best husband in the world [part 3]

Work has been hell the past two days. Without my boss there it’s so hard to get anything done and I’m just a wreck trying make sure I do what I can. I actually got a lot done today but my day was kind of ruined when a patients daughter came in and blasted us for something had happened. I truly hate when that happens [it doesn’t happen often] and makes me feel horrible. I try to do 100% for these people [hell I would want someone to do that for me or my family] and when a mistake happens [not my fault but still] it totally sucks. I don’t want someone bad mouthing my employer [even if I do]. Luckily we were able to get things under control before she totally went nuts.

My Mom is here!! Yeah! She is staying with my sister Lynnell right now. We went down to see her on Sunday and spent the afternoon with my family. It was nice to spend some time with them. My Mom is so skinny now since losing 41 pounds. It’s strange that this is the first time I remember her being this thin. She lost 95 pounds in the 70’s following WW but I don’t remember that. I always remember her being heavy. She looks so good! We’re going to WW together this weekend.

Saturday Crash Monaco played and it was so much fun. Ellen and I had a great time. I didn’t eat too much at the party [a little pasta]. I was so cold by the time we left. I wished I had brought my sweatshirt which I had thought about but didn’t think I would need since it’s August!

Sunday morning I woke up and was pissed as all hell because my allergies were flaring up really badly. By the time we left for my sister’s house I couldn’t see out of my right eye. Lynnell totally freaked when she saw it, she hadn’t before.

So having my allergies flare up on Sunday meant I skipped the gym. But I did get in a run at home on the treadmill of 5.02 miles. Not any faster then my last time [slower actually] but I was happy. However I haven’t worked out since. I’ve been slacking big time and have to get back to the gym tomorrow.

Eating is good. Now. Saturday and Sunday not so good. Sunday was really bad because I was so mad about my allergies. I was not a lot of fun.

Monday Earl took me to Whole Foods and Barnes and Noble after work. Best. Husband. EVER!

Carl Edwards RULES! [Ryan Newman is still my favorite driver] Sweep!!!

I bought “Twilight” yesterday. Yes I know it’s for teenagers. Shut up I don’t care. And I love it.

Rascal Flatts on Friday night. Bristol race on Saturday night.

Busy weekend ahead.

I will update more this week I promise. I wish work wasn’t such a bitch.

The Secret Lives of Woman

I didn’t want to go and weigh in this morning but I went anyway. And I wasn’t going to stay for the meeting but I did that, too.

Happily I gained only point 4. Wednesday I was up 2.8 pounds or something stupid like that. So all my exercising and switching my food around helped. I’m sure the lack of carbs is helping since I tend to eat a lot of them when I’m following Flex. So now I’ve lost 11.4 pounds which is kewl.

No exercise today. It’s a much needed day of rest. I was thinking of going for a run but my shins are still bothering me and I worked out A LOT this week [Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday] so I know one day off will be fine. Back at it tomorrow. I actually miss it.

Today we are going to a party and Earl’s band, Crash Monaco, will be playing later tonight. I’m nervous about the food situation. Anyway…

I would like to know why Nascar.com felt it was necessary to have Kyle Busch talk about Tony and Ryan teaming up together. Since one is Shrub the expert on all things racing?

And I’d also like to say I would like to be the female Michael Phelps. It’s only because he eats like 12,000 calories and doesn’t gain weight. In fact he has a hard time keeping weight on. Yes, the man is an amazing athlete and I’m in awe of him. But man wouldn’t I love to have that problem.

Feel a little bit like I’m getting sick. Hopefully it’s allergies.

And my new tv addiction is “The Secret Lives of Woman”. Love it!

Enjoy your weekend!!

hootie is country?

Seriously? Darius Rucker the lead singer is played on the country station all the time. Why is everyone going country now? Jewel. Jessica Simpson and now Hootie.

I adore my husband. I love the man to death and you know why he is the best husband in the world [part 2]? Because he’s been cleaning around the apartment since he hasn’t been working and I walked into the apartment yesterday to find my Winnie the pooh clock I got for xmas ages ago hanging up in the bedroom. New blinds hung up and a lot of cleaning done in the bedroom as well. And then today he put together my bakers rack that I got for xmas (it looks wonderful, too) and even bought me a STP cd [although I do have it already he was thinking of me and I love him so much]. And I’m so proud of him because he starts school a month from today and seems so excited about it.

Kicked out another awesome workout this morning. I strolled into the gym at 6am this morning. Yep I said 6am. I did cardio only and burned off 714 calories on the elliptical in 65 minutes.

Tomorrow my husband’s band is playing another party and I’m nervous about the eating part. I’ve had a tough time today because I’ve been wanting to eat everything but I’ve managed not to (so far).

My boss won’t be back to work until August 28^th. I am so glad because she needed a vacation. Trust me, we all get burnt out.

And officially Ryan Newman will be racing for Stewart/Haas next year. I’m very excited about this and can’t wait to see how 2009 goes for my driver.

feeling sorry

There was no update for me yesterday because I was too busy feeling sorry for myself. I was totally focused on the wrong things and made some changes last night that I’m pretty happy with.

I started Core today and so far so good. I wasn’t nearly as hungry as I usually am at work and found that my mind was not focused on food all day and when I could eat next and all that. I didn’t even eat all the food I brought with me to work which is a big plus. I think it’s good for me to make a change and try something different since I’ve been counting points for nearly 3 months now. I totally love the Core plan and know it works. It worked for me before and it will work again. I can always switch back to Flex next week if I want. The only thing I don’t like is the cutting back on carbs thing because I need my carbs to keep me going (since I exercise so much). But I did it before when I was running a lot and it didn’t seem to phase me so I know I’ll be fine.

I even cooked my lunch for tomorrow while I was making dinner tonight.

I skipped the gym yesterday but went this morning. I did 45 minutes on the elliptical and then 40 minutes of weights. I believe tomorrow is just going to be a cardio day.

I’m not sure what is going to happen this weekend. My plan is to workout Saturday since I maybe out late that night and not want to get up and workout on Sunday. We’ll see.

I really need to do some work on my stomach. Ew.

Work has been busy. What else can I say about it? It’s the same old, same old.

random thoughts

Work was so hectic today. Ugh! One thing I don’t understand is how you can bitch and moan to people about not putting progress notes into the computer system but then not do it yourself? Don’t get it. Also I don’t get how the receptionists can just dump a doctor into your voicemail and not think twice about it. Whatever.

The weather is nice and cool here in Connecticut today. But you wouldn’t have known it if you were in my gym this morning. Damn. You know it’s hot when your calves are sweating. But it was another good workout for me. So far I’ve worked out 4 days in a row. We’ll see how I feel tomorrow morning when the alarm goes off. My gym bag is all packed and ready to go but who knows what tomorrow is going to bring for me.

And now for some randomness:

My husbands band is playing on Saturday night.

Rascal Flatts is only 10 days away.

I wish I was going to see STP again. I can’t believe it will be a week ago tomorrow that I was seeing them in concert again. It seems like yesterday.

Can’t believe we’ll be celebrating our 8 year wedding anniversary next month. I am so lucky!!

Why do people have huge, long, conversations while sitting on equipment at the gym?

I find it sad that I’m nearly as smart as the teens on teen Jeopardy.

I get a raise next month at work. Yeah!!

Hubby will be going back to school soon (for those that don’t know he was laid off 2 months ago).

I do entirely too much laundry for a 2 person household.

I am very tired.

I think I killed a bird this morning.

I think I killed a bird this morning.

Not exactly the best way to start off my blog but it’s what happened on my way to the gym. Now I am a HUGE animal lover. I can’t stand seeing hurt animals on tv (I’m looking at you Sarah McLaughlin and your ASPCA commercial) or watch them get hurt in movies (you should have seen me at the theatre when I saw “March of the Penguins”) or anything BAD happening to an animal. I would rather hit an oncoming car then to run over some helpless bird or squirrel or whatever. So this morning I’m nearly at the gym and there were a couple birds in the road. So I moved over as not to hit them and one flew up and slammed into my windshield. Just thinking of that noise right now makes my eyes well up. It was horrible. I sat in the parking lot of the gym crying for like 5 minutes and almost didn’t go in. I know, I’m a sucker but I just love animals so much.

But I did go in to the gym and enjoyed my workout, even with my really sore legs. I did 45 minutes of cardio and 40 minutes of weights. I know that I’ve mentioned this before, but I seriously hate when people don’t clean equipment at the gym. It’s freaking nasty. I don’t understand WHY people can’t take the 2 seconds it takes to clean off their nasty sweat and whatever else they may be leaving behind for me to sit on. Eek! I thought that the gym would be busy (since it’s Monday) but it wasn’t busy at all

And today I went back to work after having 5 days off. It wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be and I was quite busy so the day went by quickly. I ended up staying late today because we had an order come over late and I had to stay for the paperwork. My boss was in a better mood today, must be because she is leaving for Florida in 4 days.

My Mom will be here in just 5 days! I can’t wait to see her!! She’s lost over 40 pounds now, too. I probably won’t recognize her. Honest!!

I am really starting to notice a difference in all my clothes. Most of my clothes are getting loose. Yesterday I had a pair of jeans on that I was stepping on. I may have to retire them soon. Oh darn! Ha ha.

Today at work I saw a cousin of mine that I haven’t seen since I was probably 8 years old. I wouldn’t even have remembered him if it wasn’t for Ellen. Our families were closer when I was younger but obviously not so much now. So that is 2 family members that I’ve gotten back in touch with over the past couple of months (the first being my sister).

I didn’t watch the race yesterday but man Ryan was so close to having a good finish. I guess he was running 3^rd and then spun out (by himself!). I am so sick of Kyle Busch. It’s annoying that he’s won 8 races. I don’t enjoy seeing the same person win every week. Snore!

I’m off for now. Not sure if I’m going to watch more Olympics or “Intervention” tonight.

a quick update

So yesterday I was supposed to go the gym but didn’t. However I did use my treadmill and managed 5.06 miles so that pleased me.

I spent most of yesterday doing nothing. Well I did laundry and did some cleaning around the house but for the most part I just sort of relaxed and enjoyed my Saturday.

I cooked meatloaf for dinner (ww of course) and then the husband and I watched “Cloverfield”. That was a pretty good movie. Then we watched some beach volleyball and then I went to bed before I got to see swimming.

This morning I again skipped the gym. I seriously don’t know what my problem is with getting up and going to the gym on Sunday. I don’t know if I just enjoy sleeping too much or what. But I did again manage to use the treadmill and pulled off 5.13 miles in 70 minutes. My shins were KILLING me so a lot of it was just power walking but it’s something.

Today I’m not sure what we’re going to do. Probably just watch more Olympics. I’m enjoying my last day before going back to work tomorrow. I’m hoping that my boss has gotten over her bitchy attitude by tomorrow. She needs to stop acting like she’s the only one with work to do and a vacation coming up to worry about. Get over yourself!!

Go Newman!!