The most important thing I learned at work today is that I'm not just another cog in the machine, I'm the least important cog in the machine. I don't matter at all.
Hopefully I'll feel better after running this afternoon. I remembered my MP3 player today (yay!) so I'll have something to occupy myself with while I run.
This new year of being a perfect person isn't going so well. The house is much messier than I would like, although the bills are getting paid and I'm doing a good job sticking to my eating plan. I haven't weighed myself since Thursday, when I'd lost a half pound after a week of dieting. I'm supposed to have lost at least one pound by today. I hope that's the case.
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Monday, January 10, 2011
Monday, January 26, 2009
Monday morning procrastination
I don't really feel like figuring out what to wear to work today just yet. Usually, I'm lucky if I look somewhat presentable and I match, but sometime even that is a huge chore. Sometimes I wish someone would nominate me for "What Not To Wear" but I don't think I look quite that bad.
Last night was my book club meeting, and we had such a fabulous potluck while we discussed "In Defense of Food". Before I read that book, I thought I had decent eating habits. Now I know better. While I still think I make better choices than the vast majority of Americans, I still have a long way to go.
Attempting to lose some weight does make things more difficult, though. For lunch this week, I will be eating roasted brussels sprouts with garlic, with a break on Wednesday for some Chipotle (not my choice, but it's my friend's favorite, so I told her I'd give it another chance). Dinners will consist of boiled purple potatoes with cottage cheese. For breakfast I'll have my usual multi-grain english muffin with flax seed, along with some honey dew melon, and I have apples for an afternoon snack. I haven't made it to the gym in a while, so I'll likely go tonight, and see how I'm progressing in my weight loss plan.
On a random side note, I'm feeling like my hair is getting out of control. After I cut it short, I stopped blow-drying it, and it often dried decently, with a nice amount of curl, but now it's getting longer and that technique isn't working so well, so I've been blow-drying it to keep it under control. Unfortunately, that makes the horrible layers that my last hairdresser added rather pronounced, so I may have to go for my yearly haircut a bit early (and to someone else). And I was really hoping to grow it out and donate it again. Sigh.
Last night was my book club meeting, and we had such a fabulous potluck while we discussed "In Defense of Food". Before I read that book, I thought I had decent eating habits. Now I know better. While I still think I make better choices than the vast majority of Americans, I still have a long way to go.
Attempting to lose some weight does make things more difficult, though. For lunch this week, I will be eating roasted brussels sprouts with garlic, with a break on Wednesday for some Chipotle (not my choice, but it's my friend's favorite, so I told her I'd give it another chance). Dinners will consist of boiled purple potatoes with cottage cheese. For breakfast I'll have my usual multi-grain english muffin with flax seed, along with some honey dew melon, and I have apples for an afternoon snack. I haven't made it to the gym in a while, so I'll likely go tonight, and see how I'm progressing in my weight loss plan.
On a random side note, I'm feeling like my hair is getting out of control. After I cut it short, I stopped blow-drying it, and it often dried decently, with a nice amount of curl, but now it's getting longer and that technique isn't working so well, so I've been blow-drying it to keep it under control. Unfortunately, that makes the horrible layers that my last hairdresser added rather pronounced, so I may have to go for my yearly haircut a bit early (and to someone else). And I was really hoping to grow it out and donate it again. Sigh.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Weekend update
Since my sister has linked to me from her blog, I guess I should probably start updating a bit more regularly.
My life has decided to become busy again (although I probably had something to do with that). Why are there never enough hours in the day? This weekend, I did my taxes (hellooooo refund!), went to a hockey game in Stockton, went to the farmer's market in Davis, and spent some time working. I need to spend even more time working, so I should make this a quick post. I also recently signed up for an interior design course at the local community college, and I'm considering pursuing an AA there. I'll be making an appointment to talk to a counselor soon about how many classes I would have to take and how long this whole process might take. I also signed up to take the LEED exam (again) in March, and I organized a study group at work to ensure that I'll actually pass this time.
I also bought plane tickets to go on a lovely little vacation to Italy, starting in Rome, and ending in Vinadio. I didn't even realize it, but I'll be in Italy for Carnival and Mardi Gras, so hopefully that will be fun. Either way, I should see some cool stuff, visit i miei amici italiani, and go skiing and snowboarding in the Alps. All in all, not a bad trip if I do say so myself.
I had a very long list of things to do today, most of which involved cleaning and/or organizing my house. So far, I've accomplished almost nothing, although I am happy to have taxes out of the way. My training for the marathon is going slow, but steadier than expected - I ran approximately 2 miles on Friday evening and felt pretty good afterwards. I may run a bit later this afternoon as well if I can get my act together and get to work. Which I think I'll do right now.
My life has decided to become busy again (although I probably had something to do with that). Why are there never enough hours in the day? This weekend, I did my taxes (hellooooo refund!), went to a hockey game in Stockton, went to the farmer's market in Davis, and spent some time working. I need to spend even more time working, so I should make this a quick post. I also recently signed up for an interior design course at the local community college, and I'm considering pursuing an AA there. I'll be making an appointment to talk to a counselor soon about how many classes I would have to take and how long this whole process might take. I also signed up to take the LEED exam (again) in March, and I organized a study group at work to ensure that I'll actually pass this time.
I also bought plane tickets to go on a lovely little vacation to Italy, starting in Rome, and ending in Vinadio. I didn't even realize it, but I'll be in Italy for Carnival and Mardi Gras, so hopefully that will be fun. Either way, I should see some cool stuff, visit i miei amici italiani, and go skiing and snowboarding in the Alps. All in all, not a bad trip if I do say so myself.
I had a very long list of things to do today, most of which involved cleaning and/or organizing my house. So far, I've accomplished almost nothing, although I am happy to have taxes out of the way. My training for the marathon is going slow, but steadier than expected - I ran approximately 2 miles on Friday evening and felt pretty good afterwards. I may run a bit later this afternoon as well if I can get my act together and get to work. Which I think I'll do right now.
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