Getting used to normal

Yesterday was weird.  I woke up and my back didn't ache, then I went on a run outside, not on the treadmill.  I drove to work and did NOT listen to the boring CFA notes guy talk about finance-y stuff.  I went grocery shopping on the way home, then made dinner, watered my flowers, started some laundry, realized it was after 8:30, and quite frankly, I did not know what to do with myself.  What do people do at night (besides sleep, of course)?

Yes, I am done studying.  Forever.  Well, maybe forever.  In case I have not been tortured enough, I have to wait 2 1/2 months to find out if I passed.  And while everyone around me just knows that I passed, I don't.  It's difficult to be confident when 3 hours was about 30 minutes too short for me to adequately complete the morning written section of the exam.  But it's over, and all I can do is wait, so I am trying my best to forget about it.

Back to last night.  I finally settled into the couch, and Aaron gave me control of the remote.  I fear that I may not get that control again for awhile.  I first stopped on an airing of "Mean Girls", and when it went to commercial break, I switched over to The Bachelorette.  I haven't watched any of The Bachelor/Bachelorette seasons since college, when it was a weekly ritual for sorority girls across campus to gather around the television to find out how true love is discovered: on a reality show, duh!  The 20 minutes we watched of last night's episode left me wondering, "Where do they find these d-bags to be on the show?"  The entire group of 20-something guys was acting like a caddy clique of middle school girls.  We (yes, we) decided there was one decent guy in the whole group...and then he started crying.

I don't think I'll be tuning in for next week's rose ceremony. 

In an effort to not become complacent, I am making a list, which I will post here, of things I would like to do, places I would like to go, and people I would like to see.  I will not be taking my free time for granted!

One final thing, thanks to all of my family and friends for your encouragement last week!  I received cards, e-mails, text messages, phone calls and facebook messages, and each one meant so much.  Thank you.