I got home yesterday and realized the my kitchen looked like a tornado hit it. I wasn't home pretty much at all Sunday, and I didn't think we had used that many dishes on Saturday, but the proof is there. It was clean Friday night, even perhaps Saturday morning, but the extent of dirty dishes was harshly revealed yesterday. I didn't touch them. Nor did I do laundry, but we thankfully had clothes for today. I was just so heart broken that it killed my cleaning mood so I sat on the couch and read my book, made dinner, watched Doctor Who, and read my book further until I fell asleep...on the couch, to not be woken up apparently.
When I talked to Ryan this morning, he said he tried to wake me. He asked me if I had an alarm set and I said yes, but he knew I didn't so he sat my ipod next to me in case I actually did have an alarm set. I woke up at 5 something and THEN I set my alarm. I slept until almost 8 and it was glorious. I have forgone excessive makeup and breakfast in favor of sleep and my morning are much less stressful because of this. I do wish, however, that I had woken up around the 7 mark instead of 5 because I feel like I could have actually worked out this morning, but didn't because it was still too early and I knew I wouldn't dare wake up just an hour or two after going back to sleep. Either way, I'm super happy for a restful night's sleep :)
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Weekend? What weekend?
Don't get me wrong. This weekend was LOADS of fun. Ridiculously awesome, in fact. It just flew by! I don't know where it went!
I honestly don't remember much from Friday. I apparently forgot to log dinner so I don't even have a reference for where to begin. Is it sad that I more easily remember events of the day based on what I ate??? That's a little obsessive and sad that food is my time line reference.
Anyway, Saturday, I went to put front tires on the Nova! Most of my tires are balding so my mom bought me front tires. She bought black letter tires because white letter tires are much more expensive so we got 205 black letter tires. Well..."she", not "we". When I got there, the man said he had forgotten about two white letter tires that someone had ordered, but never came to get, and they were 215s. He gave me the white letter tires for the same price that my mom paid for the black letter tires so he wouldn't have to send them back. He also brought up that the bigger tire will be safer for me when winter gets here. So nice of him! The Nova feels SO MUCH better on the road now...probably only because the tires are actually the same size...probably also because I know the car is safer with good tires on it so I'm not totally terrified to drive it. Either way, it's amazing.
I was supposed to go to Walmart to pick up my prescription, but didn't actually need it until Sunday so I opted out of going because I despise Walmart, even though I knew I would have to eventually go because no other pharmacy in town carries my prescription :( Our friends came over...the ones that bribe us with food to use our washer and dryer. Yea, those grilled cheese sandwiches were AMAZING. I think they came over around 2pm, but ended up staying through dinner so we all (three more joined us later in the day) had burgers and stuff for dinner. I can't remember what sides...oh, rice pilaf, beans, and something else I can't remember. I had a burger and the thing I can't remember and opted out of the rice and beans. Oh!!! Duh. Coconut shrimp! How could I forget something as awesome as coconut shrimp?! Oh, probably because I didn't log it. Nur.
Before our latter friends joined us, I got to play Donkey Kong while drinking half a bottle of wine. So. Much. Fun. I was apparently quite entertaining. I ended up narrating the game while playing to help me focus and stop wasting 10+ lives on each level. Love Donkey Kong, and the fact that I have friends who will play it with me :D
Our all day guests stayed until about midnight and our others guests stayed later. I'm not sure what time because I totally went to sleep.
Sunday I woke up, got ready, tackled Walmart for my prescription, went home, chopped fruits and veggies for dinner, then went to our friend's house to celebrate his birthday! Yay! We were there from 2 until about 10. They played Halo while I watched because I suck at Halo. The one time I played, they put me in charge of the Warthog because there's "nothing to it". I drove us off a cliff. I can't even remember where the cliff came from. Side note: I definitely just tried to spell warthog with another "h". Wharthog. What?
We also watched lots of the Big Bang Theory. One of the most clever shows ever created. If I could afford it, I would have cable just so I could watch it. I love it that much. That's about it outside of dinner. Oh, we watched the Avengers again. I forgot how great that movie was. So good!
And that was my weekend. It was filled with fun and productive things, but all that fun caused time to fly way too quickly and now it's Monday. A rainy Monday, no doubt. But, that's okay. I'm loving this rainy autumn day :)
I honestly don't remember much from Friday. I apparently forgot to log dinner so I don't even have a reference for where to begin. Is it sad that I more easily remember events of the day based on what I ate??? That's a little obsessive and sad that food is my time line reference.
Anyway, Saturday, I went to put front tires on the Nova! Most of my tires are balding so my mom bought me front tires. She bought black letter tires because white letter tires are much more expensive so we got 205 black letter tires. Well..."she", not "we". When I got there, the man said he had forgotten about two white letter tires that someone had ordered, but never came to get, and they were 215s. He gave me the white letter tires for the same price that my mom paid for the black letter tires so he wouldn't have to send them back. He also brought up that the bigger tire will be safer for me when winter gets here. So nice of him! The Nova feels SO MUCH better on the road now...probably only because the tires are actually the same size...probably also because I know the car is safer with good tires on it so I'm not totally terrified to drive it. Either way, it's amazing.
I was supposed to go to Walmart to pick up my prescription, but didn't actually need it until Sunday so I opted out of going because I despise Walmart, even though I knew I would have to eventually go because no other pharmacy in town carries my prescription :( Our friends came over...the ones that bribe us with food to use our washer and dryer. Yea, those grilled cheese sandwiches were AMAZING. I think they came over around 2pm, but ended up staying through dinner so we all (three more joined us later in the day) had burgers and stuff for dinner. I can't remember what sides...oh, rice pilaf, beans, and something else I can't remember. I had a burger and the thing I can't remember and opted out of the rice and beans. Oh!!! Duh. Coconut shrimp! How could I forget something as awesome as coconut shrimp?! Oh, probably because I didn't log it. Nur.
Before our latter friends joined us, I got to play Donkey Kong while drinking half a bottle of wine. So. Much. Fun. I was apparently quite entertaining. I ended up narrating the game while playing to help me focus and stop wasting 10+ lives on each level. Love Donkey Kong, and the fact that I have friends who will play it with me :D
Our all day guests stayed until about midnight and our others guests stayed later. I'm not sure what time because I totally went to sleep.
Sunday I woke up, got ready, tackled Walmart for my prescription, went home, chopped fruits and veggies for dinner, then went to our friend's house to celebrate his birthday! Yay! We were there from 2 until about 10. They played Halo while I watched because I suck at Halo. The one time I played, they put me in charge of the Warthog because there's "nothing to it". I drove us off a cliff. I can't even remember where the cliff came from. Side note: I definitely just tried to spell warthog with another "h". Wharthog. What?
We also watched lots of the Big Bang Theory. One of the most clever shows ever created. If I could afford it, I would have cable just so I could watch it. I love it that much. That's about it outside of dinner. Oh, we watched the Avengers again. I forgot how great that movie was. So good!
And that was my weekend. It was filled with fun and productive things, but all that fun caused time to fly way too quickly and now it's Monday. A rainy Monday, no doubt. But, that's okay. I'm loving this rainy autumn day :)
Friday, October 5, 2012
I Am Shocked
I thought for sure I had ruined my calories for the day. Note: I said "calories" not "nutrition". My nutrition is shot. Multivitamin, remember?
Breakfast was pie. Oh, I forgot to tell you about that in this morning's post? Yea, pie for dinner and, 12 hours later, pie for breakfast. Living on the edge! Whoa! Anyhoo, my coworker shared some crack with me from Pal's. Something about cheddar rounds that is absolutely delicious, and her not realizing there were that many in a large allowed me to have a few (sharing is caring don't you know?). 180 calories isn't so bad right? Not until you add it to the pie calories from breakfast. Oops.
So, I've been gorging on coffee. She (same coworker) gets some Cheez-Its and realizes she doesn't like the flavor (smoked cheddar, omg) and gives them to me (sharing is becoming death). I successfully stopped myself from eating the whole bag and only had a handful. Go, me! From here, I was just going to skip lunch since it was creeping up on 2pm and I leave work at 4:30 today, but my mom (who works for the same company) can't leave because she's the only member in her department here for the rest of the day, and she didn't bring lunch. Brilliant.
Being the loving daughter I am, and seeing as I somewhat owe her for the whole birthing and bringing me her leftovers (leftover food...not leftovers relating to birth...gross), etc, I figured I'd grab her something. I decided I could kill two birds with one stone (although I would never purposely kill a bird) and hit up Walgreens on the way to get food so I could get band aids. Well, I didn't know it was ridiculously hot out today so I went straight for the drive through so I could get it done and over with. I have no A/C in that '78 Nova that I drive. It's miserable. Vinyl interior, windows rolled up, in direct sunlight, no A/C. Yep.
Anyway, I decided that I should probably eat something besides pie and crackers today, but really didn't want anything from Burger King because everything there is RIDICULOUS....price, taste, calories. All. Of. It. I opted for a small "fruit smoothie", and they had raspberry (Yay!...sort of) so I thought I'd try it. It's solid syrup at the bottom. I hope I didn't cringe when they handed it to me. If I did, I didn't realize it and they probably think horribly of me right now. But, that's fine, because I kind of think horribly of Burger King in general, but whatever.
I get back to work, all pink from driving in that car, and look up the calories for that smoothie. 300 freaking calories! I knew it was a sugary option when I realized it was all syrup and probably didn't have any actual fruit in it, but 300 calories?!?! Turns out I was looking at the nutrition info for medium :D My smaller, still overly sweet, "fruit smoothie" is 200 calories. Not MUCH better, but that's 585 calories that I can potentially have for dinner instead of 485, cause once I get down in the 4's I start to feel caloric pressure. That kind of sounds...scientific... Is there such a thing as caloric pressure? Google says there isn't. I should write a thesis!
Anyway, I definitely didn't totally kill my calories. I don't think I've had any healthy calories today, but I don't really care right now. I should care, I know, but I'm tired of thinking about everything. Weight loss is calories in vs calories out and as long as I'm not hungry (because hunger is the hardest part of this whole process), I'm happy...generally speaking. It's just too stressful trying to think about portion sizes, calories, nutrition, being judged by what your eating, etc. I just gotta remind myself...calories in vs calories out.
I hope you guys have a good weekend!
Wondering Who Follows me on Twitter
I really hope none the my higher authority member from work do. Or anyone important from a potential future employers. Or, if they do, I hope they have a sense of humor. Or, maybe they should follow me and not hire me so I don't end up working for some snot faced jerk. These are the kinds of conversations I have over social media. I don't think she'll mind me sharing. If so, I'm sorry, Shannon! It's not bad. But, like I said, corporate members of "highly respected" companies may not approve :)
Shannon: I’m pretty certain that I’ve never heard the word “orgasm”
uttered with such frequency in class before.
Me: Which class?
Shannon: science in the modern world.
Me: Ah. I was kind of
hoping for a class totally unrelated to orgasms. Just for irony sake :P
Shannon: Yeah. It’s still kind of awkward, because he asked “what’s
the function of the female orgasm?”
Shannon: I immediately thought f(orgasm) all math like,
first guy said “there is no function, it’s a gift from god”
Me: Hahah. How oldish
is the professor?
Shannon: 30s?
Me: Hahahahah That’s
awesome
Shannon: and now he’s talking about the frequency of female
orgasma. Its awkwaaaard in here…
Me: frequency?
Starting to sound like math to me!
Shannon: and now…he’s talking about how penguins are “short-sighted”.
I love having a British professor!
Me: Omg, he’s British?! :D
Me: Excuse me while I saw that a man with an accent like
that can talk about orgasms all he wants ;)
Shannon: yes! It would only be more awesome if every 3rd
word wasn’t “uh”
Shannon: that’s partially why I was feeling awkward… *blush*
Me: Ugh, “uh” every third word definitely kills the
excitements :(
Shannon: and now we’ve gone from female orgasms, to
penguins, and now male nipples… :/
Me: Very…diverse
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
What a Morning!
Ryan woke me up, after I had fallen asleep on the couch, to come to bed last night (early this morning?...not sure what time) so I got up, brushed my teeth, crawled in bed, and feel asleep. Or so I thought. I woke up still on the couch, because I never actually woke up! I REALLY thought I had, but I guess not. I was apparently tired enough that not having a blanket and freezing wouldn't wake me up. While Ryan DID try to wake me (I remembered that correctly...still don't know what time it was), I just never...got up. Thanks to my awesome biological clock, I woke up on time without an alarm. Nice.
I got up, did something with my hair (something I never do), did my makeup (which I always try to do), got dressed and left for work (after telling Ryan about me being convinced that I had gotten up and went to bed). I opted out of breakfast this morning. Partly because I didn't have time to make anything, didn't want to spend the money on fast food, and I just didn't want to eat.
I was SO excited because I was in the work parking lot at 8:54am, even with a construction detour. My shift starts at 9. I'm ALWAYS at least two, if not 8 minutes late. It was a miracle! Or so I thought. I heard my phone ringing...it was Ryan. He has locked himself out of the house. We only live 11 minutes away. So instead of being early I was going to be 20 minutes late. Anway, I leave immediately to head back home and there's a train where I need to cross. Then the train STOPPED MOVING. Really?!?!?! I text my coworker the hilariousness and a picture to go with it. I get home, keys are retrieved, I take off, and I hear my phone again. It's Ryan "Yes, really". My left brake light is out. And I had to stop for three squirrels on the way back to work because they all tried to commit suicide at the same time. I kid you not. That was my morning, before I even got to work.
I know I said I opted out of breakfast, but that was a small lie. My mom brought me lunch (planned and excited), but she offered me some peanut butter crackers and a Special K Bar when she got here. I've eaten the crackers, but not the bar or lunch yet. I'm really wanting to make coffee just so I can enjoy my creamer because I would look silly drinking them straight from their little cups...and it would be way too potent and sweet. But, I'm partly too lazy to drag the coffee pot all the way downstairs, and risk spilling it on a computer while pouring it into the coffee machine, to actually make some. I'll probably give in soon. I really wanted coffee last night, but it was 9pm and that's just never a good idea.
Oh, I got batteries for our old Canon so I can get better pictures than my phone pictures so I had a picture of dinner (which was delicious), but I forgot the cable to transfer the images to the computer. Figures.
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Hope your day is as exciting as mine has been :D
I got up, did something with my hair (something I never do), did my makeup (which I always try to do), got dressed and left for work (after telling Ryan about me being convinced that I had gotten up and went to bed). I opted out of breakfast this morning. Partly because I didn't have time to make anything, didn't want to spend the money on fast food, and I just didn't want to eat.
I was SO excited because I was in the work parking lot at 8:54am, even with a construction detour. My shift starts at 9. I'm ALWAYS at least two, if not 8 minutes late. It was a miracle! Or so I thought. I heard my phone ringing...it was Ryan. He has locked himself out of the house. We only live 11 minutes away. So instead of being early I was going to be 20 minutes late. Anway, I leave immediately to head back home and there's a train where I need to cross. Then the train STOPPED MOVING. Really?!?!?! I text my coworker the hilariousness and a picture to go with it. I get home, keys are retrieved, I take off, and I hear my phone again. It's Ryan "Yes, really". My left brake light is out. And I had to stop for three squirrels on the way back to work because they all tried to commit suicide at the same time. I kid you not. That was my morning, before I even got to work.
I know I said I opted out of breakfast, but that was a small lie. My mom brought me lunch (planned and excited), but she offered me some peanut butter crackers and a Special K Bar when she got here. I've eaten the crackers, but not the bar or lunch yet. I'm really wanting to make coffee just so I can enjoy my creamer because I would look silly drinking them straight from their little cups...and it would be way too potent and sweet. But, I'm partly too lazy to drag the coffee pot all the way downstairs, and risk spilling it on a computer while pouring it into the coffee machine, to actually make some. I'll probably give in soon. I really wanted coffee last night, but it was 9pm and that's just never a good idea.
Oh, I got batteries for our old Canon so I can get better pictures than my phone pictures so I had a picture of dinner (which was delicious), but I forgot the cable to transfer the images to the computer. Figures.
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Hope your day is as exciting as mine has been :D
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
I Need to Keep Notes
Because I always forget what I'm going to say!
Do you ever email yourself website links or information? I do. Most of my inbox is probably from myself because I'm too lazy to write stuff down and emails follow me a lot easier than paper does.
Anyway, I'm supposed to add details about the topics in my previous post.
Push ups: I totally forgot about doing the 100 push up, 200 squats, 200 sit ups programs last week because I was exhausted most of the week and spent my time napping instead of working out. It was also just a busy week in general. I still haven't picked up where I left off, but I did take a minute to do as many of each as I could do. I haven't lost any strength! I haven't added anymore, but at least I *should* be able to pick up where I left off on the programs.
Tuberculosis: Me "What does taking antibiotics have to do with not eating spicy foods?"
Him "Didn't you hear her coughing? She has tuberculosis!"
Me "Er...bronchitis?"
Him "...yea...that one"
Love him.
I can't remember what I was going to say about ants except that we have them in the office and I know they're not harmful, but they're quite pesty, and they've been here since before I started this position so I don't even know how they started...or why they're upstairs and not down? I have some guesses, but I shouldn't have to guess. They shouldn't even be here. (I guess I had more to say than I thought)
My friend joined the Navy so we tolerated extended family at a going away party for her to show our support and how much we love her (because dealing with the family for her definitely shows our love).
I'm hoping to start Turbo Fire up again and be consistent with it. Which reminds me. I need to workout when I get home :(
I also want to start Couch to 5k because running is of great interest and I want to prove to myself that I can do it because I've always been a sucky runner and I envy people when they say they run. It doesn't seem like it should be hard, but it effing is.
I've been researching cat food again and there is SO MUCH mixed information about what to feed them. I understand that raw is best, canned next, and never dry food, but I have problems with this. The sites all say "your cat's digestive system handles raw food bacteria than ours does". Ok, that's great, but that's the problem. *I* don't want to get sick because I'm feeding my cat raw food. Cat eats raw food so e. coli, salmonella, whatever other bacteria get in their mouth, then they lick their paws and bacteria is now on the paws. Then they walk all over the house, climb in bed, on the couches, transferring the bacteria to those places that I touch. Then I touch my face, blow my nose, eat with my hands instead of utensils, and now I'm carrying the bacteria, end up sick, and die. So, I'm sorry, but until I have a strictly outdoor cat (which isn't going to happen), I'm not going raw for my kitties. Canned is next. I cannot afford to buy quality canned food for my cats. One site went on to say that the lowest quality canned food is better than the highest quality dry food. I somehow don't believe that even though the reasoning seems sound. Maybe I just don't want to deal with the stinky litter box.
Right now our cats get a grain free dry food with a canned evening meal. Originally I bought grain free in efforts to help the oldest cat in determining his allergy sources, but the canned food has grains so there's really no point. My cats go crazy over canned food and I really don't want to deal with that reaction with every meal time. I also really don't want them eating such crappy canned food for every meal, even given the canned vs dry statement because, well, it's crappy, but we can't afford quality canned food.
Which brings us back to dry. You can't find a dry food that doesn't contain corn or grains. I'm assuming whole grain is better than other grain (brown vs white rice) so I would probably let up on the rice thing, but it's silly that all of these "high end" foods are claiming to be good for cats, charging and arm and leg for the product, but you look and they're filled with corn and white rice. It shouldn't be so hard to find a "better than decent" cat food for your cat. I say better than decent since no dry food is ideal for cats.
I'm stressing more about their eating than mine this week, which I think has kind of helped. I've not been having panic attacks after work so far this week. Although, I did kind of nap after work to avoid it >.<
Do you ever email yourself website links or information? I do. Most of my inbox is probably from myself because I'm too lazy to write stuff down and emails follow me a lot easier than paper does.
Anyway, I'm supposed to add details about the topics in my previous post.
Push ups: I totally forgot about doing the 100 push up, 200 squats, 200 sit ups programs last week because I was exhausted most of the week and spent my time napping instead of working out. It was also just a busy week in general. I still haven't picked up where I left off, but I did take a minute to do as many of each as I could do. I haven't lost any strength! I haven't added anymore, but at least I *should* be able to pick up where I left off on the programs.
Tuberculosis: Me "What does taking antibiotics have to do with not eating spicy foods?"
Him "Didn't you hear her coughing? She has tuberculosis!"
Me "Er...bronchitis?"
Him "...yea...that one"
Love him.
I can't remember what I was going to say about ants except that we have them in the office and I know they're not harmful, but they're quite pesty, and they've been here since before I started this position so I don't even know how they started...or why they're upstairs and not down? I have some guesses, but I shouldn't have to guess. They shouldn't even be here. (I guess I had more to say than I thought)
My friend joined the Navy so we tolerated extended family at a going away party for her to show our support and how much we love her (because dealing with the family for her definitely shows our love).
I'm hoping to start Turbo Fire up again and be consistent with it. Which reminds me. I need to workout when I get home :(
I also want to start Couch to 5k because running is of great interest and I want to prove to myself that I can do it because I've always been a sucky runner and I envy people when they say they run. It doesn't seem like it should be hard, but it effing is.
I've been researching cat food again and there is SO MUCH mixed information about what to feed them. I understand that raw is best, canned next, and never dry food, but I have problems with this. The sites all say "your cat's digestive system handles raw food bacteria than ours does". Ok, that's great, but that's the problem. *I* don't want to get sick because I'm feeding my cat raw food. Cat eats raw food so e. coli, salmonella, whatever other bacteria get in their mouth, then they lick their paws and bacteria is now on the paws. Then they walk all over the house, climb in bed, on the couches, transferring the bacteria to those places that I touch. Then I touch my face, blow my nose, eat with my hands instead of utensils, and now I'm carrying the bacteria, end up sick, and die. So, I'm sorry, but until I have a strictly outdoor cat (which isn't going to happen), I'm not going raw for my kitties. Canned is next. I cannot afford to buy quality canned food for my cats. One site went on to say that the lowest quality canned food is better than the highest quality dry food. I somehow don't believe that even though the reasoning seems sound. Maybe I just don't want to deal with the stinky litter box.
Right now our cats get a grain free dry food with a canned evening meal. Originally I bought grain free in efforts to help the oldest cat in determining his allergy sources, but the canned food has grains so there's really no point. My cats go crazy over canned food and I really don't want to deal with that reaction with every meal time. I also really don't want them eating such crappy canned food for every meal, even given the canned vs dry statement because, well, it's crappy, but we can't afford quality canned food.
Which brings us back to dry. You can't find a dry food that doesn't contain corn or grains. I'm assuming whole grain is better than other grain (brown vs white rice) so I would probably let up on the rice thing, but it's silly that all of these "high end" foods are claiming to be good for cats, charging and arm and leg for the product, but you look and they're filled with corn and white rice. It shouldn't be so hard to find a "better than decent" cat food for your cat. I say better than decent since no dry food is ideal for cats.
I'm stressing more about their eating than mine this week, which I think has kind of helped. I've not been having panic attacks after work so far this week. Although, I did kind of nap after work to avoid it >.<
Monday, October 1, 2012
Weekend/Monday Recap
Topics to start...descriptions coming later.
Push ups - maintained
Tuberculosis
Ants
Navy
Turbo Fire
Couch to 5K
Cat Food
Push ups - maintained
Tuberculosis
Ants
Navy
Turbo Fire
Couch to 5K
Cat Food
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