Feeling Blue

I'm hoping it's just been a long week. After constant dieting, I'm not seeming to lose any weight and I'm just discouraged and feeling tired all the time. And I should be excited that my sister will be visiting my mom this weekend and I'll go by to see her, but it just seems to feel like a pain in neck. Maybe when I get out of work a nice glass of wine will brighten my mood, but right now a long night's sleep would be the best thing, if I could manage to sleep through the night.

We found out yesterday that we didn't get the house that we had put an offer on. There were 11 offers and it ended up going to the people that bid $50,000 over the asking price. Considering that it needs probably another $150,000 worth of worth on top of the $559,000, I can't believe that people would offer above that asking price. I felt bad at first, but am not sure why. I didn't want to buy it in the first place. There's no driveway or garage, it's much bigger thanwe need (the point of moving out of our current home would be to downsize). So we were dazzled by the beautiful detail and ignored the downsides like no heat in the first floor apartment, rodents in the basement, lack of parking, etc. So all in all, we probably dodged a bullet, but it still feels like we lost something.

Am driving out to Amherst tomorrow and Sam has given me a long list of stuff she needs me to bring (snow boots, winter coat, nail polish, makeup, gel, I could go on and on). Some stuff I already have, some she'd like me to buy because, well, it's cheaper for her when I buy it. Oh, and could I spend the night baking for she and her friends, because homemade cookies are so much more tasty than the stuff in the dining commons. I hope someday they actually appreciate me.

I think I'll make the carrot cake cupcakes that I made a few weeks ago. They were really easy and really good. If I decide to stop by my mom's while I'm in western Mass, I should make some for them too. And although Anna is into day 2 of her eating healthy kick, I'm sure she'll want some too.

I'm glad I'm typing this, because I just realized I left my long list of stuff to get in my office. I'm going to run back there now before I have to throw everyone out of the children's room so we can all go home.

Oh, and regrets to the New England Revolution for losing last night. They definitely were the bad luck kids with injuries, penalties, etc. It just got sad at the end.