What I have been up to lately….

It’s been a while since my last post, and the reason is, working full time, while going to school at night, and trying to have a life with friends and family is like having 2 fulltime jobs!
It hasn’t helped that my work is ridiculously busy due to fiscal year end. So I’ll summarize the latest happenings of my life.

I’ve gone Veggie:
From a complete Carnivore who lived on all things meat, I have gone vegetarian in the past month. It’s not a diet thing or a religious thing, I simply have become repulsed by meat after reading about slaughterhouses. I am still transitioning, so still eating seafood 2 times a week, but eventually hope to give it up. Eggs is the only thing I don’t think I can give up simply because I bake a lot, and it would just be hard to always look for egg free products. But at least Bessy the cow is now safe from me

The Shopping Factor: (Rant alert)
I’m getting a little peeved at people (including the hubby) who constantly feel the need to comment on my shopping habits. Yes, I love shopping! While other girls spend money (theirs or their significant others) on clubbing, fine dining, manicures, pedicures, traveling, sports or whatever, I spend mine on….shopping! God willing, me and my husband are well off. We worked our butts off to get a Comp Sci degree and we still work almost 9-10 hour days to keep earning a good living. I do have expensive habits, and I have never depended on anyone else to provide for my expensive habits but myself. Shopping is my thing…I like clothes, shoes, bags…and I am just tired of justifying it, cause honestly I don’t need to. When you earn money, I will not criticize you for going to a restaurant that costs 200 for a dinner for two. Frankly, I wouldn’t do a dinner like that unless it’s my yearly anniversary, but I will take that money and spend it on a Burberry scarf which will keep me warm for years. My husband spend 40 dollars every time he goes golfing, and he spends lots more to play hockey and soccer, I do none of that… yet people look at those type of spending as something positive and put a negative twist to my shopping habits. When I didn’t have the extra money, I didn’t buy designer bags or clothes, I only did when I was able to afford it, so if you think brand name stuff is a waste of money…it’s your opinion…you can spend it on whatever else you enjoy spending your hard earned dollars on
At the end, it comes down to the same thing, spending money you earn to make yourself happy, while others spend it on touring the world or whatever they enjoy, I enjoy buying things. Playing golf every week will not make me happy, looking at my 50 pairs of shoes and having the option to wearing one that matches my shirt DOES make me happy. And you know what? I’ve earned it.

The Parents:
As much as I have complained about my parents, now that they are officially moving back to BD, I feel a bit bad. Sometimes I forget how old my parents have really become over the years and I argue with them as if they are still in their 40’s. But they’re not, and I’ve been feeling this uneasiness about them not being here annoying me everyday of my life.

The Obsessive Girls and The Sappy Boys
So I have this guy friend. There’s this one girl OBSESSED with him. He’s a bit of a softy and he always gives in. She’s pushy sexually, as in she throws herself at him and takes off her clothes. Then she constantly showers him with gifts. He has told her many times, he likes her, but he doesn’t see a future, but she just doesn’t get it and thinks if she sleeps with him enough, he will come around. It’s been 10 months of this crap. So my friend, who is tired of being single, finally goes, maybe I should just make her my gf, she really loves me and does a lot for me, and even though my gut feeling says I’m settling, I feel bad.
Now seriously: why would any girl consistently lower herself just to get a guy to go out with her? Have you no pride? Self-respect? Shame? I mean he’s told you numerous times, he’s not sure you are right for him, yet you take off your clothes and think you will become his ideal through sex?
I actually had a talk with this girl once about why she still sticks around, she goes it worked with her ex boyfriend, who took a year to come around. she even has the ex-bfs name tattooed) I asked her what happened there, she replies that he cheated on her! DING DING DING! You’d think that would put some sense into her, but no.

Then the sappy friend. The phrase, “Be a man, do the right thing” keeps popping into my head. You don’t want her, you think she’s a consolation prize, then why the hell are you thinking of dating her? So what if she likes you a lot? I had many guys who liked me, but if I didn’t like them, I didn’t date them. Jeez…be a man about it…move on and find someone else. Stop dating her and checking out every cute girl who’s your type at the mall! Do one, don’t do both! MEN!

That’s about it for today! Hopefully I’ll be posting something again without such a long break!