The O'Malley's

Well, I'm not entirely sure why... but I've decided that this might be fun. I love reading my friends blogs (and stalking all of the now-married people who I never really "knew" in the first place but have been acquainted with at some point in the past), so I decided to write my own. I realize that only Renee, Shauna and maybe my sisters will actually care enough to read about what's going on in my life, but oh well, it will be fun anyways.

This is also the perfect time to start a blog because I have not had any human companionship for a week now since it's spring break and all of my roommates are in Mexico, Hawaii, California, or some other wonderful/warm place with their boyfriends and families. I've been all alone with Jack Astor all week and it's begun to get a little old talking to my dog... too bad he can't talk back. But he gives me sympathetic looks and I can tell he understands me; he misses the girls as much as I do. Lauralee is here too, but we went 5 days living under the same roof without seeing each other even once. We have completetely opposite schedules: she leaves at the break of dawn and is fast asleep when I get home from work around midnight. Anyways, now I won't have to spend all my time hanging out with my dog and since I can't possibly talk to all of my favorite people every day, now you can stay caught up on my life (and wedding plans!!) even when our schedules don't allow for phone dates :-)

Moving along... today is my first day off in about 2 weeks and it's GLORIOUS!!!I worked double shifts 4 days in a row this past week and I really needed some time, during daylight, to myself. I haven't had any food (besides coffee and my leftovers from Tomato Street) in the house for nearly a month, so it's about time I went grocery shopping. I also need to find a wedding photographer who takes good pictures but doesn't charge exorbitant rates for a few hours... this is much more difficult than I imagined it would be. It's sunny and almost warm today, so I've promised Jack that we'll walk to the park.

And, let's just be honest, more than likely I'll end up at the mall. Earlier this week, in between shifts, I went with the intention of paying off my Victoria's Secret card but ended up spending my tips from that day on a cute yellow sundress (in my defense, the dress was 50% off). So... the VS bill still needs to be paid. And I still haven't found a necklace to wear for Shauna's wedding in 3 weeks. Oh, and I need new running shoes as I've decided to run the Bloomsday mini-marathon in a month. This is how I motivate myself to get in shape. I've signed myself up for a 7.5 mile race in a little over a month. Now this may not seem like much, but it's twice as far as I've run nearly two years. In order to not humiliate or injure myself, I will have to start running now and gradually increasing the mileage over the next few weeks. I tried to convince myself to start working out for various other reasons: summer/bikini season is coming, I'm going to California in May, a certain person will be seeing me naked after August 17, etc. But these are all so intangible and I'm so lazy... long story short, I now have to find ways to scare/force myself to get in shape. So until May 6, I've got a way to do that. After May 6, I'll have to come up with something else, but until then I'm golden. Thanks for reading my first post!!!