I'm such a loser

• I have, like, one friend. 
• My husband doesn't want to do anything with me on New Year's Eve (except sit at home and watch football, which we already do all the time). 
• I haven't blogged in about two months.  
• I weighed in today at 113.5 in my bathroom, buck naked, pre-shower, which makes me a LOSER. in a good way.

Seriously, though, I have soooo much blogging to catch up on, for all the many people who don't read my blog. So, I will try to give everyone a really quick review of the last two months and then add in a couple of pics.

When I came back from NYC, I had to focus on school, school, school, and school. That would be Western Kentucky University, the school where I was a student, Perry Central Preschool, the school where I am the full-time teacher, Brescia University, the school where I was an adjunct professor one evening a week, and Tell City Jr.-Sr. High School, the school where I was completing 120 hours of Practicum experience. Sound exhausting? IT WAS! So that is why I haven't been all blog-happy in the last few months. At least not writing. I was still blog-stalking my favorites, like www.skinnyrunner.com.

I finished a 10K race on October 23; official time 1:14:37, last place in my age group. For me, as I have said before about 100 times, the victory is in getting out there. So last place is fine. really. I mean it. Some of you uber-competitive peeps out there cannot fathom being last, much in the same way that I cannot fathom other things, which for the sake of political correctness, I will refrain from sharing.

I will shout it from the mountaintops if I have to: all you runners out there who are not first, or even close to first, you should each be proud of yourself for being out there, off the couch, not eating a whole carton of ice cream. If I felt like re-naming my blog, it would be called "Slow is the new FAST" but that would take more effort than I can muster right now.

More catching up: On October 27 I came down with a sinus infection which lasted until after Thanksgiving. That is not my usual sarcastic exaggeration, either. That is for real. I went through two rounds of antibiotics, two steroid shots, one antibiotic shot, one trip to the emergency room, and an eventual mental meltdown in the doctor's office on the third trip. However, I am back using the Neti Pot twice a day, so I think I am infection-free, at least for a little while.

I finished requirements for my degree on December 10, 2010. Now I officially have a Master of Science in Library Media Education to add to my Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction. Whether or not I will ever actually become a school library media specialist remains to be seen, but I have done my part, knocked it out of the park (3.81 GPA), and will prayerfully put my future in the Lord's hands. Words cannot express how thankful I am to be done with school right now.

Today is my 13 year anniversary to my hubster.  Wow. Hanging in there through thick and thin.

I have realized that even though I am below my goal weight of 115 lbs., I don't like my body shape. I don't know what to do about it want to do what needs to be done to change it, which is hard cardio, push-ups, sit-ups, and weights. Guess I am going to have to work on getting motivated to do those fun things, too.

This semester I am going to concentrate on my preschooler's, who are so flipping adorable. Although the Christmas parties about wore me out, we survived, had fun, and are going to re-group before next week/month/year.

Tonight my youngest child is having his bff spend the night so he will be kindly asked to take some pics of our fam for our New Year's Cards (aka slacker Christmas cards). He will do great, despite being 10 years old. It should be fun and natural and hopefully will work. I have picked out a template from tinyprints.com, so the hard part is over. Given the year we have had, we think it fitting to look forward to the next year and let 2010 be history, forever.

Oh, and one more thing: I registered for the lottery to get into the NYC Marathon next November. The thing is, I also joined the NYRRC (New York Road Runners Club - or something like that) and if you are a member on January 1, 2011, then you are guaranteed to run in the 2012 ING Marathon. So whether a few months before or a few months after my 10th birthday, when I turn 40, I will become a MARATHONER.  I will just say it - I only plan to do it once. Only for NYC would I run 26.2. But I will! So stay tuned......