Power FINALLY came but up at work and I was back at my desk after lunch for crunch time with end of month. Never finished and spent the past 2 hours doing work at home... at 11pm, YAY! I'm done! One whole hour to spare.
I'm COOKED. I have to get up and do this again for 2 more days?? I don't know if I can. I'm just so grateful that I have all of next week off. I am so fried, I really just need the break.
I'm so exhausted right now. I want to go to bed, but I don't have the energy to move up off of the sofa. Oh well.
Two more days.... two more days... two more days...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Power Outages
Well, work has no power. Last night I got a text from my boss they would make a decision around 6am. Got a text that there was no power and to plan on 11am. I went back to bed until about 8am, which was SO nice!
When I got up, I had coffee, watched the news, checked my email and just chilled for a bit. Just after 9:30, I left to go for a walk. I needed to pick up something at the post office, about a mile away. It is SO beautiful out today, so I walked there and stopped at a store nearby to turn in a scratch ticket too.
As I was leaving the post office just before 10 my phone rang. Someone I work with said they needed me in the office and could I come in right away. I told her I wasn't home, I was out for a walk, in sweats and not showered. They didn't care.
I walked home, didn't even go into my house, and hopped in my car to head to work. They have NO power in that whole area... thousands are out. I had to find phone numbers for my contacts at our bigger accounts, the people I talk to almost every day, to tell them our servers are down.
Um, yeah, the people I talk to every day, 3 of them. One is in California and wasn't at work yet because it was so freakin early... about 7:30 their time! Then the other two... one in Delaware which got hit by Irene and the other in Vermont which had major flooding from Irene. I had to call one person I was working on a project with... she's in New York City. And then I have another local bank I am supposed do a training with tomorrow at 10am. I had to call her too to say I might have to cancel it.
So now... just after noon, and I'm home from work for the day. Our IT person doesn't expect power in the building until Wednesday. I have all of next week off for a scheduled vacation, which is AWESOME!! This is working out REALLY well. Today is sort of wasted, since I didn't know and couldn't really plan to do anything with the day off.
But I get to relax and enjoy! :) I'm excited about that part of it. Got a nice walk in already, and I have my running group tonight too. But all of my friends are working! I'm the only one with no work. Even my boyfriend has power at work and he works RIGHT around the corner from me. Oh well.
I'll enjoy the day as the gift that it is. Most of my house is already clean, I just need to vacuum and clean the shower now. I suppose I could go for another walk, but that'll just get boring if all I'm doing is walking, and THEN I got to the track tonight too.
Funny... now I have absolutely no idea what to do! I was home Saturday during the day, and Sunday morning I was home around 8 or 8:30. My boyfriend picked me up around 4 and we went to the movies last night. I was home for those 8 hours looking for things to do while I was stuck in with the storm.
So... house is clean, recycling is ready to go, food shopping is done. I just have the tiny bit of cleaning left. I don't really want to go shopping... I don't have the money to spend on it. So I just have NOTHING. I guess I could find a book to read. Or another magazine as I keep getting more and more caught up on them.
I did decide over the weekend to come up with some sort of daily goal. And I need to work on my birthday intentions too, although I LOVE the ones I came up with last year and I still have those posted up on the side of my fridge.
I'm such a goal orientated person. I work well with having a destination that I'm trying to reach. After doing a little exercise I read in a magazine over the weekend, I realized- or more confirmed- how much fitness is part of my life and how important it is in my life. Many of the things I want to do in the next 5 years are fitness related. So I want to work on that more.
Sometimes I just don't feel up for it. SO I want to have small goals, like do something for at least 10 minutes a day. Today.. I already walked to the post office and back and I'm having the running group tonight.
Hmm... how else can I work on this? Or tweak this? Could I pick one thing to do every day for a week for 10 minutes? Like Plank? Or crunches? Or pick a few exercises with a schedule... do 10 minutes of them every day? Like one day squats, lunges and kicks for 10 minutes or something like that? I don't know. Not consistent enough for me to stick with something like that and I don't want to set myself up to fail. I want this to work.
I'm going to have to give more thought to what I want for my next birthday year and how I can work towards that.
Last year my birthday resolutions were:
I am opening myself up for a new & positive journey in my career path.
I am opening myself up to receive love in a healthy & strong romantic relationship.
I will continue to make better choices for myself to find health & peace physically & emotionally.
I will surround myself with healthy, positive people to continue to bring that into my life.
I think I really have worked hard and progressed well on all four. Work had several ups and downs, but right after my birthday, my job changed and that has continued to grow and improve, while I've been staying at this company.
It took me a while as far as dating. I had one relationship, short lived, that didn't work, but I am grateful for it. I really learned so much from it, from him, and from the relationship in general. That relationship really helped me understand more of what I wanted and what is important to me. From all I learned, I was in a much better place and so much more ready when I met my boyfriend. This is such a great relationship for me. I am so happy with him and he is such a great person.
I have made great choices for my health- on all levels. I am in the best shape of my life. I have cleared up some pending health concerns I had and continue to work on this. My emotional health is great. I am so much more secure, confident and just happier in general. Ups and downs continue to happen and I've had MANY of them in the past few months. With my company lay off, the sexual harassment itself, my cats health, my cousin's death, the sexual harassment thing being reported and the aftermath of it, my bank account being hacked... that all has been in the past 3 months! But I've managed it and come out of it ok.
As far as the people I choose to have in my life... I really consider myself lucky. I have amazing friends who are just so incredible. They are happy, fun, positive, supportive, encouraging and just have such an amazing energy. I feel so lucky to have them all in my life. And since making that decision, to have healthy positive people in my life, I continue to bring in more and more of it.
There are so many people and so many situations you cannot control. But when it comes to what you can control, what situations you make a decision on and what people you can decide to let into your life, why would you want to CHOOSE to be in a situation or around a person that makes you feel bad? I don't want to feel bad about myself. I don't want to feel down. I don't want that. I want to be lifted up. I want to laugh and have fun and be happy and positive. I know life isn't all roses, but I want more good than bad. When I feel like I'm in situations or around people where this is no longer the case and it isn't getting better, I need distance or I need to not put myself in those situations anymore.
For next year, I want to keep some of this, but tweak it a bit. Those were really good birthday intentions! :)
I cut something out of magazine this weekend. Self, I think. It said:
FIND YOUR EDGE:
No one who has achieved greatness got there by following an easy path laid out by others. She did it by creating her own vision and striving to achieve, then surpass it. Now that the lazy days of summer are behind you, it's time to renew your focus. Think about what you want to accomplish, set a goal, and take a step toward it every day. you are standing on the brink of something spectacular.
I want to use that to come up with my 37th birthday resolutions. That's why I want daily goals. Something small that I can do each day to bring me closer to reaching and achieving the goals I set to accomplish. Now I just need the goal!
When I got up, I had coffee, watched the news, checked my email and just chilled for a bit. Just after 9:30, I left to go for a walk. I needed to pick up something at the post office, about a mile away. It is SO beautiful out today, so I walked there and stopped at a store nearby to turn in a scratch ticket too.
As I was leaving the post office just before 10 my phone rang. Someone I work with said they needed me in the office and could I come in right away. I told her I wasn't home, I was out for a walk, in sweats and not showered. They didn't care.
I walked home, didn't even go into my house, and hopped in my car to head to work. They have NO power in that whole area... thousands are out. I had to find phone numbers for my contacts at our bigger accounts, the people I talk to almost every day, to tell them our servers are down.
Um, yeah, the people I talk to every day, 3 of them. One is in California and wasn't at work yet because it was so freakin early... about 7:30 their time! Then the other two... one in Delaware which got hit by Irene and the other in Vermont which had major flooding from Irene. I had to call one person I was working on a project with... she's in New York City. And then I have another local bank I am supposed do a training with tomorrow at 10am. I had to call her too to say I might have to cancel it.
So now... just after noon, and I'm home from work for the day. Our IT person doesn't expect power in the building until Wednesday. I have all of next week off for a scheduled vacation, which is AWESOME!! This is working out REALLY well. Today is sort of wasted, since I didn't know and couldn't really plan to do anything with the day off.
But I get to relax and enjoy! :) I'm excited about that part of it. Got a nice walk in already, and I have my running group tonight too. But all of my friends are working! I'm the only one with no work. Even my boyfriend has power at work and he works RIGHT around the corner from me. Oh well.
I'll enjoy the day as the gift that it is. Most of my house is already clean, I just need to vacuum and clean the shower now. I suppose I could go for another walk, but that'll just get boring if all I'm doing is walking, and THEN I got to the track tonight too.
Funny... now I have absolutely no idea what to do! I was home Saturday during the day, and Sunday morning I was home around 8 or 8:30. My boyfriend picked me up around 4 and we went to the movies last night. I was home for those 8 hours looking for things to do while I was stuck in with the storm.
So... house is clean, recycling is ready to go, food shopping is done. I just have the tiny bit of cleaning left. I don't really want to go shopping... I don't have the money to spend on it. So I just have NOTHING. I guess I could find a book to read. Or another magazine as I keep getting more and more caught up on them.
I did decide over the weekend to come up with some sort of daily goal. And I need to work on my birthday intentions too, although I LOVE the ones I came up with last year and I still have those posted up on the side of my fridge.
I'm such a goal orientated person. I work well with having a destination that I'm trying to reach. After doing a little exercise I read in a magazine over the weekend, I realized- or more confirmed- how much fitness is part of my life and how important it is in my life. Many of the things I want to do in the next 5 years are fitness related. So I want to work on that more.
Sometimes I just don't feel up for it. SO I want to have small goals, like do something for at least 10 minutes a day. Today.. I already walked to the post office and back and I'm having the running group tonight.
Hmm... how else can I work on this? Or tweak this? Could I pick one thing to do every day for a week for 10 minutes? Like Plank? Or crunches? Or pick a few exercises with a schedule... do 10 minutes of them every day? Like one day squats, lunges and kicks for 10 minutes or something like that? I don't know. Not consistent enough for me to stick with something like that and I don't want to set myself up to fail. I want this to work.
I'm going to have to give more thought to what I want for my next birthday year and how I can work towards that.
Last year my birthday resolutions were:
I am opening myself up for a new & positive journey in my career path.
I am opening myself up to receive love in a healthy & strong romantic relationship.
I will continue to make better choices for myself to find health & peace physically & emotionally.
I will surround myself with healthy, positive people to continue to bring that into my life.
I think I really have worked hard and progressed well on all four. Work had several ups and downs, but right after my birthday, my job changed and that has continued to grow and improve, while I've been staying at this company.
It took me a while as far as dating. I had one relationship, short lived, that didn't work, but I am grateful for it. I really learned so much from it, from him, and from the relationship in general. That relationship really helped me understand more of what I wanted and what is important to me. From all I learned, I was in a much better place and so much more ready when I met my boyfriend. This is such a great relationship for me. I am so happy with him and he is such a great person.
I have made great choices for my health- on all levels. I am in the best shape of my life. I have cleared up some pending health concerns I had and continue to work on this. My emotional health is great. I am so much more secure, confident and just happier in general. Ups and downs continue to happen and I've had MANY of them in the past few months. With my company lay off, the sexual harassment itself, my cats health, my cousin's death, the sexual harassment thing being reported and the aftermath of it, my bank account being hacked... that all has been in the past 3 months! But I've managed it and come out of it ok.
As far as the people I choose to have in my life... I really consider myself lucky. I have amazing friends who are just so incredible. They are happy, fun, positive, supportive, encouraging and just have such an amazing energy. I feel so lucky to have them all in my life. And since making that decision, to have healthy positive people in my life, I continue to bring in more and more of it.
There are so many people and so many situations you cannot control. But when it comes to what you can control, what situations you make a decision on and what people you can decide to let into your life, why would you want to CHOOSE to be in a situation or around a person that makes you feel bad? I don't want to feel bad about myself. I don't want to feel down. I don't want that. I want to be lifted up. I want to laugh and have fun and be happy and positive. I know life isn't all roses, but I want more good than bad. When I feel like I'm in situations or around people where this is no longer the case and it isn't getting better, I need distance or I need to not put myself in those situations anymore.
For next year, I want to keep some of this, but tweak it a bit. Those were really good birthday intentions! :)
I cut something out of magazine this weekend. Self, I think. It said:
FIND YOUR EDGE:
No one who has achieved greatness got there by following an easy path laid out by others. She did it by creating her own vision and striving to achieve, then surpass it. Now that the lazy days of summer are behind you, it's time to renew your focus. Think about what you want to accomplish, set a goal, and take a step toward it every day. you are standing on the brink of something spectacular.
I want to use that to come up with my 37th birthday resolutions. That's why I want daily goals. Something small that I can do each day to bring me closer to reaching and achieving the goals I set to accomplish. Now I just need the goal!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Irene Came for a Visit!
After Christmas, we had a bad snowstorm that brought a part of tree down in the neighbor's back yard. It took out their back deck. They were out yesterday morning prepping for Irene and cut down a tree in their front yard.
Here's what happened in December... notice the 2 remaining branches...
Well... now there is only one left. That 2nd one? Its across the back of my driveway now. See?
They had fixed the deck which you can see here, but behind that, you can slightly see the garage in background. Well, sort of. There is another tree that snapped. This one landed over that garage. Look UNDER the deck and you'll see all the green from THAT tree! These poor people!
Here's a zoom in of that. If you click on this, it will open it in a new window to see it even bigger.
Otherwise, the storm is ok. Lots of power outages, but nothing for me. The boyfriend lost power. I invited him over, but he's chilling at home. We were going to go to the movies, but 2 different cinema's lost power. We tried!
Here's what happened in December... notice the 2 remaining branches...
Well... now there is only one left. That 2nd one? Its across the back of my driveway now. See?
They had fixed the deck which you can see here, but behind that, you can slightly see the garage in background. Well, sort of. There is another tree that snapped. This one landed over that garage. Look UNDER the deck and you'll see all the green from THAT tree! These poor people!
Here's a zoom in of that. If you click on this, it will open it in a new window to see it even bigger.
Otherwise, the storm is ok. Lots of power outages, but nothing for me. The boyfriend lost power. I invited him over, but he's chilling at home. We were going to go to the movies, but 2 different cinema's lost power. We tried!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Come on Irene!
Last week was just crazy all week. It never stopped at work! I didn't make it to Pilates on Tuesday or Thursday night, but the walk at the beach on Tuesday was great. I did get in running on Monday and Wednesday nights. Nothing on Thursday or Friday and didn't do weights once. I think I'm blowing off working out this weekend too.
Originally I was planning on the 8am yoga class today but I left the boyfriend's house later than I expected to fit in am food shopping and yoga. I left the grocery store at 7:48 per my car clock... with milk and frozen stuff, there was no way to get home, put stuff away, change, AND get to yoga by 8am!
But grocery shopping done, and extra done! All this hype about the pending hurricane, even I bought into it a little. Got the bottle of water "just in case" along with bread. When was the last time I bought bread?? LOL! But now pb&j or tuna sandwiches... I'm ready. Plus, my Gatorade was on sale down to $0.88! I still had 5 left from last week and bought another 8. But I drink those all the time.
Last Saturday, RIGHT after I wrote, I stretched. And then I got the WORST cramps in both calves. WOW, I was almost in tears. It hurt to walk for DAYS. I still met Carrie and tried to run, and stupid me did a workout at home after that, including squats and lunges. Oh well.
I think it was because my body was low on sodium. With all the exercising I've been doing, plus the heat in general, I've been sweating A LOT. And low sodium can cause muscle cramps, especially in calves.
After running, I picked up chips and that cheese dip stuff. Between Saturday and Sunday, I ate the WHOLE thing of cheese dip! And it was a BIG jar! I tossed the chips that were left. But last Saturday night when I was out with the boyfriend, we went to this great Chinese restaurant near us and I got sushi, which I had been craving. I guess my body knew I needed the sodium.
With everything I had eaten, when I got on the scale Monday morning, I was up 2 whole pounds from Friday! Crazy!! But I was down again by Tuesday... all the water I was retaining from the sodium overload. By noon on Monday I had gone to the bathroom about 6 times. That's just insane for me! :)
SO... all the Gatorade I have now, full of electrolytes, that should help with the cramping I was getting. Plus, I started taking my magnesium supplements again. And Calcium and Vitamin D. I'm out of my multi-vitamins and keep forgetting to pick up some more. Hopefully all of that will help.
Last night was back over the boyfriends. We grabbed ice cream (second time this week!) and then watched The Source Code. Not exactly my type of movie... one for him, but I really really liked it. And I LOVED the ending! SO good! It was one of those that sort of stays with you and then you keep the story going in your head after the movie ends. I love those! :)
I got him to shut off the stupid alarm this morning, which was awesome... no vitamin info-mercial to wake me up at 5:45am. But I was still up just after 6. I felt a little squished in his King sized bed. He was over on the right side, where he always sleeps. I was right in the middle. And the dog? The 110 pound American Bull Dog? Yeah, he was on the other side of me, his back to me with him facing the edge of the bed and he was SHARING MY PILLOW!! Seriously??
If it wasn't just after 6am, I would have turned on the light. I tried to get a picture but it was too dark in the room and I didn't want to wake up the boyfriend then. But Rocco was next to me, with his head RIGHT on the pillow. He is just too funny! Here's a pic of this HUGE dog. He looks kind of tough but just like the boyfriend, a big lovable teddy bear! :)
Rocco laying on the floor.
This really is just a yawn, but he looks like he's growling, huh? :)
And the two boys hanging out watching TV.
But tonight... Pats are playing. We'll be out to watch the game before the 8pm kickoff. Pretty excited about it and about football season in general, even if that means that summer will be over.
One more week of work before I have a full week off. I am REALLY looking forward to having a week of no work, even though I don't have any plans. Just to rest, relax and NOT WORK! :) I really need it right now.
Today I want to get some cleaning done that I've blown off around the house and see what else comes up. I have to leave my house at 6:30, so shower for 5:30... but its not even 9:15am, so I have ALL day to do whatever I want to do. :) Guess that's one good thing about getting up super early... more time to enjoy.
I'll have to get home early tomorrow, before the storm gets bad here. The cats would be starving otherwise! And I'll hang out at home for most of the day tomorrow too. Usually I'm up at my parents house on Sunday's but I already told them that I'm not going to come up because of the weather and everything. I'm pretty sure that tomorrow night I'll be back over at the boyfriends and I'll spend Sunday night sleeping there again too... at least that's my hope and my plan.
Now off of enjoy my day with whatever I can dream up! Happy Weekend again!
Originally I was planning on the 8am yoga class today but I left the boyfriend's house later than I expected to fit in am food shopping and yoga. I left the grocery store at 7:48 per my car clock... with milk and frozen stuff, there was no way to get home, put stuff away, change, AND get to yoga by 8am!
But grocery shopping done, and extra done! All this hype about the pending hurricane, even I bought into it a little. Got the bottle of water "just in case" along with bread. When was the last time I bought bread?? LOL! But now pb&j or tuna sandwiches... I'm ready. Plus, my Gatorade was on sale down to $0.88! I still had 5 left from last week and bought another 8. But I drink those all the time.
Last Saturday, RIGHT after I wrote, I stretched. And then I got the WORST cramps in both calves. WOW, I was almost in tears. It hurt to walk for DAYS. I still met Carrie and tried to run, and stupid me did a workout at home after that, including squats and lunges. Oh well.
I think it was because my body was low on sodium. With all the exercising I've been doing, plus the heat in general, I've been sweating A LOT. And low sodium can cause muscle cramps, especially in calves.
After running, I picked up chips and that cheese dip stuff. Between Saturday and Sunday, I ate the WHOLE thing of cheese dip! And it was a BIG jar! I tossed the chips that were left. But last Saturday night when I was out with the boyfriend, we went to this great Chinese restaurant near us and I got sushi, which I had been craving. I guess my body knew I needed the sodium.
With everything I had eaten, when I got on the scale Monday morning, I was up 2 whole pounds from Friday! Crazy!! But I was down again by Tuesday... all the water I was retaining from the sodium overload. By noon on Monday I had gone to the bathroom about 6 times. That's just insane for me! :)
SO... all the Gatorade I have now, full of electrolytes, that should help with the cramping I was getting. Plus, I started taking my magnesium supplements again. And Calcium and Vitamin D. I'm out of my multi-vitamins and keep forgetting to pick up some more. Hopefully all of that will help.
Last night was back over the boyfriends. We grabbed ice cream (second time this week!) and then watched The Source Code. Not exactly my type of movie... one for him, but I really really liked it. And I LOVED the ending! SO good! It was one of those that sort of stays with you and then you keep the story going in your head after the movie ends. I love those! :)
I got him to shut off the stupid alarm this morning, which was awesome... no vitamin info-mercial to wake me up at 5:45am. But I was still up just after 6. I felt a little squished in his King sized bed. He was over on the right side, where he always sleeps. I was right in the middle. And the dog? The 110 pound American Bull Dog? Yeah, he was on the other side of me, his back to me with him facing the edge of the bed and he was SHARING MY PILLOW!! Seriously??
If it wasn't just after 6am, I would have turned on the light. I tried to get a picture but it was too dark in the room and I didn't want to wake up the boyfriend then. But Rocco was next to me, with his head RIGHT on the pillow. He is just too funny! Here's a pic of this HUGE dog. He looks kind of tough but just like the boyfriend, a big lovable teddy bear! :)
Rocco laying on the floor.
This really is just a yawn, but he looks like he's growling, huh? :)
And the two boys hanging out watching TV.
But tonight... Pats are playing. We'll be out to watch the game before the 8pm kickoff. Pretty excited about it and about football season in general, even if that means that summer will be over.
One more week of work before I have a full week off. I am REALLY looking forward to having a week of no work, even though I don't have any plans. Just to rest, relax and NOT WORK! :) I really need it right now.
Today I want to get some cleaning done that I've blown off around the house and see what else comes up. I have to leave my house at 6:30, so shower for 5:30... but its not even 9:15am, so I have ALL day to do whatever I want to do. :) Guess that's one good thing about getting up super early... more time to enjoy.
I'll have to get home early tomorrow, before the storm gets bad here. The cats would be starving otherwise! And I'll hang out at home for most of the day tomorrow too. Usually I'm up at my parents house on Sunday's but I already told them that I'm not going to come up because of the weather and everything. I'm pretty sure that tomorrow night I'll be back over at the boyfriends and I'll spend Sunday night sleeping there again too... at least that's my hope and my plan.
Now off of enjoy my day with whatever I can dream up! Happy Weekend again!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Only Tuesday
For some reason I keep thinking it is Wednesday... not sure why, but I've been off all day. Wish I was that much closer to the weekend, but that's ok.
SO far the week is going ok. Work is CRAZY and my head just hurts from everything I've been working on. VERY grateful I had already made plans for lunch today with the boyfriend. Otherwise I might have forgotten to eat! Glad I had the excuse to leave. Plus is was really great to see him. Looking forward to see him tomorrow night too.
Otherwise, all is good so far. 8 more working days until my week off. Can't wait for that. Been nice cuz I've been seeing and chatting with friends I haven't seen much. I like that! Nice to catch up with the girls. Hard when we are all so busy.
Meeting a friend tonight for walking at the beach. I didn't leave work on time so I couldn't make it to pilates at the gym. All worked out since its SO nice out. Glad Jill could meet me to walk. It's about 4 miles to do up and back. Looking forward to it and glad I can enjoy the good weather tonight.
Ahh... ok now I need to go get changed and get ready to go! :)
SO far the week is going ok. Work is CRAZY and my head just hurts from everything I've been working on. VERY grateful I had already made plans for lunch today with the boyfriend. Otherwise I might have forgotten to eat! Glad I had the excuse to leave. Plus is was really great to see him. Looking forward to see him tomorrow night too.
Otherwise, all is good so far. 8 more working days until my week off. Can't wait for that. Been nice cuz I've been seeing and chatting with friends I haven't seen much. I like that! Nice to catch up with the girls. Hard when we are all so busy.
Meeting a friend tonight for walking at the beach. I didn't leave work on time so I couldn't make it to pilates at the gym. All worked out since its SO nice out. Glad Jill could meet me to walk. It's about 4 miles to do up and back. Looking forward to it and glad I can enjoy the good weather tonight.
Ahh... ok now I need to go get changed and get ready to go! :)
Saturday, August 20, 2011
WEEKEND!!!
Not feeling wonderful right now, and wasn't most of yesterday. Just a bellyache that won't seem to go away. I'm thinking the HUGE breakfast I had today isn't going to help, but oh well.
I did end up late for work yesterday... only about 10 minutes. It was a crazy day all day, but it flew by, minus feeling icky. Kind of glad the boyfriend wasn't a low key night last night. I headed over there around 8 and we finished watching The Matrix which we had started last weekend (I never saw it). I didn't love it, but I'm not a huge fan of those kind of movies anyway.
We started watching The Town after that.. I LOVE that movie. He was falling asleep on the sofa, so we just ended up going to bed early, which was AWESOME. His phone buzzing from an email at 4am woke me up in the middle of a horrible dream but I did manage to get back to sleep until his alarm went off at 5:45 with the stupid weekend commercial about Vitamin D crap. Every damn weekend!
I was UP at that point for the morning. He had already ask last night about going out for breakfast this morning, so we just went early. That was good... more time to digest it all. We were at Bickford's early! When we walked in, the sign said they were open on weekends at 7am. We pulled out our phones... 6:58. Never thought I'd be at a Bickford's on a weekend before they were open! :)
But got my eggs, bacon and pancakes and was home at my place before 8am. Still have a little bellyache, but not as bad. I have to start to get moving in a few... need to leave in 15 minutes to meet my friend Carrie for a run. Hoping for 3-4 miles today but it is SO humid out right now. I don't run well in humidity. Too hard for me to breathe while I'm running in weather like that.
Right now my IPod is charging as I'm typing away. Pretty sure I know what I'm wearing, which is good. And my face is washed and teeth brushed already too.
Nice that today isn't too busy. Going back to the boyfriends for around 5 tonight. I think we are heading to this outdoor place tonight... mini golf, driving range, climbing wall, go carts. Should be fun.
I might go to a movie in the afternoon too... but I do want to get some cleaning done around the house. I started to make a list of all the things I want to do today. But right now... I could SO easily go back to bed!
Happy Weekend!
I did end up late for work yesterday... only about 10 minutes. It was a crazy day all day, but it flew by, minus feeling icky. Kind of glad the boyfriend wasn't a low key night last night. I headed over there around 8 and we finished watching The Matrix which we had started last weekend (I never saw it). I didn't love it, but I'm not a huge fan of those kind of movies anyway.
We started watching The Town after that.. I LOVE that movie. He was falling asleep on the sofa, so we just ended up going to bed early, which was AWESOME. His phone buzzing from an email at 4am woke me up in the middle of a horrible dream but I did manage to get back to sleep until his alarm went off at 5:45 with the stupid weekend commercial about Vitamin D crap. Every damn weekend!
I was UP at that point for the morning. He had already ask last night about going out for breakfast this morning, so we just went early. That was good... more time to digest it all. We were at Bickford's early! When we walked in, the sign said they were open on weekends at 7am. We pulled out our phones... 6:58. Never thought I'd be at a Bickford's on a weekend before they were open! :)
But got my eggs, bacon and pancakes and was home at my place before 8am. Still have a little bellyache, but not as bad. I have to start to get moving in a few... need to leave in 15 minutes to meet my friend Carrie for a run. Hoping for 3-4 miles today but it is SO humid out right now. I don't run well in humidity. Too hard for me to breathe while I'm running in weather like that.
Right now my IPod is charging as I'm typing away. Pretty sure I know what I'm wearing, which is good. And my face is washed and teeth brushed already too.
Nice that today isn't too busy. Going back to the boyfriends for around 5 tonight. I think we are heading to this outdoor place tonight... mini golf, driving range, climbing wall, go carts. Should be fun.
I might go to a movie in the afternoon too... but I do want to get some cleaning done around the house. I started to make a list of all the things I want to do today. But right now... I could SO easily go back to bed!
Happy Weekend!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Happy Friday
VERY happy for another weekend. Just need to get through the next 8 hours and 15 minutes until 5pm hits. Even though I really don't have any specific plans, just NOT working is enough for me.
I ended up seeing the boyfriend last night for the Pats game which they kicked butt! It was fun to head out and see it, but we stayed at the bar for the first half, then watched the 3rd quarter at his house and listened to the last quarter which we both fell asleep during.
Tonight we are going out too, but no idea where or what we are doing. Then I have to get up early on Saturday, take care of my cats and meet my friend Carrie for a run at 9am. I'm glad I'll have someone to run with because it will make me do it and push me further. I'm sure I'll do something with boyfriend again on Saturday night too. Sunday I think I'm taking a late morning yoga class before heading to my mom's house for the day.
SO I will have most of the day Saturday to relax, but I really do need to get some cleaning done at my house. Vacuuming is a MUST and so is cleaning the bathroom. The rest of the house is fine, even the kitchen.... but I just hate cleaning. Only so many hours in the day and that's the last way I want to spend the few I have free.
Just finished my coffee and cereal. NO idea what I'm wearing to work today and it is 7:50 now. I'm in sweats, on the sofa, and I have the news on. I probably should think about getting in the shower soon.
Hmm... OH! Boyfriend. Brought up changing my Facebook relationship status to in a relationship with him. Also brought up the weddings again, but I'll have to bring it up one more time on Saturday night and I'll actually bring the invitations with me. I REALLY want him to go. I'm hoping that after all I said to him last night, he'll go with me. I don't ask him to do a lot of things. I don't expect all that much. This will be a REALLY big deal for me and as much as he hates weddings, I would be SO disappointed if he doesn't go.
Otherwise, things are good. His dog slept between us for a bit last night. I had a bellyache and after getting up for the bathroom around 2am, the dog was taking up my whole side of the bed when I got back. He was completely in the middle, up against my boyfriend for a few minutes before my boyfriend got him to move, then I got to sleep the rest of the night in my favorite place... spooning up against him with one of his arms under me and the other wrapped over me, with my pulled up close to him. I didn't move until the alarm went off at 5:45.
Ok... time to shower! 7:55. Will I make it to work in 35 minutes? Shower, get ready, pack lunch, give cat shot, leave and drive 5 miles with 8 traffic lights???? Hmm....
I ended up seeing the boyfriend last night for the Pats game which they kicked butt! It was fun to head out and see it, but we stayed at the bar for the first half, then watched the 3rd quarter at his house and listened to the last quarter which we both fell asleep during.
Tonight we are going out too, but no idea where or what we are doing. Then I have to get up early on Saturday, take care of my cats and meet my friend Carrie for a run at 9am. I'm glad I'll have someone to run with because it will make me do it and push me further. I'm sure I'll do something with boyfriend again on Saturday night too. Sunday I think I'm taking a late morning yoga class before heading to my mom's house for the day.
SO I will have most of the day Saturday to relax, but I really do need to get some cleaning done at my house. Vacuuming is a MUST and so is cleaning the bathroom. The rest of the house is fine, even the kitchen.... but I just hate cleaning. Only so many hours in the day and that's the last way I want to spend the few I have free.
Just finished my coffee and cereal. NO idea what I'm wearing to work today and it is 7:50 now. I'm in sweats, on the sofa, and I have the news on. I probably should think about getting in the shower soon.
Hmm... OH! Boyfriend. Brought up changing my Facebook relationship status to in a relationship with him. Also brought up the weddings again, but I'll have to bring it up one more time on Saturday night and I'll actually bring the invitations with me. I REALLY want him to go. I'm hoping that after all I said to him last night, he'll go with me. I don't ask him to do a lot of things. I don't expect all that much. This will be a REALLY big deal for me and as much as he hates weddings, I would be SO disappointed if he doesn't go.
Otherwise, things are good. His dog slept between us for a bit last night. I had a bellyache and after getting up for the bathroom around 2am, the dog was taking up my whole side of the bed when I got back. He was completely in the middle, up against my boyfriend for a few minutes before my boyfriend got him to move, then I got to sleep the rest of the night in my favorite place... spooning up against him with one of his arms under me and the other wrapped over me, with my pulled up close to him. I didn't move until the alarm went off at 5:45.
Ok... time to shower! 7:55. Will I make it to work in 35 minutes? Shower, get ready, pack lunch, give cat shot, leave and drive 5 miles with 8 traffic lights???? Hmm....
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Mid Week Check
Yesterday someone said something to me that was one of the nicest things ever. She said, "don't you have a vacation soon?" Yup! Including today, I have 12 working days left until I have a WHOLE week off with absolutely NO plans! :) I am SO unbelievably excited for this week.
Otherwise, this week is ok. I left work early Monday and called in sick on Tuesday. I had miagrain symptoms again. But feeling better now, which is REALLY good.
Struggling with the running. Last night was SO hot and humid at the track. It was tough to get in the 2 miles I ended up doing. Monday I didn't run when I was sick and I blew it off last weekend too. But I was at the gym on Tuesday night. I did about 25 minutes on the elliptical before taking the 1 hour pilates class. I love that class! SO much fun.
On a side note... as I'm feeling gross, that I'm completely slacking on working out and running and just getting more and more out of shape, I was waiting after the elliptical to go into the pilates class. A woman was standing next to me and said, "You are in GREAT shape." That was really nice to hear! I needed that. I don't feel it, especially since January-April I was in MUCH better shape than this, but it was really nice and made me feel better too.
SO now I need to focus on getting more into shape. After my sad run last night, I did a little bit of abs at home. Tonight I'm not doing anything... the Pats pre season game starts at 7:30. Heading out with the boyfriend to watch the game.
I haven't seen him this week. We were together a lot on the weekend, and I left on Monday morning. But I haven't seen him since. I wasn't even supposed to see him tonight, but I guess I was able to talk him into not going to the class he was going to take at the gym tonight. He loves Tampa Bay and this is the only time they are playing all season. No regular season games planned. :) But I'm happy. I get to see him sooner than I thought.
I'm just happy. I'm tired and work has been crazy and stressful. I still have other things weighing on me but overall, things are good. I love my friends so much! Its great knowing that they are all there and we really do have so much fun! I'm doing my best to get everything else in my life in good shape. And I have an amazing boyfriend who makes me so happy.
I love that I'm not insecure in this relationship at all. He never does or says anything that makes me feel that way. I'm just happy with how everything is going. Its fun and easy and we always laugh and have such a great time together.
Ok... 7:44 and I'm laying on my bed, typing on my lap top. Work starts at 8:30 and I haven't showered yet! :) Talk about pushing it!
Otherwise, this week is ok. I left work early Monday and called in sick on Tuesday. I had miagrain symptoms again. But feeling better now, which is REALLY good.
Struggling with the running. Last night was SO hot and humid at the track. It was tough to get in the 2 miles I ended up doing. Monday I didn't run when I was sick and I blew it off last weekend too. But I was at the gym on Tuesday night. I did about 25 minutes on the elliptical before taking the 1 hour pilates class. I love that class! SO much fun.
On a side note... as I'm feeling gross, that I'm completely slacking on working out and running and just getting more and more out of shape, I was waiting after the elliptical to go into the pilates class. A woman was standing next to me and said, "You are in GREAT shape." That was really nice to hear! I needed that. I don't feel it, especially since January-April I was in MUCH better shape than this, but it was really nice and made me feel better too.
SO now I need to focus on getting more into shape. After my sad run last night, I did a little bit of abs at home. Tonight I'm not doing anything... the Pats pre season game starts at 7:30. Heading out with the boyfriend to watch the game.
I haven't seen him this week. We were together a lot on the weekend, and I left on Monday morning. But I haven't seen him since. I wasn't even supposed to see him tonight, but I guess I was able to talk him into not going to the class he was going to take at the gym tonight. He loves Tampa Bay and this is the only time they are playing all season. No regular season games planned. :) But I'm happy. I get to see him sooner than I thought.
I'm just happy. I'm tired and work has been crazy and stressful. I still have other things weighing on me but overall, things are good. I love my friends so much! Its great knowing that they are all there and we really do have so much fun! I'm doing my best to get everything else in my life in good shape. And I have an amazing boyfriend who makes me so happy.
I love that I'm not insecure in this relationship at all. He never does or says anything that makes me feel that way. I'm just happy with how everything is going. Its fun and easy and we always laugh and have such a great time together.
Ok... 7:44 and I'm laying on my bed, typing on my lap top. Work starts at 8:30 and I haven't showered yet! :) Talk about pushing it!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
And the Lazy Days Continue....
I was so lazy all day yesterday but it felt great and was SO needed. After I had made a huge list of things to do and ways I could spend the whole Saturday, I think I spent most of the day on my sofa.
I did clean my kitchen yesterday and get a few things organized. I also registered for a 5K next month, the running group's "graduation" race, and I posted it on our group's calendar. Plus I sent out an overdue email to the 600 members of the group too. But there were plenty of things on that list I didn't do.
I never vacuumed, cleaned the bathroom, dusted, went for a run, did an ab & an arm workout. Two things on the list I managed to do... watch some shows on-demand and take a nap. :)
Last night I finally moved off the sofa around 5:45 to hop in the shower. Ended up being about 15 minutes later than I thought to get to the boyfriends house. When I got there, he had to return a work truck he used to pick up some gym equipment he bought. So we took a ride in this HUGE truck back to his work to switch. Weird being in something that big when I'm already used to his little 2-seater Mercedes convertible. I like his little car. In the truck I could feel every bump.
Originally we were going to go into Boston for another feast, but I really wasn't up for something like that. After we switched to his car, we just went to a local restaurant/bar, had a couple of drinks and got something to eat. Now that he got more gym equipment, he's moving on to finishing up the remodeling I guess. He was on his phone looking up microwaves... the over the counter ones. Not sure how he has lived in this place for about a year without a microwave, when he always has leftovers!
Then we ended up at Home Depot looking but they didn't have them in stock. With the tax free holiday, the shipping date was about 2 weeks out since they had been so busy all day. For a $250 microwave?? I think he should just build a shelf and get any old one. It isn't over the range.. that's on an island. So he doesn't need the fan. But not my kitchen and not my money. If he wants to spend that much money to get a microwave with the hinges and all... so be it.
He suggested ice cream again. Damn do I have a problem with ice cream! No will power AT ALL! We went to a place I had never been to. Its right next to my gym and I know the gym is 2 1/2 miles from my house. They sell Richardson's at this place too! Now I'm really in trouble! At least it is already mid August and not early summer. If I knew Richardson's was this close in June, I would have gained 15 pounds this summer! This time I got Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream. SO yummy. :)
We went back to his house after that to finish watching the movie from the night before, then went to bed. We were both pretty tired, and feel asleep right away. I think I slept with his arms around me the entire night. It was really cool.
I'm just really really happy with him. This is such a great relationship for me. He really makes me happy. I have fun with him, he can always make me laugh and I feel so unbelievably comfortable with him. I never feel judged by him and I can tell him anything at all. I feel safe with him.. not just physically either. When we are in bed and spooning with my back up against his chest and he has one arm under my neck and the other over my waist, I'm just wrapped up in him. I tell him every time that laying like that is my favorite. That's how I slept half the night last night. Just wrapped up in his arms.
He is an amazing guy. He listens when I talk, he lets me vent when I'm stressed, he likes to have fun and is active. And he has his own things, his own interests, his own life. We both have our own things, but have great times together too.
I left his house about 8:30 this morning to come home and take care of my cats. Now they are off napping somewhere and I've been on the sofa, online, for a while. Being lazy again. But I'm comfortable and so relaxed. I'm content. And I'm just happy.
I do have to move at some point. I'm going to mom's house this afternoon for dinner. I think she mentioned something about shopping too but I don't remember. I'll have to change the litter box and take out my trash, shower and head up to mom's. That's all I have for today, which is nice. Maybe a nap this morning too, before I start to get ready.
Things are really good. Work is stressful and can get me edgy during the week, but the 2 days on the weekends are perfect. After I leave the office at 5 on Friday, I'm usually good by 6.. enough time to let it all go and think about the fun over the weekend.
Hopefully this upcoming week won't be too crazy or too stressful. I need to stay on top of my running, which I skipped this weekend AGAIN. Long runs alone aren't fun. I'm thinking I need to run with my friend Carrie next weekend, instead of attempting it alone. But with all the running, pilates, elliptical, yoga and everything, it helps with my stress during the week and keeps me really busy. Plus seeing the boyfriend. And that just puts a smile on my face! :)
Ok, time to see what I can or want to do for the next 2 hours. Happy Sunday and Life is Good.
I did clean my kitchen yesterday and get a few things organized. I also registered for a 5K next month, the running group's "graduation" race, and I posted it on our group's calendar. Plus I sent out an overdue email to the 600 members of the group too. But there were plenty of things on that list I didn't do.
I never vacuumed, cleaned the bathroom, dusted, went for a run, did an ab & an arm workout. Two things on the list I managed to do... watch some shows on-demand and take a nap. :)
Last night I finally moved off the sofa around 5:45 to hop in the shower. Ended up being about 15 minutes later than I thought to get to the boyfriends house. When I got there, he had to return a work truck he used to pick up some gym equipment he bought. So we took a ride in this HUGE truck back to his work to switch. Weird being in something that big when I'm already used to his little 2-seater Mercedes convertible. I like his little car. In the truck I could feel every bump.
Originally we were going to go into Boston for another feast, but I really wasn't up for something like that. After we switched to his car, we just went to a local restaurant/bar, had a couple of drinks and got something to eat. Now that he got more gym equipment, he's moving on to finishing up the remodeling I guess. He was on his phone looking up microwaves... the over the counter ones. Not sure how he has lived in this place for about a year without a microwave, when he always has leftovers!
Then we ended up at Home Depot looking but they didn't have them in stock. With the tax free holiday, the shipping date was about 2 weeks out since they had been so busy all day. For a $250 microwave?? I think he should just build a shelf and get any old one. It isn't over the range.. that's on an island. So he doesn't need the fan. But not my kitchen and not my money. If he wants to spend that much money to get a microwave with the hinges and all... so be it.
He suggested ice cream again. Damn do I have a problem with ice cream! No will power AT ALL! We went to a place I had never been to. Its right next to my gym and I know the gym is 2 1/2 miles from my house. They sell Richardson's at this place too! Now I'm really in trouble! At least it is already mid August and not early summer. If I knew Richardson's was this close in June, I would have gained 15 pounds this summer! This time I got Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream. SO yummy. :)
We went back to his house after that to finish watching the movie from the night before, then went to bed. We were both pretty tired, and feel asleep right away. I think I slept with his arms around me the entire night. It was really cool.
I'm just really really happy with him. This is such a great relationship for me. He really makes me happy. I have fun with him, he can always make me laugh and I feel so unbelievably comfortable with him. I never feel judged by him and I can tell him anything at all. I feel safe with him.. not just physically either. When we are in bed and spooning with my back up against his chest and he has one arm under my neck and the other over my waist, I'm just wrapped up in him. I tell him every time that laying like that is my favorite. That's how I slept half the night last night. Just wrapped up in his arms.
He is an amazing guy. He listens when I talk, he lets me vent when I'm stressed, he likes to have fun and is active. And he has his own things, his own interests, his own life. We both have our own things, but have great times together too.
I left his house about 8:30 this morning to come home and take care of my cats. Now they are off napping somewhere and I've been on the sofa, online, for a while. Being lazy again. But I'm comfortable and so relaxed. I'm content. And I'm just happy.
I do have to move at some point. I'm going to mom's house this afternoon for dinner. I think she mentioned something about shopping too but I don't remember. I'll have to change the litter box and take out my trash, shower and head up to mom's. That's all I have for today, which is nice. Maybe a nap this morning too, before I start to get ready.
Things are really good. Work is stressful and can get me edgy during the week, but the 2 days on the weekends are perfect. After I leave the office at 5 on Friday, I'm usually good by 6.. enough time to let it all go and think about the fun over the weekend.
Hopefully this upcoming week won't be too crazy or too stressful. I need to stay on top of my running, which I skipped this weekend AGAIN. Long runs alone aren't fun. I'm thinking I need to run with my friend Carrie next weekend, instead of attempting it alone. But with all the running, pilates, elliptical, yoga and everything, it helps with my stress during the week and keeps me really busy. Plus seeing the boyfriend. And that just puts a smile on my face! :)
Ok, time to see what I can or want to do for the next 2 hours. Happy Sunday and Life is Good.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Love the Lazy Weekends
Another lazy Saturday morning. Not sure exactly what time we woke up this morning but I was home before 8am. Fed the cats and gave McGraw his shot, ate my breakfast and I've been chilling since... already 10:30 and I haven't really moved in 2 hours.
The rest of the work week was hectic, but I survived. Thursday I took the boyfriend out for lunch. Just a treat to get to see him during the day. Work was busy and crazy, but I'm getting through it all.
I'm really happy with everything with the boyfriend. I'm glad I have such a great guy in my life. Even with all the crazy ups and downs that I have, it makes handling it all that much easier. My friends are amazing and I love when we get together. We've been trying to plan a girls night, but it is SO hard to get that many of us together at once, especially in the summer.
I'm glad I get to see them here and there though. Track nights with Jill, Carrie or Kristin sometimes. Pilates with Carrie and Christine. I haven't seen Tracy or Laura or Jen in a bit though. I love them all.. just a really great group of friends to have.
What else? McGraw is getting SO much better. I can really see it in how he's walking. I want to make another appointment for him at the vet. Not sure when that'll be.. but I have to call soon to schedule more blood work for him.
I made a list of things I could do today... haven't done much yet. I really really should get in a 3-4 mile run, but I'm just not up for it right now. Maybe tomorrow morning I can do it. I do want to get in an abs workout today and maybe a little bit of arms too, but not sure. All great ideas, but not time for everything on the list. :)
Tonight's plans are still up in the air. There is another feast in the north end... tonight and the next couple of weekends too. But there is also one of the Water Fires going on in Providence tonight too. I suggested both. I really don't care what we do. All of that is free, outside and tonight should be a nice night, so that could be cool. But even if we stay in and watch movies, I'm cool with that too.
I've never seen the Bourne movies and last night he put on the first one. I think we got through about half of it... he was falling asleep on me. Literally. When his head bobbed on me I asked him if he wanted to go to bed. LOL!
When did I become a "we"? Interesting. I do refer to him as my boyfriend all the time now. And here is the high school girl in me... I can't believe that Monday will be 3 months from our first date. Three months? WOW! That really is crazy! Time just flies I guess.
If I don't run today, I REALLY need to make sure I get that run in tomorrow. The 1/2 marathon is 9 weeks from today and my training has totally be slacking! I'm really nervous about it. I'll be fine to do 3-4 miles on Monday and Wednesday night, then a quick 2 on Tuesday night along with Pilates. Thursday the plan is cross train (elliptical) then another Pilates class. And long runs on Saturdays. This week was supposed to be a 6 mile run I think. Ha Ha Ha! I haven't done more than 3 miles in months! Time to start building up my mileage again.
At least the scale has been better. The weight I had gained is settling back down. 5 pounds after 2 months with the boyfriend, then 3 while on vacation. The 3 I lost in a minute, but the 5 was harder. Now that I am exercising SO much more than I had, it has been much easier and I'm starting to get back to the point that I could eat whatever I want, even though I'm doing my best to avoid McDonald's still.
Guess that's about it for this Lazy Saturday morning. As crazy as my life gets, as up and down and stressful from things I cannot control, I'm happy. I'm really honest and truly happy.
The rest of the work week was hectic, but I survived. Thursday I took the boyfriend out for lunch. Just a treat to get to see him during the day. Work was busy and crazy, but I'm getting through it all.
I'm really happy with everything with the boyfriend. I'm glad I have such a great guy in my life. Even with all the crazy ups and downs that I have, it makes handling it all that much easier. My friends are amazing and I love when we get together. We've been trying to plan a girls night, but it is SO hard to get that many of us together at once, especially in the summer.
I'm glad I get to see them here and there though. Track nights with Jill, Carrie or Kristin sometimes. Pilates with Carrie and Christine. I haven't seen Tracy or Laura or Jen in a bit though. I love them all.. just a really great group of friends to have.
What else? McGraw is getting SO much better. I can really see it in how he's walking. I want to make another appointment for him at the vet. Not sure when that'll be.. but I have to call soon to schedule more blood work for him.
I made a list of things I could do today... haven't done much yet. I really really should get in a 3-4 mile run, but I'm just not up for it right now. Maybe tomorrow morning I can do it. I do want to get in an abs workout today and maybe a little bit of arms too, but not sure. All great ideas, but not time for everything on the list. :)
Tonight's plans are still up in the air. There is another feast in the north end... tonight and the next couple of weekends too. But there is also one of the Water Fires going on in Providence tonight too. I suggested both. I really don't care what we do. All of that is free, outside and tonight should be a nice night, so that could be cool. But even if we stay in and watch movies, I'm cool with that too.
I've never seen the Bourne movies and last night he put on the first one. I think we got through about half of it... he was falling asleep on me. Literally. When his head bobbed on me I asked him if he wanted to go to bed. LOL!
When did I become a "we"? Interesting. I do refer to him as my boyfriend all the time now. And here is the high school girl in me... I can't believe that Monday will be 3 months from our first date. Three months? WOW! That really is crazy! Time just flies I guess.
If I don't run today, I REALLY need to make sure I get that run in tomorrow. The 1/2 marathon is 9 weeks from today and my training has totally be slacking! I'm really nervous about it. I'll be fine to do 3-4 miles on Monday and Wednesday night, then a quick 2 on Tuesday night along with Pilates. Thursday the plan is cross train (elliptical) then another Pilates class. And long runs on Saturdays. This week was supposed to be a 6 mile run I think. Ha Ha Ha! I haven't done more than 3 miles in months! Time to start building up my mileage again.
At least the scale has been better. The weight I had gained is settling back down. 5 pounds after 2 months with the boyfriend, then 3 while on vacation. The 3 I lost in a minute, but the 5 was harder. Now that I am exercising SO much more than I had, it has been much easier and I'm starting to get back to the point that I could eat whatever I want, even though I'm doing my best to avoid McDonald's still.
Guess that's about it for this Lazy Saturday morning. As crazy as my life gets, as up and down and stressful from things I cannot control, I'm happy. I'm really honest and truly happy.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Felt really good tonight to get in a 3 mile run at the track. The weather FINALLY was cool and dry! It was so great. I went a little slower than I wanted to but considering I haven't been running that much, this was huge for me. Then I came home and did a great ab workout too.
Its been good to get back into a more regular thing again too. With the extra pilates classes, yoga on Saturday and building my running back up again too, it just feels good to keep going with it.
I know I'm getting stronger with it all and I love that. I need to keep building at it and keeping consistent with it all. That will be the hardest part! The weekend runs are really hard for me. Technically I am supposed to have a 6 mile run on Saturday. I know I'm not there yet. SO... I'm hoping for 3-4 miles. I don't want to build it all too quickly.
I think I'll skip the gym, the yoga teacher I love isn't teaching this weekend. I'll just do my own run and workout on my own. Tomorrow is pilates and the elliptical for my cross training. Friday will be a rest day, the Saturday is long run. Sunday I might do something but I don't know yet. I want to keep doing abs as much as I can, if not every day.
I need to build in more weights too. Last night was great getting in a shoulder workout at the boyfriends house after pilates. He really pushes me so much more than I would do on my own, so I love working out with him!
Plus.. its kind of hot to watch him working out. I mean, 195lbs for the shoulder press? Really? As I'm sitting there doing them with 10lbs in each hand??? Really now?? Yeah... its kind of hot to watch him working out! :) Although he drives me CRAZY that he says he is "flat and flabby" and needs to push harder. He's so great to look at! Drives me nuts when he talks down how amazing he looks.
But keeping my fingers crossed the rest of the week is smooth sailing and low key. Things are pretty good but this week has been very challenging and stressful.... the past few months have been like that. I just want easy back for a little while. Just a little while!
Its been good to get back into a more regular thing again too. With the extra pilates classes, yoga on Saturday and building my running back up again too, it just feels good to keep going with it.
I know I'm getting stronger with it all and I love that. I need to keep building at it and keeping consistent with it all. That will be the hardest part! The weekend runs are really hard for me. Technically I am supposed to have a 6 mile run on Saturday. I know I'm not there yet. SO... I'm hoping for 3-4 miles. I don't want to build it all too quickly.
I think I'll skip the gym, the yoga teacher I love isn't teaching this weekend. I'll just do my own run and workout on my own. Tomorrow is pilates and the elliptical for my cross training. Friday will be a rest day, the Saturday is long run. Sunday I might do something but I don't know yet. I want to keep doing abs as much as I can, if not every day.
I need to build in more weights too. Last night was great getting in a shoulder workout at the boyfriends house after pilates. He really pushes me so much more than I would do on my own, so I love working out with him!
Plus.. its kind of hot to watch him working out. I mean, 195lbs for the shoulder press? Really? As I'm sitting there doing them with 10lbs in each hand??? Really now?? Yeah... its kind of hot to watch him working out! :) Although he drives me CRAZY that he says he is "flat and flabby" and needs to push harder. He's so great to look at! Drives me nuts when he talks down how amazing he looks.
But keeping my fingers crossed the rest of the week is smooth sailing and low key. Things are pretty good but this week has been very challenging and stressful.... the past few months have been like that. I just want easy back for a little while. Just a little while!
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Another Day and a Better Mood
The run last night really did help my mood, even though I didn't want to go. I only did the Couch to 5K plan and not the 2-3 miles I was hoping for. The kids summer camp was still on the field and the humidity was HORRIBLE last night. But I got in the run, some time out there and felt good when I was done.
Last night was 2nd night in a row I actually slept. And I didn't take anything before going to bed. It was great to sleep. Feeling better today and my mood is much better too.
I'm really hoping that today is a good day. Not sure how busy it will be at work. I have a training I'm giving at 11am and I left a few emails yesterday afternoon too. I'm hoping that overall the day goes well.
After work I'm meeting a friend of mine at the gym for a pilates class. Its going to be tough to get there for 5:30 when I work until 5, but I'm going to pull out my gym clothes before I leave for work today so I can fly home to quickly change and then get to the gym. If I head out RIGHT at 5, I should be ok.
Then I'll stop home quickly after class to take care of my cats, and then head over to the boyfriends house. We are going to workout together tomorrow night. I love working out with him. He pushes me more than I could on my own, plus its great watching him workout. And I get to spend time with him too. That's the best part! :)
I'm hoping to get motivated soon this morning. I've been up for almost an hour. I've read my email, been on Facebook, watched the news, ate breakfast, had coffee, fed the cats.... and I'm on the sofa typing away. I need to get up, get in the shower and get my gym clothes out!
Happy Tuesday... one day closer to the weekend.
Last night was 2nd night in a row I actually slept. And I didn't take anything before going to bed. It was great to sleep. Feeling better today and my mood is much better too.
I'm really hoping that today is a good day. Not sure how busy it will be at work. I have a training I'm giving at 11am and I left a few emails yesterday afternoon too. I'm hoping that overall the day goes well.
After work I'm meeting a friend of mine at the gym for a pilates class. Its going to be tough to get there for 5:30 when I work until 5, but I'm going to pull out my gym clothes before I leave for work today so I can fly home to quickly change and then get to the gym. If I head out RIGHT at 5, I should be ok.
Then I'll stop home quickly after class to take care of my cats, and then head over to the boyfriends house. We are going to workout together tomorrow night. I love working out with him. He pushes me more than I could on my own, plus its great watching him workout. And I get to spend time with him too. That's the best part! :)
I'm hoping to get motivated soon this morning. I've been up for almost an hour. I've read my email, been on Facebook, watched the news, ate breakfast, had coffee, fed the cats.... and I'm on the sofa typing away. I need to get up, get in the shower and get my gym clothes out!
Happy Tuesday... one day closer to the weekend.
Monday, August 8, 2011
I'm Cranky
Last night was the best night's sleep I have gotten in a month. Today wasn't busy at work and it wasn't stressful either. I had time to chill, surf online, check my personal stuff and email with some friends. Everything is good.
But I'm CRANKY! I don't know why and I can't figure out it setting me off today. I know I'm tired again and still behind on my sleep. The weather is horrible and right now it is raining again... as I am about to leave for my running group (JOY!).
I just can't figure out what's up today. Hopefully my run will put me in a better mood.
But I'm CRANKY! I don't know why and I can't figure out it setting me off today. I know I'm tired again and still behind on my sleep. The weather is horrible and right now it is raining again... as I am about to leave for my running group (JOY!).
I just can't figure out what's up today. Hopefully my run will put me in a better mood.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Yesterday was SO much fun! I was absolutely and completely exhausted last night when I added those pictures. I was supposed to already be in the shower heading back to the boyfriends house but I didn't have the energy to move! :)
After being up early, yoga, running & the training camp (with about 4 hours and those horrible metal bleachers!), I was just exhausted. We stopped to eat at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill... which the boyfriend can't remember the name of. He's NOT a country fan and keeps saying we ate at Toby McGuires restaurant. Too funny! Kills me each time.
Then we stopped at Modell's Sporting good so he could pick up something (I got the cutest flip flops on clearance for $5!). He ended up getting a Sox T-shirt for his nephew who is scheduled for delivery on Friday. SO cute. Then I dropped him off and went home to take care of my cats and take a quick shower... I wanted to get all the sun screen off of my.
I almost passed out I was SO tired. But I made it back to his house around 8:15 last night with a crazy headache. We just laid on the sofa and watched a movie last night then crashed. His dog tried to eat my flip flops. I thought the boyfriend was kidding but then I look and see Rocco with my flip flop! I was so mad and the boyfriend was just laughing... I wiped the dog slop on his belly! But we were just laughing in bed before we crashed for the night.
NOT fun at 5:45 when his stupid alarm to talk radio went off. Sunday's it is the same freakin info-mercial about stupid vitamins! URGH! Kept me up. The dog had moved during the night to RIGHT between us... including his head right between our pillows! Literally, Rocco was smack dab in the middle of the bed. I couldn't reach the remote for the radio/alarm to shut it off. I ended up getting up to go to the bathroom and when I got back, Rocco had completely taken over my side of the bed. Good thing the boyfriend got him to move. I ended up getting another hour or so of sleep which was really good and much needed. Still home around 9am.
Now I'm relaxing on the sofa, enjoying my Dunkin coffee. I'm heading up to my parents house this afternoon, but no rush in getting there and not too much going on at all today either. I really should clean my bathroom and vacuum. Already cleaned the kitchen yesterday. SO I can just chill out, relax, and do whatever I want for a few hours.
I'm a little sore today. My back hurts from some of the yoga moves and then walking around Patriots Place & sitting on those stupid bleachers. Just want to make sure my muscles are good and ready to go for running tomorrow night. I need to get in 3 miles tomorrow for my training schedule. Time to get it all back and built back up. Tough to build it up again after slacking for so long, but I know I can do it.
Hmm... what to do for the next few hours???
After being up early, yoga, running & the training camp (with about 4 hours and those horrible metal bleachers!), I was just exhausted. We stopped to eat at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill... which the boyfriend can't remember the name of. He's NOT a country fan and keeps saying we ate at Toby McGuires restaurant. Too funny! Kills me each time.
Then we stopped at Modell's Sporting good so he could pick up something (I got the cutest flip flops on clearance for $5!). He ended up getting a Sox T-shirt for his nephew who is scheduled for delivery on Friday. SO cute. Then I dropped him off and went home to take care of my cats and take a quick shower... I wanted to get all the sun screen off of my.
I almost passed out I was SO tired. But I made it back to his house around 8:15 last night with a crazy headache. We just laid on the sofa and watched a movie last night then crashed. His dog tried to eat my flip flops. I thought the boyfriend was kidding but then I look and see Rocco with my flip flop! I was so mad and the boyfriend was just laughing... I wiped the dog slop on his belly! But we were just laughing in bed before we crashed for the night.
NOT fun at 5:45 when his stupid alarm to talk radio went off. Sunday's it is the same freakin info-mercial about stupid vitamins! URGH! Kept me up. The dog had moved during the night to RIGHT between us... including his head right between our pillows! Literally, Rocco was smack dab in the middle of the bed. I couldn't reach the remote for the radio/alarm to shut it off. I ended up getting up to go to the bathroom and when I got back, Rocco had completely taken over my side of the bed. Good thing the boyfriend got him to move. I ended up getting another hour or so of sleep which was really good and much needed. Still home around 9am.
Now I'm relaxing on the sofa, enjoying my Dunkin coffee. I'm heading up to my parents house this afternoon, but no rush in getting there and not too much going on at all today either. I really should clean my bathroom and vacuum. Already cleaned the kitchen yesterday. SO I can just chill out, relax, and do whatever I want for a few hours.
I'm a little sore today. My back hurts from some of the yoga moves and then walking around Patriots Place & sitting on those stupid bleachers. Just want to make sure my muscles are good and ready to go for running tomorrow night. I need to get in 3 miles tomorrow for my training schedule. Time to get it all back and built back up. Tough to build it up again after slacking for so long, but I know I can do it.
Hmm... what to do for the next few hours???
Saturday, August 6, 2011
I live for weekends
I sometimes I feel like I am wishing my life away, living for weekend to weekend with stop overs for the work week. And it is even worse in the summer. We only get so much time outside to enjoy beautiful weather. Sitting at a desk isn't a fun way to do that.
This whole work week was crazy but I survived another one. Still stressed out about a lot of it, but not much I can do about it right now and besides, its a Saturday. No work today! :)
Wednesday night I didn't end up working out with the boyfriend. I was planning on it. Got in my run at the track with the running group, went home to take care of the cats, then headed over to his house. I had to stop and grab something to eat, I was STARVING! I was on the phone with him driving over.. he wanted ice cream. Really?? I have NO willpower when it comes to ice cream!
When I got to his house, I inhaled my sub then we left and got sundaes. SO yummy. I was still in my running clothes cuz I had expected to be working out. When we got back to his house I needed a quick shower. He was asleep on the sofa when I got out, so right to bed for us. It was nice though, just laying in his arms. My favorite thing to do.
But it worked out really well that we DIDN'T work out Wednesday night. He had wanted to do legs originally. I went to the gym with my friend Carrie on Thursday night and we did 30 minutes on the elliptical machine then took a 1 hour pilates class. Um yeah... that was A LOT of legs! But it was fun.
Last night we just went out, grabbed something to eat and watched most of the game before heading back to his house. We were in bed pretty early last night too cuz I had to get up early. The alarm went off at 6am. Tough on a Saturday. But slow to move and wake up, I got home about 6:45 to take care of the cats. Then it was off to the gym for the 8am yoga class (same teacher as pilates the other night!) and then over to the HS to get in a run.
It was SO much more muggy than I had expected and I didn't get in as much as I wanted. Only about 2 miles today. Monday night I am going to have to push it much harder to catch up in the training schedule. 10 weeks from today is the 1/2 marathon.
Now... 10:30am. I'm on the sofa with my laptop, news on and eating my cereal. I need to get in the shower soon so I can head back over to the boyfriends house. We are going to Foxboro Stadium today for Patriots Training Camp. I've never done that before and I'm REALLY looking forward to it. It should be so much fun! I have the camera ready to go, my Patriots hat, sunscreen... just need the boyfriend to find a Sharpie for autographs on my hat! :)
It should be a really fun day. Tomorrow I'll be hanging out at mom's house, but I want to go by the boyfriends tomorrow night. He's getting more work done on his tattoos tomorrow and I want to see what he gets done. Yes, Tattoos, with the "s"! He has both arms already done and up over his left shoulder onto his chest. The end of June he got more dragon work done on his torso on his left side... from his hip up to his chest. It looks really cool, but it still isn't finished after 3 1/2 hours! So tomorrow he needs more work done it, probably another 3 1/2 hours of needle time. I can't wait to see it. It just looks really cool.
Ahh... I could take a nap right now! That would be great. But nope... I have to leave my house in less than an hour. No time for a nap today. Maybe after we get back from Foxboro.
Time to get moving. Happy Weekend!
This whole work week was crazy but I survived another one. Still stressed out about a lot of it, but not much I can do about it right now and besides, its a Saturday. No work today! :)
Wednesday night I didn't end up working out with the boyfriend. I was planning on it. Got in my run at the track with the running group, went home to take care of the cats, then headed over to his house. I had to stop and grab something to eat, I was STARVING! I was on the phone with him driving over.. he wanted ice cream. Really?? I have NO willpower when it comes to ice cream!
When I got to his house, I inhaled my sub then we left and got sundaes. SO yummy. I was still in my running clothes cuz I had expected to be working out. When we got back to his house I needed a quick shower. He was asleep on the sofa when I got out, so right to bed for us. It was nice though, just laying in his arms. My favorite thing to do.
But it worked out really well that we DIDN'T work out Wednesday night. He had wanted to do legs originally. I went to the gym with my friend Carrie on Thursday night and we did 30 minutes on the elliptical machine then took a 1 hour pilates class. Um yeah... that was A LOT of legs! But it was fun.
Last night we just went out, grabbed something to eat and watched most of the game before heading back to his house. We were in bed pretty early last night too cuz I had to get up early. The alarm went off at 6am. Tough on a Saturday. But slow to move and wake up, I got home about 6:45 to take care of the cats. Then it was off to the gym for the 8am yoga class (same teacher as pilates the other night!) and then over to the HS to get in a run.
It was SO much more muggy than I had expected and I didn't get in as much as I wanted. Only about 2 miles today. Monday night I am going to have to push it much harder to catch up in the training schedule. 10 weeks from today is the 1/2 marathon.
Now... 10:30am. I'm on the sofa with my laptop, news on and eating my cereal. I need to get in the shower soon so I can head back over to the boyfriends house. We are going to Foxboro Stadium today for Patriots Training Camp. I've never done that before and I'm REALLY looking forward to it. It should be so much fun! I have the camera ready to go, my Patriots hat, sunscreen... just need the boyfriend to find a Sharpie for autographs on my hat! :)
It should be a really fun day. Tomorrow I'll be hanging out at mom's house, but I want to go by the boyfriends tomorrow night. He's getting more work done on his tattoos tomorrow and I want to see what he gets done. Yes, Tattoos, with the "s"! He has both arms already done and up over his left shoulder onto his chest. The end of June he got more dragon work done on his torso on his left side... from his hip up to his chest. It looks really cool, but it still isn't finished after 3 1/2 hours! So tomorrow he needs more work done it, probably another 3 1/2 hours of needle time. I can't wait to see it. It just looks really cool.
Ahh... I could take a nap right now! That would be great. But nope... I have to leave my house in less than an hour. No time for a nap today. Maybe after we get back from Foxboro.
Time to get moving. Happy Weekend!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
August is Here
Hmm.... been a while since I've done my monthly health goals, huh? Been TOO long! I have just had so much going on for so long and I couldn't focus on that. I'm already 2 days into August, but I'm going to try to figure out something that is realistic for me.
First I want to get with my running training. I want to run at least 6 miles a week for next week and add at least 2 miles a week for the rest of the month... so the week that ends at Labor Day I'll be up to at least 14 miles. That's a little aggressive, but I have the half marathon in 10 1/2 weeks! I need to get training!
And my second goal for August?? Hmm... What about trying to floss daily? I never remember to floss, so that one might be really hard to get into, but I should at least try.
Otherwise, this week is going pretty well. Work had been crazy but 2 down 3 to go for the weekend. Really looking forward to tomorrow night. I have my running group, then I'm going to the boyfriends house and we'll work out together there. I love working out with him! Plus, I get to see him and just be with him. Can't wait for that. Not seeing him last night or tonight... I know its stupid, but 2 nights in a row of not seeing him... I don't love that. He's such a great guy and I love spending time with him.
First I want to get with my running training. I want to run at least 6 miles a week for next week and add at least 2 miles a week for the rest of the month... so the week that ends at Labor Day I'll be up to at least 14 miles. That's a little aggressive, but I have the half marathon in 10 1/2 weeks! I need to get training!
And my second goal for August?? Hmm... What about trying to floss daily? I never remember to floss, so that one might be really hard to get into, but I should at least try.
Otherwise, this week is going pretty well. Work had been crazy but 2 down 3 to go for the weekend. Really looking forward to tomorrow night. I have my running group, then I'm going to the boyfriends house and we'll work out together there. I love working out with him! Plus, I get to see him and just be with him. Can't wait for that. Not seeing him last night or tonight... I know its stupid, but 2 nights in a row of not seeing him... I don't love that. He's such a great guy and I love spending time with him.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)