Hi friends!

Things have been great for me lately, life is good. I think that's mostly because I've been going ahead and just doing whatever I feel like. I want to get to a healthy weight so I visited [link] to see how many calories I'd have to consume to lose 40 pounds in 5 months, wrote down the results and decided to stick to it. I wanted to eat healthier so I decided to go vegan, so I did. Just 5 months, not a life-long commitment. I've fallen in love with this site: [link]. When my brother and sister in law offered me this nannying job, I instantly accepted it even though I doubted myself. Turns out I can handle this job much better than I thought. I don't give myself enough credit for how capable I am. I also decided I wanted to start dating again, so I joined eHarmony.com and found a nice guy who lives an hour or so away from me. We're both nervous about dating a complete stranger but we're going for it anyway.

Maybe I'm a total hypocrite (as a Christian) for this but I like Zodiac signs, and I'm proud to be a Sagittarius. They're risk-takers though, so I've always felt empty and unaccomplished being the "play it safe" kind of girl. It feels nice to try things even if I think I'm gonna fail.

To my fellow DBZ friends: I made a quiz called "What kind of DBZ fan are you?". If you're bored, go give it a whirl! Sorry, no pictures. I could add some eventually. I could draw my own, but just editing some screen caps would be easier.

Quiz: [link]



***UPDATE***

So here are the updates on my recent risks, namely meeting a guy online through eharmony, becoming a vegan, counting calories and taking a nannying job.

The guy I met on eHarmony seemed really nice, but from day 1 I felt no spark whatsoever. We talked for about 2 weeks, and he was eager to meet me. I wasn't really up to it, but I decided I had better meet him in person to see if maybe I'd feel a spark if I saw him face-to-face. I have an uncle who would probably be the most dull person online, but he's an angel in real life. So I met him today and I quickly knew there would be no sparks between us. He was nice to talk to and a really nice guy and I would enjoy being his friend, but I wasn't dying to see him all the time like I want to feel when I fall in love. Right after he left I sent him an email saying I would still love to email him and see him in the future as a friend but I felt no spark. He replied pretty upset, thinking it was unfair that I made that choice after only meeting him once. He tried to first say that not all relationships need sparks, but I really want a spark personally. I don't want to just date the next available person.

Becoming a vegan was a mistake, I only lasted 2 weeks. Plus I got the flu in the middle of it. You tend to avoid the foods you ate right before throwing up, so since I had almost only vegetables a whole week before throwing up I became very afraid to eat them. I went for a week as a vegan afraid to touch vegetables. Oh yeah, it was torture. No more!! I bought some chicken boobs (sorry... BREASTS) a few days ago and have been enjoying those lately. <3

Counting calories is going great. I go a little over once in a while, but I don't let myself get upset about it. At this rate I should lose those 40 extra pounds in 5 months. Slow and safe, that's my style.

I LOVE my nanny job to death. I love living with my big brother and sister in law, I love spending all day with my nephew... I just love it all! Best job EVER. I'm home for 2 weeks while they all go on vacation, and I'm getting along very well with my dear family. We gave them the flu we had last week, but they're almost all done throwing up. They should return to school and work in a day or two.

So out of the 4 risks I recently took, 2 worked out great and 2 fell through. Glad I tried them though, and I feel I handled them a LOT better than I would have when I was younger. I'm glad I just got to see the type of person I am. I felt bad for not being interested in the guy from eHarmony, but I really feel I tried hard to get to know him and give him a chance and was polite and respectful and appropriate the whole time, and I'm glad I ended it quickly instead of dragging him along. I am sad he's upset though, I really do wish him the best.