April 15

Tax Day

Usually a day filled with anxiety ... but this year I didn't have to pay - I actually got a refund! OK excitement over as this means I made a LOT less money last year. Good news is I was able to shift my spending habits and do okay. So, April 15 this year was a pretty good day. I got myself dressed in my new Global Girlfriend black cotton dress and felt just darling (as one neighbor told me I looked). Off to the local campus of UD where I sat in the back of the computer lab, facing a blank wall, and worked for 5 hours straight. I remembered to stop every now and then to walk down the hall and out on a deck where you can just barely see the ocean and feel a nice breeze. I brought snacks and lunch with me so I did a very good job of not getting too hungry and putting good food into my body. I worked some on my dissertation, graded some papers for my course, and scored essays for my colleague. After 5 hour my focus was gone so I headed down to the beach and took a nice long walk. Turns out that the Skechers Shape Up shoes simulate walking in the sand a LITTLE. Walking in the sand is a lot harder! It felt good. I brought my ipod with me to enjoy some tunes. I have the cutest nano but never remember to use it. Now I know why - I only had 8 songs on it and one of them was the "gynecological answering machine" joke. I promptly came home and had James show me how to put all my itunes from my laptop onto my ipod. Kind of embarrassing considering he's a PC guy and I'm a MAC girl! Made it to the gym to do every abdominal exercise I could remember. Then, carrots and dip for a late afternoon snack then I remembered not to get the pizza at Dogfish since it upset my stomach so bad last time. All followed by a good night's sleep!