My own 'Bridget Jones' diary

29,12 this morning before breakfast. There it is. My first BMI score. Let’s see how it will progress over time!

So, what happened today? The package I had been waiting for all day last tuesday, has officially gone missing. The good news is, that they’re giving me my money back and I immediately ordered a new wake-up light. Let’s hope the mailman will bring it tomorrow!

Then, this evening my laundry machine broke. Lucky me, it had almost finished. But now the inside doesn’t move anymore and the repair shop  was already closed. I hope they can send someone to have a look at it tomorrow!

Oh, I almost forgot the most important news! I booked my holiday yesterday! I’m going to Vietnam next year! Woop woop! 22 days, from south to north. Now if someone can recommend some good movies/documentaries of the war to watch before I go there? ‘Cause I never paid attention in history class, or we really skipped the subject, which I can’t believe.

Today was a typical Friday: hoping all day that the clock would skip ahead to 6pm, and then when it finally did, my work wasn’t finished and I had to stay an extra 20 minutes. Bummer! Uuuuh and the moment Top Gear started, I remembered who says ‘And on that bomb shell we leave you’ or something like that. Jeremy Clarkson at the end of every show. Well, except the old one they showed first today, where he got eaten by dogs in a fox hunt. He was the fox. Go figure. But then the next show, a newer one I think, there was more of my favorite: Richard Hammond. That little bugger is one hell of a bad winner! He rubs it in your face if you lose a game! But he is always funny as fuck and can be pretty sexy, especially on his bad-hair-days. In my opinion. Feel free to disagree.

Sadly, no strokes of inspiration for writing today. But I wouldn’t have expected that on a Friday evening. But you never know what the night brings, dreams have given me great ideas before! Those few times that I was able to remember what I dreamt about, that is.

Night!

I know, I’m one month early. But I’ve decided that this time I start my New Year’s resolutions on December 1st. That’s right, today. Because today I’m motivated. And January 1st I usually have a hangover and break them all on the very first day. Which is very de-motivating.

So… here they are.

1. I will stop playing time-consuming, moronic, addictive FB games. In other words, all FB games. Sorry to the people I’ve added for just that purpose, you won’t be getting any gifts from me anymore!

2. I won’t eat anything after 8.30pm. I know I can’t keep diets (believe me, I’ve tried!) but I want/need to loose a bit of weight anyway. So I will start by this simple step. And I will keep track of my weight on my Wii and post my BMI results on here. Hoping I will get so embarrassed that I’ll make a serious effort to stop eating chocolate, cookies and crisps

3. I will keep track of my writing-progress in this blog. I drive myself crazy with all my unfinished fanfics. I really want to write, update them, but somehow I keep on getting distracted by re-reading them, reading my old fics and books. I do have strokes of inspiration on various fics, but it’s been months since I’ve taken the time to write it down (read: I’ve been a lazy arse!).

That’s it. If I add more, I won’t be able to keep them. I’m very susceptible to guilt-trips, so please lay them on me if I break any of those three resolutions!

Every time I reach the end of “Bridget Jones the edge of reason”, it makes me want to start my own diary. Or rather, blog. Because writing by hand … not happening. And as I spend an abnormal amount of time on my laptop anyway playing the most moronic, addictive games (I blame you for everything FB!), I figured I could spend that time a tiny little bit more useful. By starting a blog.

Okay, it’s not just Bridget that finally pushed me over to the blogging side – Jenna Hamilton had a little bit to do with it also. For you who don’t know who sheis: watch MTV’s ‘Awkard’. Brilliant series! She has a blog too. So, did I get the pathetic idea that just like Jenna, I might get the perfect guy if I start blogging? Or if I started keeping a diary like Bridget, I might get the Mark Darcy of my neighborhood?

Of course not, I’m not that pathetic!

Oh really!? Okay, okay, I won’t put a lie in my very first post. Of course that pathetic idea got stuck in my head! After all, Bridget ends with the rather brilliant sentence:

I truly believe that happiness is possible. Even when you’re 33 and have a bottom the size of 2 bowling balls.

I’m going to take that literally. Although I’m not 33 yet … but I can honestly compare my rather prominent behind to that! Ha, wrote that down pretty decently, don’t you think?

So … do I have anything interesting to write about today? Hmmm, no cigarettes (disgusting, I’m glad I never started smoking), no alcohol intake today, about 4 pieces of chocolate and two handfuls of mini-cookies. Damn, I know I’m eating too much when I’m home all day! Well, the good (?) news is, that this is my last free day for a while. Not getting any days off from work for at least a month, because December’s too busy. And weekends are planned full too. Or , wait, I think I have one sunday to myself in two weeks! Yay! A whole day to myself in one month!

Okay, that sounds pretty lame. I have every damn evening to myself. I just usually waste them away by watching tv shows that I don’t even like while playing those stupid FB games. Thinking about all the things I should do. Like work on my Spanish course. Clean my house (my cleaning lady’s husband is ill, so she hasn’t been here for weeks). Iron my clothes. End the prescription to a magazine I don’t really read anymore. Decorate my newly-done wall in my living room. Clean out some overflowing closets. Go shopping for some presentable black pants and a new sweater. Really, you would think I don’t earn enough money to buy decent clothes sometimes! Oh, and let’s not forget that at least once a day I’m thinking that I should really go to the gym again. I haven’t been there in … 6 weeks? Maybe more?

Yeah, I’m a lazy bum.

Although I have been doing some things. I bought new Christmas decorations, a present for my brother, I decided where I want to go on holiday. And I have been meeting up with my best friends quite regularly lately. And I’ve been using my Wii fit quite regularly. But today of course, I didn’t do anything. I had wanted to go out and get some shopping done. But I had to wait for a mechanic for my sliding glass doors first, and I’ve been waiting for a package all day. I’m pretty bummed that it hasn’t been delivered yet! I should have come today! And it’s a wake-up-light. Just what I need in these dark months, because damn, I’m really not a morning person! I’ve been in a bad mood a bit too often lately at work. And the atmosphere among my assistents wasn’t too well to begin with. But that’s a whole other story.

So … let’s end on that bomb shell. Right, now I’m wondering who always says that. Let’s see how often I post here!

Ciao!