Baby Louis

I came into work today and read some really great entertainment news: Sandra Bullock adopted a baby from New Orleans!

It's all over the news and in addition to adopting this little boy, she also filed for divorce in Austin. Apparently, the adoption has been years in the making and they've had the baby since before the Oscars - I believe January! What a secret to keep!

That's obviously also before all the horrible things surfaced with her husband. It leaves me completely speechless to think about all that. I mean, hello! You had Sandra Bullock! I keep thinking back to her Oscar speech and how in love she sounded thanking him among others. How devastating to have a life with someone you think you knew and then it just be changed in an instant, and this has hit me personally as well. But now she's moving on with this little cute bundle of joy to love and cherish. She looks so beautiful and has pure joy written all over her face as she's pictured with baby Louis on the cover of People. All I can say is that Sandra Bullock is nothing short of a class act. I've always been a fan of hers (Miss Congeniality, come on!), and now she's definitely at the top. She's a role model and the grace and strength she has shown during her tough times is inspiring. I wish her all the best with her precious little baby Louis and look forward to many more of her movies!

I've been going to the gym in the morning, waking up just as the sun is, at 6:15. I've found it to be much easier for me to get through my workout and then extremely nice to be able to just go home after work and be a couch potato. I've kind of made a little friend with an older gentleman that works there. He's super nice and will always ask me how I'm doing. Once I asked him if there was any other way to pay for parking other than the stupid tokens they have, and he was like "no, there's not - it's annoying, isn't it?" And I said, "yeah, it really is" to which he opened the drawer and gave me a handful of the tokens. I'm not in the best moods in the morning because 1) I'm up super early and 2) I'm at the gym, so it's nice for him to be friendly to me as I drag myself into the Y.

If you know me and my routine, you know that I watch American Idol. I got a little frustrated with it last night. I guess to start off with, I don't care for Michael Lynche - at all. I don't really care for Siobhan that much either, and both of them got raves last night. Was I listening to something else? Even Simon thought they were both wonderful. My goodness... Michael just gets on my nerves, and his voice just sounds so whiny and nasally and just not good. Siobhan, I go back and forth with her, but mostly back to dislike. Favorite by far is Lee. I pray he wins. I don't vote, but I might start as it gets closer and closer. With that said, I have no idea who will be going home tonight, but it makes me nervous because "everyone" (in the opinion of the judges) had a really good performance. Another great thing about the episode last night, possibly the best thing - Shania Twain was the mentor and all the songs were hers! She's so beautiful, and classy, and timeless and an icon in her own right. Man, back in 1995/1996, I would blast her CD! I still love her songs, and after last night, I might have to go on a massive search for her CD's to see if I still have them. If I do, they're undoubtedly somewhere in the basement of my parents house, but if after my scavenger hunt I don't find them - iTunes, here I come!

Also, today marks one year since Tim and I "became official" I guess you would say. All long distance as well, and despite it being difficult at times, we're still goin' strong!