Just call me Kate

I have been using my Germ-X way more than usual lately. And that's saying a lot, because I'm obsessed with the stuff. Lee is sick, my cube neighbor at work is sick, and it has come to my attention that certain others that work on my floor do not wash their hands after using the restroom. Sick! We're talking about grown adults here people!! I am an adamant hand washer, especially when it comes to public restrooms. In case you didn't know, the CDC recommends that you wash your hands for 15-20 seconds. This can be accomplished by singing Happy Birthday twice, or, my song of choice, the Alphabet song once. I started this many years ago when I saw something on tv and it has since become a habit to sing the song each time I go to the sink. I think that I should post this in our restroom at work. Clearly many other women here have not been informed of the 20 second rule.

I am skipping the gym today. I feel guilty about it. Because of the snow and ice, I have only worked out once this week. And I ate pizza last night. I am going to be super excited when I am cleared to start running again. Hopefully this will happen on Tuesday, but I have been disappointed before. Once that happens, and I am cleared to lift weights again, I will be good to go!! It's hard for me to feel like I'm getting a good workout when I can't do either of those things. And if I don't feel like I am going to have a good work out, it's hard to get motivated. Enough with the excuses. I am not going today because I don't want to. Period.

So, did anyone know that there is a town in Missouri (I think Missouri) called Romance?! I, of course immediately called Lee and told him, thinking that the reason for the excitement was obvious. He responded with a confused "huh?" Duh! We should totally make the 8-hour round trip to mail out wedding invites so that they will say ROMANCE on them, right?!?! I mean, that's a totally normal thing to do. That's what I thought, but Lee didn't feel the same way. Oh well.

I watched my DVR'd episode of Jon & Kate plus 8 last night. Oh how I love that family! If I could be anyone in the world I would be Kate Gosselin. I'm dead serious. All of those babies and they are the most adorable and sweetest babies I've seen!! I have always wanted lots of kids, but never all at once. I think, no, I know that I could do it. Of course, we would need our own tv show so that we could even begin to afford that many!! I think that part of the reason that I love the show so much is that Kate reminds me so much of myself, and I freaking love her. I know that lots of people think that she's mean to Jon, but their dynamic works for them. I think that the amount of love in that family is obvious. What is hysterical to me (since Kate reminds me of myself) is that Lee totally, completely, unequivocally dislikes Kate. He won't even watch the show. Well, not just because of her, I think it freaks him out. He says that watching that show is the best birth control in the world. Lol. I love the chaos and all of the kids running around everywhere and everyone going a little crazy. I don't think we'll be having 8 any time soon :)

I am excited that tomorrow is Friday! I think that we are going to rent a movie again. We have been doing a lot of that lately. Plus, I stayed awake for the last one in its entirety, so I'm going to try and make it 2 times in a row. I am getting my hair done this weekend, and it desperately needs it! I have been trying really hard to grow it out for the wedding because I want to wear it down, but my hair is so fine that it splits really easily. Luckily I don't have to straighten it everyday, so unless I doing something special I have only been drying it until its almost dry and the putting it up. Lately though I have been straightening it a lot. It's long! I want to enjoy it! But now all of my ends are split. :( We are also getting our pictures taken for our passports!!! Yippee!! And we are going to pick out tuxes, I think that will be fun. I can't believe that the wedding is less than 5 months away now. I thought it would never get here! But now that we are getting closer, I can see how planning can be so stressful. For the last year or so, I have just been planning at my leisure, whenever I felt like it. But now I am starting to actually need to pay attention to when things need to be done. The place where we are getting married is amazing though. They work with you and are so on top of things, and they take care of a ton of stuff that most places don't, so I know that we're in good hands with them.

Ooh, it's almost time to leave work!!