Busy Weekend

It's a 4 day weekend for me:) I don't work on Friday's, at the moment (since I don't have a full caseload yet) and we have Monday off for Columbus day. I woke up with a terrible headache and didn't end up accomplishing anything I had planned to do today, but that's okay. It was nice to have a relaxing day at home, doing nothing but watching TV and reading.

This weekend is one of Kamil's closest friends weddings. She's getting married on Sunday (10/10/10) and Kamil is in the wedding. I will be taking a bunch of pictures of the wedding/rehearsal dinner/wedding prep time in order to have something more for my portfolio. It's going to be an exhausting weekend but it'll be a lot of fun.

In other news, I've finally found a book that I can't put down! I'm reading The Hunger Games. It's a Young Adult book but has me totally captivated! A few friends had said they were reading it so I figured I'd give it a shot! It's SO good! It's a good think there are 2 more books!

Happy Weekend everyone! Enjoy it!

Back on the Bike!

I got back on the bike today! In an effort to get out of my funk Kamil and I went for a 16 mile ride today. We also started to clean the house and have so far done 4 loads of laundry! I told you it piled up!

The ride was great and it felt great to be back on the bike. The day was BEAUTIFUL and the air crisp, making it a perfect day to ride. We rode from our apt (138th st.) down to the WTC along the bike paths on the river. The ride was great up until around Chelsea Piers, where the bike path started getting a little busier. I always say "on your left" when going around someone. Normally, just so they know there is going to be a bike speeding by them but also, often, to let them know to please move to their right a bit so someone can pass them. People like to take up the WHOLE bike lane and therefore it's difficult to pass people.

Anyway, we were riding, I was in front and there is a guy on rollerblades, swerving throughout the bike lane, using the whole lane as his playground. I say "On your left" about three times at which point I think he hears me and starts to move to his right. As I'm passing him he swerves and almost hits me! I nearly fell off my bike! It was scary. I realize at this point that he is on his cell phone! This just makes me SO angry! You can't drive and talk on a cell phone but I see, at minimum, 10 people either on bikes or rollerblades on their phones. I don't like riding in the city cause people aren't smart! They step out into the bike lane without looking, or use the whole bike lane, or like today, there was a guy walking the wrong direction in the bike lane with his head down, texting. I love that we have these designated lanes but their needs to be some sort rules and those rules need to be enforced in some way. I have almost his SO many people cause they just step out into the lane without looking. I've almost run over dogs cause the owner has kept them on a very loose leash and they are stopped and are letting their dog do whatever. I'm very frustrated. We had stopped riding along the river and started riding in Central Park instead because of these very reasons. Although Central Park has it's own problems it's better than by the river. I think we'll have to go back to that.

I really don't want the blog to consist of negative things but I really felt the need to write this. We go riding several times a week and often things like this happen and I never write about it. I just wish there were universal rules to the bike path!

In happier news, my sister posted pictures of my precious niece on her flickr today. She's CRAWLING!!! I can't believe she's so big now! I think she needs to be Snow White for Halloween cause I just thinks she would make the best little princess in the world! I can't wait to see her at Christmas time! It really can't come fast enough!

Getting back into a groove

Since Kamil and I have gotten back from our Wedding and Honeymoon I just can't seem to get back into a rhythm. The apt is a mess, I haven't done laundry in far too long and worst of all we have stopped exercising!

I can feel myself losing muscle! I have always loved food and eat a lot, albeit healthy food but I still love to eat! But I have to work out in order to do that. For some reason we just haven't been able to get back into biking. We've been back a month now (a month today) and I haven't lifted a finger. I need to get back on the bike and feel like I'm doing something. I guess I just feel gross since I'm not exercising and I also feel a lot more fatigued!

The last time I went out, though, I fell. We rode to Jersey and it was raining. There is a very steep hill on a somewhat busy road. There is a left turn half way down the road and I was going very slowly in order to make the turn. My front tire rolled over a manhole and since it was raining my whole bike just slipped and I feel over. My feet are clipped into my bike so I don't have the chance to put my feet down like you would on a regular bike. In a way, I'm a little scared to get back on the bike. But I'm also hating the way I feel lately. If I could just get back on the bike a few days a week I know I'd feel better. I'm in a wedding a few days after my birthday so I want to look good for that and not feel disgusting!

It's the Little Things

I'm trying to think more about those little things that make me happy throughout the day. Although today was just an average day, there were still a few little things that made me smile. One of my kids (who was supposed to have just changed schools on Tuesday) was back at school today. When he saw me he ran up to me and gave me a big hug. As difficult as my job can be, I do love the amount of hugs I get from these precious little 4 year olds!

I also really enjoyed making dinner tonight as well. I normally feel like making dinner is a chore, but for some reason I enjoyed making Corn Chowder today. I can't wait to have a bigger kitchen! All I've been wanting to do for the last few days is to bake cookies. Our kitchen has so little counter space that there is no room for our mixer my parents got us for our wedding. Someday! Hopefully sooner rather than later, I'll have a bigger kitchen!

I'm watching Bones while writing reports. I just started season 2 and I'm loving it! It's a a really good show that totally has me hooked.

I wish my days were more interesting and I had more to update on but the truth of the matter is that life is sort of boring right now, and I'm okay with that. I'm enjoying the day to day life of being married and all that entails.

Becoming Mrs. D

I've been wanting to start a blog for quite a while now, that everyone can read. I want to be able to stay up to date with family and friends on what is going on in our lives. Now that Kamil and I are starting our life together I figured now was the best time.

I have now officially changed my name but not without some bumps in the road, and much frustration. I made it through Social Security just fine and even had a very nice woman help me out. But the DMV was awful. It took nearly 3 hours to get through the process of getting a New York license and to change my name. While on the subway heading back home I decided to look at my temporary license. I'm looking it over and realize my name is spelled WRONG!!! Are you kidding me? He never asked me to look it over but just handed it to me and said "next". I was upset and hungry and got very frustrated with Kamil. Sorry baby! He was trying to help, saying that he was sure I would be able to fix the mistake on the phone. Through my experiences with the DMV, I had a feeling I would have to go back in! I called when I got home and sure enough I would have to go back in and do the WHOLE process over again AND pay a fee for THEIR mistake! I am SO frustrated that I have to waste more of my time because of someone else mistake.

Although my last name is spelled wrong (it's missing one letter in my last name) we decided to go to Chase bank to merge our accounts. Luckily this was painless and we were able to do it quickly. Now, all the money we make is ours, rather than mine or his.

The last thing I have to do is change over my stuff at work for tax purposes. I'm so glad that all of this is coming to an end and that I'll finally be Mrs. Dobrowolski!

Even with the misspelling and the stress, I am so happy this whole process is coming to a close. It makes it feel more real and even more like we are really married. We are now sharing a life and the government acknowledges that. I love it!