-nt....now it doesn't even sound like a word. 

I've been a parent for nearly six years now and I'm here to tell you future parents that the up all night, changing diapers, feeding every 3 hours, poop everywhere stage is the easy part.  I've been told by non-parents that sometimes my stories scare them into not wanting to have children. I will give you a moment if you haven't had children to stop reading this.....now. 

Okay those of you still with me, great!  Being a parent certainly has its ups and downs.  You will be able to do things you never thought possible - I realized this the first time my son threw up on me and I calmly sat there instead of what I thought I would do, which is puke right back onto him.  I never thought I would touch poop, let alone be washing it out of underwear with my bare hands, unphased. 

Parenting is sneaky.  As soon as you think you know what you're doing, your kid moves on to the next phase in life.  My kid started kindergarten this year.  I thought we were so prepared- he knows his colors, his numbers, his name.  He can write and read small words.  I thought we were finally ahead of the game!  Nope.  Since the beginning of the school year he has had to call home twice for getting in trouble and last week he bit someone.  Biting?  I certainly didn't see that one coming.  It is not something I could have prevented-  I couldn't have said to him the day it happened, hey by the way don't bite anyone today.



That's when I realized the easy stuff is behind us.  And flashbacks of elementary school came rushing in.  And I have nothing to offer....I mean this is what I looked like in elementary school....

Elementary school was no picnic for this girl.  No one understood my sarcastic sense of humor or my quick quips at making fun of others.  I can look back and laugh at it now, knowing those experiences shaped me into who I am today. 

And now I feel I've completey veered off the topic of parenting.  So my point is that childhood is hard, parenting is hard, life is hard.  It doesn't get easier, it just keeps going....until one day it doesn't anymore...because you die.  No that's too morbid.  Life does get better.  You find a groove, you make friends, you get through the hard stuff, and you live to write a blog about it. 

That's better.