Might be gone for awhile...

July was going to be my no-social media month. I spend quite a bit of time at work and home online and on Facebook. Today has not been going well, mostly because I had forgotten about it.

So, if I decide to stick with it - the idea being, if I get off of social media I would spend the time working on job applications. That's my theory anyway - I would not be blogging for the month of July. Or if I do I might write, but not read. Of course that means I'd have some catching up to do in August which might defeat the whole purpose.

June's resolutions were 50/50. I did great on the no soda part. I only had one all month and I didn't even enjoy it. I'm digging the seltzer water alot more. Probably because they're just bubbly water, they actually hydrate and refresh me.

The uncluttering did not go. I did do some right before the "meet and greet" with the pet sitter who's looking after Black Kitty while I'm on vacation. I just didn't want her to see the place a horrible mess. It'll get another cleaning & decluttering session before I actually leave too.

Traffic court is this Friday. I'm petrified. I'm not going to lie. I'm so afraid that she will bring her lawyer and try to make something big out of what shouldn't be that big. If she wants to sue me because the insurance didn't give her enough money (though, she's not sueing HER insurance company I notice. Just me for "negligence") fine. This is america and we're all about getting a pay-day out of somebody. But traffic court is just for them to decide what to do with my driver licence - points, suspension or supervision - and what fine I owe the city for the traffic violation. It should be simple, it shouldn't involve her lawyer because I'm not saying I didn't hit her. But, I have this fear that she'll bring her lawyer and try to make some big deal about and use it to help them get more money in their case.

Since I found out about her getting a lawyer, I have been stressed to the hilt. I didn't work out at all that day or that weekend, because I did get a bus to the wedding and got rides from my friends to make it happen. Since the BF wasn't in town it was a nice distraction. But, I've been eating like crap for a week.

This weekend I bought a replacement car. I was going to buy some super cheap used car with lots of miles so I wouldn't have to do any financing. But at the end of the day I couldn't really justify spending any money on something that could potentially start breaking down any minute. I did a ton of research and I ended up getting something at a pretty good deal. The car payments are higher than they were on my old car, but not as much as if I bought a new car.

I had originally thought I'd get a used Prius, because I so badly want a hybrid but, even used they are ridiculously expensive -- pretty much all hybrids are. So, instead I got this one:

2007 Mazda3

It's not my preferred brand, which is Toyota, and it's not a hatchback, which I also really love. But the Consumer reports on the make and year were really good. It has very few miles for being a 6 year old car. It's got some nice options too, stuff I didn't have on my old car. Though, it doesn't have automatic lights so I'm going to have to learn to turn them on at night! Bonus points: it's my favorite color. My car payments are a little higher too, because I opted to get a warranty. I'm afraid that something on it will break shortly after buying it because I know how well I treat my car, but I don't know how this one was kept up before me.

I did however, get a ridiculously good deal on it. Even if it was at the top end of my budget they had the price so very close to what it was really worth and I totally talked them down from it. It helped that I was able to say, "look, I'm driving my BF's car because he doesn't use it. I don't have to buy today."

I'm excited about the "new" car, but getting to that point was stressful. At one point I was crying in the BF's car because I didn't want to drive his any more. It's too big, I'm constantly afraid that I'll crash again. And yet I was afraid of making the wrong choice or driving around the city to test drive dozens of cars and wasting our time.

Anyway... all the good progress I made while eating right and doing Body Revolution is gone. I'm back up again and I go on vacation in under a week. I'm really not happy about that.  I did however buy a new one piece bathing suit and some shorts even though I'm not where I want to be weight-wise. I did need them. I've been wearing what I call "mom shorts" all summer because I can't fit into my little ones.

That's where I am at the moment. I may be back to update, but possibly not until August 1st. Hope you all have a great July!