Is this real life?

I went to the movies last night with my husband...on a Monday...at 9pm.  I haven't gone to a late movie on a school night since I actually was in school.  It felt really scandalous - just further proof that I need to live a little.

Getting home around midnight put my 6:30am wake-up plan on the back burner.  I did manage to crawl out of bed when my husband got up at 7:30am.  I promptly changed into my workout togs and got myself to the local Planet Fitness.  I was sucked in by their $10 a month fee, which coincidentally comes with about $60 in additional fees and a 13 month commitment. Oh well, it's still the cheapest gym option by far, and it's a brand-new facility that doesn't yet reek of sweat and intimidation.  I did a full 60 minutes today and my abs are already crying.

I signed up for a personal training class on Friday at 7am.  I'm actually excited about this.  For years, I only did cardio at the gym because those were the machines I knew how to work.  About 9 months ago, I started taking some strength classes at my then employer-sponsored gym.  I learned how to use a lot of the weight machines and how to incorporate the strength component into my normal gym routine.  The results were awesome, and overall, it's made me hate the gym a whole lot less. I like having a challenge or plan to follow (hence this blog), so the trainer is supposed to design a program for me that I can work on my own.

Once I got cleaned up and fed, I sat down in my home office to try, yet again, to access the career transition services website.  I can't figure out what's been more emotionally trying - getting laid off or trying to access this damn website.  The whole thing is starting to feel like a cruel joke.  The site doesn't work, so I call the help line, where the call center rep apologizes profusely for all the technical issues and assures me that the site will be up and running soon.  The person I spoke to today said that part of the problem is volume on the site during the day.  She encouraged me to try logging on after 10pm when traffic is much lower.  I was all set to give her some biting remark about how I had be at work early and an after 10pm schedule is unreasonable, but then I remembered that I don't have a job, and this woman knows that since she works for the career transition folks. Smug bastards.

I'm done with that for the day.  It's too frustrating.

Instead, I'm going to tackle a few more newlywed errands and handle a few chores around the house. Just to prove my worth, here's my list of accomplishments for today:

• Made the bed.
• Joined Planet Fitness and worked out for 60 minutes.
• Made breakfast.
• Got dressed.
• Cleaned the kitchen.
• Wrote this blog.

And here's what I'm going to do later:

• File the marriage license at the courthouse and purchase 5 certified copies.
• Get a new driver's license.
• Change my car title.
• Apply for a new social security card.
• Update the following companies with my new name - credit card, bank account, cell phone, car insurance, professional license organizations.
• Organize the master closet.

My husband has his tennis league tonight, so I'm absolved from having to cook, but I may spend some time looking at recipes for future dinners.  Above all today, I'm going to try to enjoy the fact that I didn't have to get up at 5am and fight traffic to go sit at a desk where my contributions were much stressed over but little noticed.