{School Victims}

I'll be completely honest, I've been avoiding the news about the Sandy Elementary School shooting in Newton, CT. It's possibly one of the saddest things I've heard about. I do not know anyone involved, and I do not have kids of my own, but my heart hurts tremendously from this. Tonight, I watched a few videos on ABC.com for the first time. It's just unfathomable that someone would murder so many innocent children. My heart, my thoughts, my prayers are with each family member who has lost their precious child.... with the children who have lost childhood best friends... with the other family members whose lives will no longer be able to be touched by that one special child. Presents are under the tree that will never get opened. Middle school, high school, college graduation, marriage, future family memories that will never be formed. Parents hearts are broken. I pray they will find some solace in their lives and, if they have other children, are able to continue loving them as though there is no tomorrow.

{Puppy day}

Ok, I guess he's not really a puppy anymore at 3 years old! That's 28 in dog years. He's almost as old as I am now. ;) haha  So, since we didn't get to the dog park yesterday, I took Gandalf today. He had such a good time! I could see it in the smile on his face as he ran around like a maniac at the park and the way he's passed out on the couch right now. Too bad for him he's about to get a bath to have him go from Gandalf the Grey (dirty dog) to Gandalf the White. I know, I know... I'm a huge dork!  Here are some photographs of him having fun!

Back in the car, ready to go home.

He did so good at the park! One thing I noticed is he definitely got possessive of any toy he was playing with. If another dog tried to come over to play with that toy, he'd growl at them! He's never done that before. Other than that, he played well.  When it was time to go, I took his leash out of my pocket, told him it was time to go, to get some food and he followed me to the gate with no issues.  Well, now it's time for his bath.  :)

{ 'ello }

I'm so tired right now. Today was a pretty long and busy day at work. Again, lots of things though to train on, so that was good. I do like my trainer; we get along great! So, I've been having to buy coffee at work (which isn't too bad considering one coffee mess only cost $.25). However, I'm a mess if I don't have at least 1 cup before I get to work and I kept forgetting to buy it. Today, however, I stopped at the grocery store for veggies and I remembered to get coffee. Thankfully, the place I went to sells the Kona brand coffee from Hawaii! Amazing.  Soo, delicious.

I also wore my new jacket today. I {heart} it.

I also spoke with eHarmony guy and told him I'd be selfish on days like today and not drive the distance, especially if I had to work the next day. Waking up at 4 a.m. to work 12 hour days and then have to drive 40-45 minutes to see someone is just not ideal to me. Plus all the other stuff I mentioned here. I felt horrible because he really seems like a nice guy. I guess I must really want to stay single. :^/  I won't settle though.

{Don't Ya...}

• Don't ya hate it when you're super tired and you skip out on something you planned because you just know you can fall asleep at any moment?
• 30 minutes - 1 hour late you are wide awake, wishing you'd gone anyway
• My thoughts on skipping the gym today
• Don't ya hate it when things change on you?
• Like the work schedule you took the job for
• Seriously? Two days and two nights? How dare you say I have a day off once I get out of work at 5pm just because I don't have to be back at work until 5pm the next day. That is not a day off.
• Don't ya hate it when assholes appear to get their way in life just because they are assholes?
• Like Crazy Train who has multiple complaints and write-ups against it (I've determined it is an it) and never gets spoken to about it or "punished" in any way. Yet, the moment Crazy Train goes to HR, the ENTIRE company it works with gets spoken to.
• Apparently, we are going to the wrong people for our own complaints
• Don't ya hate it when your dog is like family and leaving him for 6 days is heart-breaking



Just look at his happy face!

• Don't you hate it when you begin reading a book called, "The 5 Love Languages for Singles" and it depresses the shit out of you?

All in all, today was actually pretty good.

{Lust me, Baby}

Today was an interesting day. After doing the BodyFlow class at 24 Hours Fitness, I go downtown Denver to meet eHarmony guy. On the way down there, I call my mom to tell her about it (gotta be safe and let someone know about it). She mentions something about him not looking like his picture. I respond with, "Psh, I'm not worried about that. I've never had that happen to me before." Yeah. Way to jinx myself. eHarmony guy has gained weight since his photograph. His photo was definitely not a current day representation of himself.  Ugh. Which sucks because we kinda bonded through text. So, I'm not sure how I feel about this. The way I see it, if you're not going to accurately represent yourself online, what else in your life are you not going to accurately represent?  You know? Anyway, so it was a good, decent time anyway. We walked around a block downtown and then sat in Subway for the remainder time. He was just on his lunch break, so we only had an hour. On the way home, though, I just kept on thinking about everything else... He's in a lot of debt from his very recent divorce. He said it's only been final for a few months but they've been separated for a year. Also, he lives in Westminster. It's not close at all but completely on the other side of Aurora.



See?  That's a good 40-45 minutes away!! With my crazy schedule, I'm not sure this is a good thing. Also, he said he was thinking of applying for a job in Jonestown; which is even further away. *sigh*  I did say I'd meet him again.  I think it's going to be Sunday.  Anyway...

So, I'm preparing dinner for all week with some baked chicken. I'm also making some Pumpkin Lust Cake. Seriously, this stuff is amazing.

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{This little piggy went shopping}

Today was a pretty good day. I'm actually really tired right now, which is a good thing. I woke up pretty early, thanks to a telemarketer. I'd originally woken up at like 6 something but then fell back asleep until that call around 8 something.  I had to check out all of the social media pages I go to then. I probably check out way too much stuff, but it's just Gandalf and I right now, so who cares. South African guy is still chatting me up, which is a good thing I guess considering I won't meet him at his place.  Anyway, when I finally woke up I headed over to Target to see about finding a calendar. I found the cutest pig calendar I just had to buy.

Isn't it adorable?!  Anyway, so I also bought a new pair of workout shorts and t-shirt for myself as well as a navy blue cardigan for my sister for our family photographs. Have I mentioned how excited I am for these pictures? I think mostly because I'll be taking them and I'm excited for the experience.

So, after shopping I headed over to the gym. I was really NOT looking forward to this workout, but did it anyway and I felt so much better after working out. I am really disgusted not happy with the way I look right now. I mean I workout so much more than I use to and I am GAINING weight. Really? I just don't get it. Oh well, Once I get back home from Texas I am going to start attempting to eat better. I'd start now but the funds are low from all this shopping I've been doing. I'm a firm believer in the, "Why wait until til tomorrow what you can begin today" type of saying.

There are also bills I need to get paid off. I seriously cannot wait until they are gone. It's not too bad, just enough to piss me off.  I've bought all of my Christmas gifts with cash though (ok, really my debit card but it's  the same thing really) and nothing is on credit. I just need to pay off those other credit accounts.  Three credit accounts remaining!!  I'm not including my car though. I figure I'll always have a car payment.

{I love my friends}

I've got great friends! Yesterday I received a text from D, inviting me to dinner and the Denver Zoo of Lights. I couldn't make it to dinner but met them at the zoo.

Once I got there the line was so long! I, smartly, decided to buy my own ticket while standing in line. While doing that, the couple behind me stated the line was ridiculous and wondered out loud if they could buy their tickets online. I showed them my phone and told them I was! It was so much quicker!

Anyway, I've never been to the Denver Zoo of lights and I've lived here for 6 1/2 years. It was so much fun! D brought in extra Rumple-mints to add to our hot cocoa! It was quite tasty! I only had a little of it since I was driving back to Aurora. W also bought carousel tickets for us all to ride! I could only get photo's of those around me but we had to spread out.

It was a good time with great people. Enjoy the photos!

I {LOVED} this exhibit! 

It started snowing!