I married my best friend. Okay, it’s past midnight, and therefore our anniversary is over, but I can still post about it!

We started out the day today with Matt getting an email that I wrote him a few days after our wedding at Future Me. This was a nice thing!

We hung out around the house for a while, he went and got my gifts, then we got ready and went out!

We stopped at the park we got married at, then we went to Mexicali Rosa’s - the place we went the day after the wedding - and had a fantastic dinner. I’m eating leftovers as we speak, and I have churros hanging out in the kitchen! Yum!

Then, we went to Wal-Mart to get a few things, and ended up getting a new camera! No more blurry, out of focus pictures for me! And it’s -so- nice to have a memory card that holds more than fourteen pictures at a time.

It was an amazing day. I wouldn’t have it any other way. You can look at some pictures of the wedding here, and our first anniversary here!

Matt brought me home Taco Bell (My fave! Mmm!) and it turned out that after making my crunchwrap, they ran out of beef, so I got a chicken taco! Apparently chicken is better than beef, so I’m happy. And it was yummy, so I’m happy!

Amy and I went out again tonight. It was fantastic! We went out for coffee (I had a smoothie) and chatted. We’re going to do it more often. I’ll be uploading pictures later!

As of right now, it’s mine and Matt’s first anniversary. More on that later! <3

I didn’t sleep last night. It started out with me leveling Thaelani. Then, Matt had me watch a scary scene in a movie. Then, I ate some Doritos with refried beans, so I decided I’d have to wait to sleep for a while. Then I kept leveling Thae. I finally got super tired, so I decided to go to bed. As usual, I went to put on an on-demand movie, because I sleep better. I chose Little Miss Sunshine. Bad idea.

I got so intrigued by the movie that it is now quarter after eight in the morning, and I’m awake still! I may take a nap later, I may not. I suppose we’ll see.

Amy and I were going to go to the beach today, but the weather forecast looks pretty bleak. All day it says “overcast” and “rain” and that just will not do! I suppose we’ll see, though. We might do something.

I intend to bake a cake at some point today. Why, you ask? Because mine and Matt’s one year anniversary is tomorrow! The top of our wedding cake didn’t last the whole year due to a fairly disappointing wrapping job, so I’ll just make an easy cake for us, and we can eat that!

I’ve been reading more of You: On A Diet, and I really like it. One thing that has really caught my eye is the fact that they say that the amount of fat around your belly is a pretty good indicator of how much stress you have been dealing with. This explains a lot.

I was relatively tiny all my life, up until college. I started gaining weight as I went through an awful relationship with a guy that I’d rather just pretend doesn’t exist, was kicked out of my house, and then I went through a few different jobs and the emotional and mental stress with dealing with them, and the weight just kept coming. Then, I met another guy, went through some other life-changing events, got engaged, called off that engagement, met a man, fell madly in love with that man, moved out to Nova Scotia, then had to leave again after six months. Five months of living with my family, who I didn’t really get along with, then coming back out to Nova Scotia, getting married and then moving one more time. That’s a lot of stress for about five years. I have moved a total of seven times since I was 17. I’ve been engaged twice and married. I’ve dealt with bad jobs and good jobs, and family problems, and deaths in the family (four in the past year alone!). I planned a wedding 1400 miles away from my family, and none of them showed up, which was stressful. I haven’t made very many new friends, and I spend a lot of time alone in the apartment, because I’m shy and have low self-confidence. So, I’d say this weight around my belly is very justified. I’m not saying it’s good. I’m not saying it’s healthy. But each pound has a story of its own in a way, right?

That said, my life is settling down. I have an amazing husband and a wonderful marriage. A fantastic best friend who is there for me no matter what, even though she’s far away. An awesome pet who always knows just when I need her to cuddle with me. And so now, it’s time to get rid of the stress, let myself work through my mental issues, and get rid of this stress that’s built up, both emotionally/mentally and physically.

It’s time for a new me! But right now? This new me needs some breakfast and a cup of tea.

You: On A Diet rocks. Seriously. I love the scientific approach, and the way the book doesn’t place blame, and the lighthearted humour involved in explaining why it works the way it works. I think this book might actually help me!

Today was fantastic! I went out with Amy. I went to her house and we sat there and had a cup of tea and talked, then we left. We went to Walmart, then came back to my apartment, where she met Mew Mew and I took care of a couple of things. After that we went to Swiss Chalet, where we had a fantastic dinner and chatted some more (of course!). We had a meal that was a piece of chicken, a baked potato, a roll and a tomato/cucumber salad, and finished it off with a dessert - strawberry cheesecake! Yum!

At this point we wished we had cameras. We really need to think ahead, really. Whoops!

After that, we went to Starbucks. I haven’t had Starbucks since I lived in Michigan, over two years ago! I had a Chai Tea Latte - it was fabulous! It really tastes like Christmas, if that makes sense. Kinda like gingersnaps. Yum, again!

I weighed myself today. While I’m not going to say what the scale said, I’ll say it was more than I expected, and I need to do something about it. This weight just isn’t healthy, and I need to fix the problem before it gets even worse. Crash diets obviously aren’t working, so I decided to do something more along the lines of a general life change. I’m changing what I snack on - I’m a huge snacker! I also bought a book that Amy recommended, called You: On A Diet. I’ve heard of it before, but haven’t paid much attention to it. Amy says it’s a good book, and that it makes it much easier to understand what’s going on in your body, and how to lose weight. I suppose we’ll see!

We’re supposed to go to the beach on Friday if the weather’s nice enough. I hope it is!