Taking A Break From All The Hotness

I have been so focused on my weight loss blog, that I totally spaced that I had this one! Not that I am under any impression that this blog has been missed, but I thought it might be time to talk about things that don't involve the words operation, moody, or hotness in them!

It has been 7 months since my last blog and that 7 months has been a roller coaster. I became an aunt for the first time, started new projects at work, tried and epically failed at dating, lost my grandpa, went to a Women of Faith Conference, said good bye to an entire state, and finally...changed my name!

So...ya...there's a lot there. Perhaps it is better to break it down a bit.

1. My beautiful niece Quinn Jillian Moody was born February 26, 2011. Even though I don't get to see her nearly as much as I would like, I love that little girl more than anything in this world.

2. I was selected with 3 others to help out with a pilot project helping new hires adapt to the job immediately after they graduate from our training department. We basically work with them for 8 weeks preparing them for the next level. It has been 1 week and I am exhausted but super happy! It is twice the work but so worth it!

3. Women of Faith couldn't have come at a better time. It was an awesome trip with my sisters in Christ and it will not soon be forgotten.

4. Dating...ya...about that... So I suck at it and I am not doing it any more! Enough said!

5. I officially said good bye to the State of Washington last month when I obtained an Idaho driver's license. I also said good bye to the last name of Thompson. There is nothing left that says "Lindsay Thompson" on it. In all honesty, it was a little more difficult than I thought it would be. I have been living in Idaho for almost 3 years now, but had managed to avoid getting a new driver's license until September 23, 2011. Stupid expiration dates!! Seriously! They always make them on your birthday. Why do they do that?!? "Happy Birthday from the Department of Motor Vehicles! You now get to sit for hours waiting in a room with screaming children and angry parents in order to pay to take a test on something you have been doing for 11 years!" Of course I failed the first time (through no fault of my own...well almost no fault of my own) and had to wait for a week to go back and take it! Nothing like driving on an expired license from the wrong state with the wrong last name! I will say that it literally took absolutely every piece of will power within me NOT to stick my tongue out at the stupid computer that I had to take the dumb test on! Well, after a week of breaking the law (at least I now have street credibility for my rap career), I became an official Idaho resident with the last name Moody. Blah. Oh, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being Moody. I have been that for 26 of my 27 years on this planet. But Idaho?? No offense to you Idaho lovers but I really like, well, anywhere but here. Being in possession of my temporary Idaho license (yep 11 days later I am waiting for what should have been here in 10 days...a permanent license) only confirms what I have successfully avoided facing for 3 years. I am 27, divorced, single, and living in Idaho. Three of those four things were never supposed to happen. Turning 27 was inevitable and although I never wanted to be referred to as "in my late 20's", I really don't have much choice in that matter. Being single isn't even all that bad and honestly hadn't bothered me until my recent disastrous turn in the dating world. Now I am acutely aware of my old maid status and all of a sudden coming home to an empty apartment is not nearly as fun as it use to be! But the worst part, the part that I have the hardest time swallowing, and admitting to myself...DIVORCE. Yes, I have been this way for 2 years, 5 months, and 8 days (but who's counting). No, I don't have amnesia or brain damage (although the brain damage part my recent date would probably confirm). It is just that as long as I had my shiny Washington license with the last name Thompson on it, it wasn't reality. I had dual citizenship! I walked with one foot in Washington as a married woman, and one foot in Idaho as a single woman. I got the best of both worlds! Not any more. The minute I signed off on my new "commitment" to Idaho, my fight or flight kicked in, as it always does when I am faced with any sort of act of committing, and I was instantly planning my move to anywhere that didn't have blue and orange as their home town university's colors! Well, when I gave up my Washington "citizenship" and my married name, I decided that I needed to really cut the ties. That's right! I un-friended the Seattle Seahawks and the Seattle Mariners on Facebook! I know they are are probably emotionally wounded by my sudden rejection, but it had to be done. It was time to stop gazing longingly at the T.V. during Seahawk home games all the while wishing I was at Qwest (now Century Link Field) cheering with all the other blue and neon green fans. No more choking back tears when aerial shots of the city would show the Space Needle and Pike's Place Market. No more cheering on the Mariners just because of all of my awesome memories of hours spent at Safeco Field. No More! So, I am back to cheering on my Kansas City Chiefs and Chicago Cubs. I now dream of the day I will get to visit Arrowhead Stadium and Wrigley Field.

So, as you can see, it has been an eventful 7 months. Life is crazy and shows little to no signs of ever slowing down and I am sure that the next 7 months are going to be just as full of changes and twists and turns!