Twas the Friday before Christmas

Well, here I am thinking it's a good thing we're not really doing much for Christmas this year. I haven't done much shopping, I'm not in the mood to go shopping either, so it all works out. I think I'm going to give my mom a qvc gift certificate, which I can do online. My brother is helping her get a consolidation loan, so she won't have the credit cards to buy things with, so this way she can still get herself something she wants. My sister's presents I bought in June, so that's out of the way. I got a few small things for Justin, and the bike I'll get when the weather warms up.

I did end up having my hair cut last night. I now look like the pic in my blog again. I'd been growing it out and it was quite long and it was a little sad to see it go. With the new hair, the pink poncho I'm wearing, and a little makeup, I have had quite a few compliments today. It's extremely awkward for me. I wonder if that's a psychological reason behind the weight I carry, but I'll have to put that away for another time. I have enough emotional baggage to handle right now.

Oh no, I just realized I haven't even started packing Justin's suitcase and he leaves at 7am Monday morning. Shuffling my son back and forth is one of the very unfortunate side effects of divorce. For any of my new friends who think I've been a little off these last couple of weeks, you haven't seen anything yet. I'm a basket case when Justin is gone. It's worth it though, because for 50 weeks of the year I'm so happy to be out of that marriage. (Just a bit of info for anyone who doesn't know, I've given my ex more visitation than that, it's just that's all he chooses to use.) I'm so pleased and proud of the person I am now, and I could never have become who I am if I'd stayed in that marriage.

I made my lower calorie sausage balls this morning for work, and I brought some Swiss Miss Diet hot chocolate. The non-dieters are eating the sausage balls without the knowledge they're made from turkey sausage and veggie sausage (hahaha, my evil little secret), and the dieters appreciate a healthier, if not quite healthy, alternative to all the junk that's around. The recipe is pretty easy and if anyone wants it I'll be glad to share.