Nothing terribly interesting to updated today, but I feel like I should anyways.
My mom and I have joined LA Weight Loss and I've already lost almost 10 pounds (go me!). I like the plan alot and it's easy to follow. My main problem right now, however, is finding eating enough. I'm not hungry but I have to eat these certain categories of food a day. You have to love a weight loss plan that tells you to eat.
Last night I made a delicious tofu stir fry. In it was: tofu, 2tbsp veggie oil, half a green bell peper, 1 shallot, 1 zuccini, 1 yellow squash, 1 head of broccoli, 1 baby bok choy, cilantro, and sczechuan seasoning. It was amazing! I would love to make that next year in the apartment and just eat it for lunch for a week because there was a ton of it.
Today we started to finish emptying storage. That was a blast. *eye roll* Though I did get to look through all my old stuff that I haven't seen in ages. I stumbled upon a box that was filled with picture frames and photos I hadn't seen in forever. Most were of Alex and I which was actually a lot of fun to find. I had forgotten some of those pictures existed and it gave me a good laugh. Damn, what an interesting few years that was. I think I can honestly say, now, that I don't regret that relationship at all. It was probably the best first serious relationship I could hope for. Not everyone gets so lucky. The only real regret I have is that I let me depression and extreme disgust with myself seep out and really treat him much worse than he deserved in the end, but you live and learn I suppose.
I decided that this one picture I found, while the rest are going into storage because I don't have room for alot of pictures with an old boyfriend to be sitting around in my room, is going to sit out on my bookcase. I think the picture and the frame it's in kinda sum up my high school experience there at the end. It's a picture of Lisa, myself, and Alex at the Distorted Penguins show we went to. We are all dressed the way we used to and have our hair the way we wore it in those days (not too much has changed for Lisa though) and Alex is wearing that beanie I seem to remember him wearing quite a bit for a while. The positioning of us tells alot about our relationships to each other, which is nice. You can really feel the love (though different kinds) each of us had/has for each other. And, the frame is this outrageous leopard print which really reminds me of my wild side from high school. It's great.
And the reason I say "had/has" is because I loved them each back then in different ways for each other and either less or more than I do now. I have grown to love Lisa more recently, especially considering that she is one of the few people from high school I keep in contact with, and I no longer love Alex in that "in love" kind of way (to be honest, I haven't for a really long time), but I still love him in that universal sense. You know, I love him because he is who is and for what he meant to me at a time, for the experiences and firsts we shared together (that had me at both the first and last band competitions I ever went to), and because of the support he gave me during one of the worst times of my life and for the fact that I really don't think I could have asked for a better boyfriend at that time in my life. I guess I want to say thank you, Alex. I know you read this and I think you deserve to know that I still think you are a great guy and I appreciate that we can still be "friends" even at the very most basic of levels.
Man, I really love going through old storage stuff. It just gives you a chance to relive your memories briefly and to really put things in perspective from back then and now. I mean, it's like that damn Prince song my mom played the other day that I could have sworn was saying Beth but was not:
"Be glad that you are free,
Free to change your mind,
Free to go most anywhere, anytime.
Be glad that you are free,
There's many a man who's not.
Be glad for what you had baby,
What you've got,
Be glad for what you've got."
Anyways, I'm off now.
My mom and I have joined LA Weight Loss and I've already lost almost 10 pounds (go me!). I like the plan alot and it's easy to follow. My main problem right now, however, is finding eating enough. I'm not hungry but I have to eat these certain categories of food a day. You have to love a weight loss plan that tells you to eat.
Last night I made a delicious tofu stir fry. In it was: tofu, 2tbsp veggie oil, half a green bell peper, 1 shallot, 1 zuccini, 1 yellow squash, 1 head of broccoli, 1 baby bok choy, cilantro, and sczechuan seasoning. It was amazing! I would love to make that next year in the apartment and just eat it for lunch for a week because there was a ton of it.
Today we started to finish emptying storage. That was a blast. *eye roll* Though I did get to look through all my old stuff that I haven't seen in ages. I stumbled upon a box that was filled with picture frames and photos I hadn't seen in forever. Most were of Alex and I which was actually a lot of fun to find. I had forgotten some of those pictures existed and it gave me a good laugh. Damn, what an interesting few years that was. I think I can honestly say, now, that I don't regret that relationship at all. It was probably the best first serious relationship I could hope for. Not everyone gets so lucky. The only real regret I have is that I let me depression and extreme disgust with myself seep out and really treat him much worse than he deserved in the end, but you live and learn I suppose.
I decided that this one picture I found, while the rest are going into storage because I don't have room for alot of pictures with an old boyfriend to be sitting around in my room, is going to sit out on my bookcase. I think the picture and the frame it's in kinda sum up my high school experience there at the end. It's a picture of Lisa, myself, and Alex at the Distorted Penguins show we went to. We are all dressed the way we used to and have our hair the way we wore it in those days (not too much has changed for Lisa though) and Alex is wearing that beanie I seem to remember him wearing quite a bit for a while. The positioning of us tells alot about our relationships to each other, which is nice. You can really feel the love (though different kinds) each of us had/has for each other. And, the frame is this outrageous leopard print which really reminds me of my wild side from high school. It's great.
And the reason I say "had/has" is because I loved them each back then in different ways for each other and either less or more than I do now. I have grown to love Lisa more recently, especially considering that she is one of the few people from high school I keep in contact with, and I no longer love Alex in that "in love" kind of way (to be honest, I haven't for a really long time), but I still love him in that universal sense. You know, I love him because he is who is and for what he meant to me at a time, for the experiences and firsts we shared together (that had me at both the first and last band competitions I ever went to), and because of the support he gave me during one of the worst times of my life and for the fact that I really don't think I could have asked for a better boyfriend at that time in my life. I guess I want to say thank you, Alex. I know you read this and I think you deserve to know that I still think you are a great guy and I appreciate that we can still be "friends" even at the very most basic of levels.
Man, I really love going through old storage stuff. It just gives you a chance to relive your memories briefly and to really put things in perspective from back then and now. I mean, it's like that damn Prince song my mom played the other day that I could have sworn was saying Beth but was not:
"Be glad that you are free,
Free to change your mind,
Free to go most anywhere, anytime.
Be glad that you are free,
There's many a man who's not.
Be glad for what you had baby,
What you've got,
Be glad for what you've got."
Anyways, I'm off now.