Picture this: It's 6:00 pm Friday evening. I'm leaving work and as I get into my car, I notice there's a bag in there that wasn't in there when I got out of the car that morning. Not just any bag, but an Aerosoles shopping bag! WIth new shoes in it (the taupe color)! Yep, it appears that DH has struck again!
Saturday: we were supposed to be at our event at 6, and by 6:15, our babysitter hadn't arrived yet. So we got there an hour late, but no problem, they hadn't started yet. We had a great candlelight dinner, great music, and wonderful conversation. I thought we were connecting so well I even broke down and finally told him about my EP blog. (Remember this post?) Later that night at the hotel.........well, that ain't none of ya'll bizness, but you get the idea!
Overall, a beautiful weekend! Until Sunday.
Sunday: argument Monday: continuation/worsening of argument.
So, here I am. I almost let stress (and the cravings from pre-TOM) take me through the drive-thru at Bojangles this morning. I was actually 1 car away from ordering, but I got out of line and drove off. I reached into my lunch bag and had a pear instead. I must say I'm pretty proud of myself about that! Were those french fries going to make anything better? Nope! *patting myself on the back*
Oh well, I'll try again tomorrow. Until then, Endurer's sad today, and that's not like me. *sigh*
Phew! What a week! I don't know the last time I've been so happy for Friday to get here! Not only did I have a ton of work to do (still not done), we had a client visit, I'm exhausted from being on extra mommy duty because DH has been working nights, but I also have people at church piling extra responsibilities on me! So needless to say, this chick is T.I.R.E.D!
I was able to jog before and during work on both Monday and Wednesday, so that's good. I was supposed to jog again before work today but my boss asked to me to come in early. No problem, I think to myself, I'll just wake up at 5 am and get on the treadmill.....or so I thought. 3am: 2-year old wakes up crying with a fever. Now this is the same child who had gone to bed perfectly fine, bossing her big brother around telling him to go to bed! Now she's not feeling well! So, there goes my 5 am wake-up, because after settling her down it was after 4:30am. At least my intentions were good--an A for effort maybe?
Side note: despite all the jogging, the scale was still the same--bummer! I think I'll put it away until the end of the month. It's starting to get on my nerves!
After this long week, I am looking forward to this weekend. DH and I are going to a Valentine's Intimate Dinner and then to a hotel for the night (we actually have an overnight babysitter!) To prepare for the dinner, we're gonna go to the mall and pick out new outfits, so you know what that means: RETAIL THERAPY!
I can feel the relief coming already!
Have an awesome weekend ('cause I dang sure plan to!)
I am drowing in work right now but I wanted to let you all know I haven't forgotten about you. I promise I'll catch up on everyone's blogs by Friday. We're having a client audit/visit tomorrow and I am so busy I can hardly catch my breath. I probably won't be able to log on tomorrow because the client will be here, so I'll talk to you all on Friday!
A few blogs I've been reading lately have taken a look back into January at all of the successes and failures had. So I decided to do something similar. And the first thing that popped into my head were the numbers on the scale. My first WI of January: 194.4. My last WI of January: 193 *crickets*
1.4 pounds lost in 31 days!! How disgusting! I've been at this weight loss thing for several months now so you would think I would have learned a thing or two along the way. And I admit that I have. But learning and doing are 2 different things.
So I look back: Were all the peanut M&M's, Doritos, cookies and cake worth it? No way! All the mornings I made up excuses to stay in the bed instead of getting up and working out--where did it get me? Absolutely nowhere. I can visualize in my head me being a thinner, toner version of myself, but actually making it happen----different story. I've been like a hamster on a wheel; all that exercise on the treadmill, and no progress.
Maybe that's why running is so liberating for me. I'm running out of a past life that I should have left behind a long time ago, and am running into a new existence. I'm leaving old thoughts behind and creating new ones. God gave us an extra day in February this year, so on Feb. 29th, 2008, I am going to be able to look back on February and see a difference on the scale. My legs will be more shapely, my waistline will emerge from under the blubber. My arms will show the world that yes, there are muscles under there. So I run.
Remember last week when I was talking about jogging during work, and i let a hill punk me? Well this morning when I went out there, I was determined to jog my padonka donk up that hill! What seemed like Mt. Everest to me is only actually a little hill on our walking trail. Okay, maybe more of an incline, but STILL......it feels like a hill to me! I'm happy to report I kicked that hill's tail today! I did it! Yeah, I'm a little proud of myself so I excuse me while I dust my shoulders off!
Okay, I'm back down out of the clouds now! I had not been exercising like I should for the last few weeks so this weekend I made up my mind that it's time to get back on track. My birthday's gone, the superbowl is over, and now it's time to get back down to the nitty gritty (again)! Plus my eating was over the top this weekend with Superbowl snacks and Red Lobster. It was not a pretty site! The biscuits at R. Lobster were great, but other than that, it's not worth the money. What the heck am I supposed to do with 4 little crab legs? Where I come from we sit the whole pot on the table, spread some newspaper out and go to town! I don't think I'll be going back there again anytime soon.
My pedicure on the other hand was worth every penny! I will definitely be a frequent pedicure-er (I made that word up) once the summertime gets here!
Have a happy Monday--the un-official day to start all over again! Let's do it!
It's been raining here all morning long. Don't get me wrong, I'm very thankful for the rain; I've even been praying for it. I had been looking outside the window next to my desk to see if it would stop raining just long enough for me to go jogging during my lunch break. See, I know that Precious will not step foot outside when it's raining. She's worried to death that her hair will have a Chia Pet look going on when she comes back inside. So, at 1:00, I look outside and this is something like what I see.
Okay, it's raining. I'll wait a while and see if it stops. 1:30--still raining, so I decide to just go sit in the breakroom during my break.
Wouldn't you know that 30 minutes later, as soon as I sit down back at my desk, the sky looks like this:
Okay, God, there must have been some unseen danger out there for me today that you shielded me from. Maybe a pack of wild dogs was loose or a masked gunman was looking for his next victim. Maybe I would have slipped on the wet pavement and hurt myself. Whatever it was, I choose to thank You for having my back!
No need in crying over spilled milk (or rain drops in my case). I'll do my best to get on the treadmill tonight (yes, we have our TV back, finally!) Besides, my husband just sent me a text message; he's taking us to Red Lobster tonight for dinner! Let the birthday celebrations continue!
Yeah, my family spoils me during my birthday "week". I deserve it, and they know it! *popping my collar*
Have a beautiful weekend, rain or shine (or snow for some of you).
I really don't know what has come over me! When I first started doing C25K, I hated every step of it! My chest hurt, my legs burned, and my hairstyles were being sweat out (still hate that!). But over a few short months, I am actually starting to enjoy jogging! I really cannot believe I'm saying that. I used to HATE even the idea of running, now I actually look forward to it. It's like a fitness-crazed alien has taken over my body!
Yesterday I convinced Precious and ThickDiva to see how far we could jog during our lunch time. We all did pretty well, but I was a little disappointed that I let a hill punk me. I got scared and just started walking up the hill instead of trying to run. Anyway, when I got finished, I felt good. I had a meeting shortly after that, and you know what I was daydreaming about the whole time? Running! I was planning when I could get my next run in. I was actually going to try to run again when I got home from work! WTH? What happened to the old Monica? She's slowly fading away and the new improved version of me is emerging!
Now if I could get my eating under better control I'd be okay. Someone brought in desserts from Panera Bread yesterday for my birthday lunch at work, today we had a pizza party and another coworker brought in some homemade apple dumplings! Lord, help me! Needless to say, I won't be having any real dinner tonight. Me and my favorite cereal will get real cozy with each other instead!
I know it's pretty hard to see, but this is how my desk was decorated when I came back into work today. If you look closely, the little white blob to the left of the keyboard is a cow statue. He's our group's birthday cow. He always visits on birthdays and brings candy, popcorn, gum, etc. It feels good to be remembered on my birthday!
I just want to thank everybody who took the time to stop by yesterday and wish me a happy birthday. It really means a lot. I had a very relaxing day. The hubby and I went to breakfast together, came home and took a "nap" and had a very peaceful time. No kids, no cooking, no cleaning--what more could I have asked for!
I did not go get my pedicure though. My husband wants to get it for me on Saturday. Of course the little devil on my shoulder tried to cop a 'tude, but that only lasted a half a second. It will not harm anything if I wait until this weekend. Plus, I'm working on this whole "let a man be a man" concept. (That's hard for some of us women. Okay, maybe it's just me!)
On this past Sunday he took me to my all-time favorite restaurant, Kanki, and this coming-up weekend, I get to pick another restaurant. I haven't had any of those crack cheddar biscuits from Red Lobster in a while, so maybe I'll go there. Don't worry, I'll only have 1 (or 2) biscuits!
Anyway, I had a very good birthday and I missed you all yesterday. I'm back now, though! Time to get back down to "bidness"!
Oh yeah, I added a new picture. It was taken today at work. I'm sitting at Precious' desk so that mess you see in the background is hers!
Tomorrow is my birthday, and it's the only day of the year where it's all about me! Christmas is for the children, Mother's Day is for me, but also my mom, grandma, mother-in-law, etc. Valentine's Day is not just for me because I, too have to be at Target on Feb. 13th with all the other procrastinators scanning the almost-empty card aisle for a $5 piece of cardboard that expresses my love for my husband. But not tomorrow! Jan. 29th is my day! I don't know anybody else I have to share my day with (except Oprah, but I don't "know" her).
It may sound a little arrogant, but you know what, so be it! All year long we mothers give and give selflessly and if I want to make 1 day out of 365 about me, I will!
My unofficial WI this morning was 192.2; not my goal of 189, but I'm still happy with it. I changed my WI day from Monday to Friday. I can't remember who, but somebody on EP commented and told me I was pretty much crazy for having my WI day be the day right after my splurge day. Makes sense, so Friday it is.
Anyhoo, I still plan to get my pedicure tomorrow. I didn't know I needed an appointment, so thanks for schoolin' ya girl on that. I was just going to walk into one of those nail shops and let them hook me up, but since it's my first one, I thought I'd go for something a little more luxurious. I'm still deciding on the spa in the mall or another one in town. I'll let you know!
See you all on Wednesday because I'm off work tomorrow. Since I work on the computer all day at work, the last thing I want to do at home is log on. So until then, ciao!
*go shawty, it's your birthday, we gon' party like it's your birthday!*
I don't know what made me think about it, but for some reason I was remembering one of the classic movies me and the family like to watch sometimes: MAJOR PAYNE! It's so hilarious--we just crack up the whole time we're looking at it!
Then I got to thinking about running a 5k race (thanks to TatumsMom and txlass *dripping with sarcasm*). I really think I'm going to try one. Now if I could get all of these negative thoughts out to my head: what if I'm the biggest one there? What if I'm the only one that walks part of the race? What if I finish dead last and then I'll REALLY look like the out-of-shape fat girl? I'm not usually the type of person who gives a flying fig what people think about me (my mama taught me that!), but for some reason, I'm having a little self-doubt right now.
There are several coming up in my area to choose from but I think I'm leaning toward The Race of Grace. When I was searcing for races I found this one that does not appeal to me at all! I don't think my husband would appreciate it either! WTH?!
Never in a million years would I ever have imagined myself actually running in a race! Like I said in an earlier post, I am constantly reinventing myself. And man, does it feel good! Now the only thing I have to do is start training (seriously) for the 5K. If only I had a trainer like Major Payne!
I probably won't be able to log on tomorrow because the client will be here, so I'll talk to you all on Friday!
Okay, it's raining. I'll wait a while and see if it stops. 1:30--still raining, so I decide to just go sit in the breakroom during my break. 
Okay, God, there must have been some unseen danger out there for me today that you shielded me from. Maybe a pack of wild dogs was loose or a masked gunman was looking for his next victim. Maybe I would have slipped on the wet pavement and hurt myself. Whatever it was, I choose to thank You for having my back!
on my shoulder tried to cop a 'tude, but that only lasted a half a second. It will not harm anything if I wait until this weekend. Plus, I'm working on this whole "let a man be a man" concept. (That's hard for some of us women. Okay, maybe it's just me!) 
