Stranded at Starbucks

So. I've been off-plan for a while. But I'm BACK, baby.

And even though I am the Queen of Starbucks today, I'm still on plan. Mostly because I imported lunch from Subway next door.

Tacky, tacky.

I know.

BUT I'm on plan, so I don't care.

Bwa ha ha...

Salad Days

Today was amazing.

I ate two salads.
Reworked over 7,000 words of the dissertation.
Finished grading for most of a class.
Had dinner with a friend and her kiddo (and S-Baby).
Went to Target.
Shaved.
Fell asleep by 8:30 or so.

And then... I woke up with pink eye. Again.

But did you read about the salads?

weighty times

Sigh. Life is so difficult sometimes, for so many people. You know, I sit here and think about my world and my problems. And, let’s be honest, sometimes I wallow a little. Flying to NY was difficult last week - the seats were constrictive, and I wasn’t super thrilled with being stuck on the runway for almost two hours - TWICE! - in planes that were packed to the gills with people.

But then I came home to find that the brother of one of my dear friends had been killed in a car accident, and I can’t even imagine her grief. It tears at my heart to even breathe the thought of being in her position.

And another friend is trapped in a body that has begun to fail him because of the MS that he’s been carrying in his system for nine years - and he’s just an amazing person with so much life and energy that it’s hard for him to be in this position.

We all carry the weight of our souls with us; I forget, sometimes, just how heavy that can be.

half-assed...

So. Today was a little extreme in terms of food.

AM - 1 pancake, 2 eggs, 2 pieces bacon, 2 pieces sausage
Lunch - 2 double cheeseburgers, 1 small fry
Snack - a LITTLE bit of popcorn at Harry Potter 7.1
Dinner - Mashed potatoes, grilled shrimp (6), chicken

Exercise - haven't decided yet. But I'll get 10+ minutes in before bed.

I think that part of the issue is that I was so stinking relieved that the kiddo slept in until 7 this morning that I was in celebratory mode. And then I was cold (we've had a cold rain going pretty much all day) and in a hurry for lunch. Dinner wasn't bad, imo. That lunch-time stuff though; that was a little wonky.

So, not as a reward for my slackerness, but as a motivator to keep going, I downloaded Half-Assed to the Kindle to read. I also grabbed my print copies of Julia Cameron's The Writing Diet and Chris Downie's The Spark to read through over this Thanksgiving Day weekend.

Will let you know how it goes...

yesterday...

I'm so bad at back-tracking what I ate if it's been more than 24 hours. Today is not actually 11/23; it's 11/24. And I have a vague recollection... but not much of one.

In fact, I barely remember 11/23. Mostly because le bebe woke up again at 3:30 in the morning - and stayed awake. Again. So the day itself was kind of a sleepless blur.

Here's what I remember:
Lunch - crab nachos @ Joe's Crab Shack, 1/2 plate
Dinner - soup, sandwich, part of a peanut butter rice krispy bar @ McAllisters.

I think that I danced in the morning with the kiddo. I wouldn't swear to that, though.

Oh well. Moving on...

Hoarders

The bebe woke up this morning at 3:30. We did not go back to bed. It made for a tired kind of day.

Food:
Snack - muffin
Breakfast - 2 sausage burritos (mcd's)
Lunch - hummus & veggies, soup
Snack - yogurt & granola
Dinner - sandwich, cheese stick, hummus & veggies (a little)
Snack(s) - popsicle, mints... cough drops?

Exercise:
cleaning out the garage


So. Off topic, a little. I'm watching Hoarders while I write this post, and I definitely see some overlap between the kinds of compulsions that the people on this show have and the kinds of compulsions that overeaters have. And, at first, I was watching the show thinking, "At least my house isn't like that." But now I'm watching it wondering if we don't all have something that we're at least a little obsessive about.

cookie love

Thanksgiving Break has (kind of) started for me already. I teach two classes tomorrow morning, but they're both kind of a Q&A re: the students' final projects, so that's easy. On one hand, the fact that it's turkey break is awesome; even with the coughing, I can already feel my body starting to relax. On the other hand, my brain seems to have been hardwired to grab extra sweets to celebrate the fact that I'm on vacation. I have a real fondness for sugar cookies with icing, and they're, what?, in season (?) right now. This is unfortunate. Going to have to ground myself from the grocery store over the next three days.

In the meantime, here was today:

Breakfast: two cinnamon muffins
Lunch: pulled pork sandwich, a couple bites of green bean casserole & cheesy potatoes, cookies (3)
Dinner: 1/2 small basket of onion rings, 1 cheese stick, 3 boneless wings (B-Dubs)
Snack: ice cream
Snack: ham salad on Hawaiian rolls (2)

Exercise: 20 minutes of Just Dance

Looking over what I ate, it looks like total crap. Or, at least, like there are absolutely zero veggies. So, tomorrow... veggies! Maybe hummus & veggies for lunch? Hmm... I need more ideas re: how to better incorporate veggies into my daily life...