Day 1--New Year, New Adventures

Ok, so today is the start of a new year and so starts the 365 days towards Moving Me.

Things I experienced today...(chuckle, chuckle),

I curled my hair! To a lot of you that may seem silly. I have not used a curling iron in almost ten years!! I usually pull my hair up into a hair bow and just go. IF my hair needed to be fixed, Brittany usually did it and that was not often. Once, about 5 years ago I actually went to the hairdresser to have my hair fixed because I was going to a fundraiser ball for Jim's company.

Jim and I ready for the Ball

So today, in my attempt to move to a better me, I decided to curl my hair. It took me about ten minutes to figure out the correct direction to turn the iron to make my hair curl. I proceeded to drop the curling iron on my head and then burnt my finger! I also thought makeup would be good. I realized I had no makeup brushes and thought a Q-tip would do the job just fine until I swiped my eyeball instead of my eyelid! I was doing all this fixing up because I was going to brunch with my girlfriends. Another something I have not done in many years. By the way, this is the first New Years Eve and Day that I have not spent with my family...ever.

I really enjoyed my lunch with the girls, but I kept having this nagging feeling that I needed to hurry home to take care of the kids or Jim. It was a very odd feeling. We actually had lunch,  went for dessert and coffee, then went shopping. I didn't get home until after 5:00 pm. One more thing new experience, I have been to Kohl's three times in three days. NEVER have I done this before and I'm not sure it's a habit I want to fall into. But it sure was fun.

So I guess what I have done for myself today was attempt to improve my physical appearance. Hair and make-up. Apparently, according to my girlfriend, one must get her toes done more than once a year! So that will be added to my long list of things I must do.

I was invited to go to a Zumba class tomorrow. Not sure if I'm really ready to shake my belly fat in front of a bunch of strangers but I have to start somewhere. The weight will not magically fall off, trust me I have tried that approach before. So in the morning, I will get up earlier than usual, to attempt curling my hair for work, add makeup, pack my own lunch and find my tennis shoes so I can Zumba my way to a thinner me.

I'm tired and it's still early. I think I will go to bed early tonight...another thing made possible by being alone.

Goodnight,

KK