Snow Day!

I must get out of the house today . . . It's snowy and miserable outside, but I will kick myself if I spend an entire Saturday staying cooped up in here. So, I hope you're all enjoying (or not enjoying) this winter as much as I am. I gauge how much I like this season based on the number of days and/or time I can have off paid from my job. One of the many perks of working in education/childcare are the snow days! I have had one so far, and it was glorious - a Friday! We get paid for snow days since it's not our fault that 1/2 inch of snow causes most drivers in the Nashville Merto area to completely lose any common sensical/driving abilities. For example, there were 90 accidents this morning in Nashville. Ninety, on a Saturday, and the total snow fall was less than an inch. Call me cynical, but c'mon people!

Still, I appreciated how that worked for me a few Fridays ago when I was allowed to stay home and do nothing! Jonah and I played in the snow (which, when he fisrt stepped out into it he exclaimed, "Mommy, playdough!") we did some actual playdough modeling, coloring, drowned our brains in television, and stayed in our pajamas all day. Fun!

So, today the snow is more of a bother since the only thing it's doing is giving me more reasons not to get out and do something. Maybe we'll go to the grocery store, there's nothing more fun than walking around and looking at food. Speaking of which, I am finally down 3 more lbs after a 2 week no loss on the Weight Watchers. Yay! I am scratinch my head trying to figure out how I managed that since the only really healthy thing I managed to do this week was drink an insane amount of water and exercised once. Oh well, the human body is a strange thing.

Anywho, I finally put my 2 weeks' in a the YMCA. I just couldn't handle working 6 days a week any longer, albeit the Sunday shift was only 3 hours; I wanted my Sundays back. My last day is tomorrow. It's strange to me that the Y will no longer be a part of my life. I will miss it. It is a great organization. I think I was continuing to stay on there for emotional reasons. One of my many traits that works for and against me is my loyalty. I tend to really invest myself in people I care for and places that I work at. Once you have invested yourself somewhere, you tend to want to stick around and help it grow. So, I have often had a difficult time letting jobs go when I know I needed to move on. Relationships too. Again, it works for and against me. It works against me in that I hold on for dear life when everything in me is screaming, "Just let go!" So, I am listening and obeying God on this and moving on. Still, I am looking for new and creative avenues to make some moola without overworking myself. I've got a resume full of interesting skills and abilities, might as well put them to use. So stay tuned!