So......

I'm not dead.  I know that's what you were thinking, right?  I had died?  No, well I'm back anyway.  I think I am officially the world's WORST blogger.  I really have no good excuse at all, so I am not going to say anything except that I am back baby!  2011 I have decided is going to be MY year!  I know, I know it's February 1 already, but better late than never!! Things are changing and I am excited about it.  Here is what is going on with me right now:

• I am going back to school!  I was stupid out of high school and only took a few college courses and then got a job and quit school.  But I am going back now and really enjoying it.  I am only taking 2 classes right now just until I get back in the groove of going.  I am taking a basic math course (my WORST subject) and English Comp 101.  I know they are basic classes, but you have to start somewhere, right?  I am doing so much better in the math class than I thought I would.  I am thoroughly enjoying English.  I love reading and English is was one of my best classes/subjects in hs.  

• I am finally going to get my divorce this year.  It may take the whole flipping year to get it done, but it is going to happen this year.  I kind of drug my feet at the end of 2010 about doing the paperwork.  Not because I wanted to get back together with him, but just of the situation I guess.  I knew it needed to be done, but I guess I wasn't ready yet.  But guess what baby?!  I am ready now!!!  My dad a.k.a. my attorney, is getting the paperwork finalized so we can send it off to J to be signed.  The reason I say it may take all year is because I know J and he will not willingly sign the papers.  He is going to be an ass and drag this thing out, but it is what I expected out of him.  The bottom line is that it's moving in the right direction and I am moving on with MY life. 

• I have miraculously found my backbone.  Who knew where it has been hiding for the past 30 years?  I do, it's been under my fat butt and arms and legs and everything else that is fat on me.  I have not lost at much weight as I have wanted to, but you know what?  It's ok, I have not gained any and that my friends is a very good thing.  Since I have class every night except Friday, I am trying to walk when I get home around 8:30.  And since I take Moose with me I am totally counting it as a cardio and upper body work out since I have to wrestle him on his retractable leash!  Good Lord he is strong and can tangle himself around a garbage can before you can blink an eye!!  Ok, back to my backbone.  I have one again.  I have always been the nice, polite girl who really  let people walk all over me my whole life.  However, now I am the nice, polite woman who is not going to take crap off of anyone anymore.  I, for one, am proud to be from the South and am so grateful that I was raised to say yes ma'am and no sir and thank you.  That being said, I am done letting people walk all over me.  I am going to stand my ground and speak up.  Of course I'll do it politely with a smile on my face :)  

• I am going to be a better friend.  Sometimes I think we get comfortable in our relationships and take them for granted.  I know I am guilty of this.  This year I am putting more of an effort into being a good friend and putting myself out there.  I am also going to be a better blogger.  

So this is where I am right now.  Getting happier and healthier in 2011!