New (er) Car!!!

Finally, after years of driving "the death trap,"- the nickname I gave my 1997 Contour, I have a new(er) car!!!!

It is a Saturn L200 V-6, and it is fully loaded. The car was a special order so it has a lot of features that do not normally come on the L200- like heated leather seats, moon roof, electric seat adjustments and automatic lights.
Even though the car is 8 years old, it only had 60,000 miles on it and I got it for a very, very good price. It is way comfy compared to my other car and it actually makes me not mind driving so much (well, not too much anyway). And being that I have a sometimes hour ride to work and back everyday, comfort makes a world of difference.

Time to Trash It !!!!

So, since my husband and I have our second wedding anniversary creeping up I wanted some sexy-type gift to give him. And after seeing how amazing my friend Lori looked in her "Trash the Dress" photos, I thought that would be perfect!

I contacted my friend Rachel of August Tea Photography and last Sunday we trashed it! The session was so much fun- first we started behind a vacant building, then we moved on to a local beach and finally I took the big plunge and got my booty in the water!!! It was a blast! I always loved being in front of the camera when I was younger- and lately I've been spending most of my time behind it- so it was nice to step out in front again for awhile and feel sexy.

Here are a few of my favorites...so far...

Update

So, let's see- not too much new going on. I passed my State Boards Exam for my full Social Work licensure- so that is super exciting! The test was a killer and I am so glad its over!

I am settling into my new position at work- and liking it for the most part. It is a bit crazy right now with the start of the school semester but for the most part faculty are staying sane...so far.
My new job mostly entails managing all of the research projects that come through the School of Social Work. Whether its government contracts on health promotion with the elderly or assisting faculty in running statistics for a large survey conducted with the population of Haiti- I manage the processing of it all. I also help faculty in writing, and editing, manuscripts for professional literature and preparing course work for students. I guess you could call it the managing all the busy-work involved in the research process. LOL. But, I like it.

Hubby and I have started to look for houses, but in this market and with how the banks are reacting to potential buyers who knows if anything will come of our search. I am hearing horror stories from almost everyone I know trying to buy bank-owned properties- so we'll see. We're trying not to get our hopes up too much- if it happens, it happens. If not that it wasn't meant to be.

Other than that nothing too new is going on. My momentum with P90X has slowed a bit. I am still managing 4 days a week but the program demands 6 days and I really need to step it up again. I noticed results really quickly but its amazing how those results can start to slip if I don't keep at it. Plus I really have to buckle back down with my diet. Its just so hard for me. I can work out until I am blue in the face but I have a really hard time resisting the foods I like. It is probably the thing I struggle with most. Ah well- I need to love myself the way that I am and realize my body is what it is. I will never stop trying to improve it but maybe I will be much happier if I can just accept it for what it is and realize no one is perfect- everyone has flaws.

I have a Trash the Dress session coming up on soon and I am very excited about that. I hope it will be a chance for me to play model and feel beautiful again. Ever since I got sick last year its been very hard for me to see myself as anything but flawed, broken and sick. I feel like I've been battling my body in one form or another my entire life. Maybe for a few hours I can feel good about my body again- that would be so nice.