Friday the 13th

And a very short update just so I don't forget this blog exists....

We said NO to the granite countertops and stainless steel appliances and homeowners association fees and fixing things ourselves and property taxes and decided we are not buying a condo. I don't really know...I went on a road trip and somewhere between Mississippi and West Palm Beach I started to feel incredibly trapped by all that a mortgage entails.

We said YES to 50 miles a gallon and bought a PRIUS the weekend I got back from Florida. It is silver, shiny, totally baller, and someone hit it and cracked the bumper within 24 hours of us having it here in the city. Which isn't even that big of a deal, but totally confirmed me NO I DO NOT WANT TO OWN EXPENSIVE THINGS LIKE A CONDO. Because I do not want to have to repair them. Lesson learned, homeownership can wait.

We are leaving three weeks from tomorrow on a CRUISE, and in honor of spending 7 days in vastly less clothing than I've been wearing in the Chicago winter, I am doing the 30 Day Shred like everyone else here on the internets. Bullet points: it is fast, it is hard, i have muscles, and i'm hoping for abs sometime in the next 3 weeks.

I have been having a lot of fun lately. Too much fun. I need to haul myself back on the responsibility horse so to speak and start making some serious progress with organizing my life, my future, my priorities. I think Joshua would appreciate it and I'm sure it would be helpful for both of us. But let's also be realistic, I will start that sort of personal rejuevenation after the cruise. I'll call it detox.