So when I was at home yesterday, I realized that I hate my job entirely too much to continue doing it. I'm going to start looking for a new job pronto. I'm just cranky all the time because of this place, and I can't take it anymore.
I need to find something else before August so I don't have to go back to New Orleans. I'm bringing my computer home tonight to throw together a resume (I haven't had one of those since I got my internship 5 years ago).
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
the universe hates me
So I'm normally awesome at taking my birth control pills at exactly the same time every day. I can accomplish this because I have a daily alarm set on my cell phone to go off at 7pm. However, apparently the oldness of my phone has made it retarded...I realized yesterday that I couldn't remember it going off for the past few days and I whipped out my pills and realized I'd missed 3 days. Awesome. This, right here, is why I will never have sex without a minimum of two birth control methods before I'm married.
So if I had the internet in my house I would have done some research on what to do in this situation. But I didn't. So I just took two pills last night instead of one, like I do when I only miss one day. And then this morning, I took two more. I was planning on then taking two tomorrow and it all being worked out again. But then my stomach started hurting. Kind of like the cramps I used to get before I went on the pill. My time of the month was a week ago, so clearly my body is confused by this new development. I looked online, and apparently if you've missed one or two pills, you can take two in one day (but not at the same time), but if you've missed three you're just supposed to throw out your pack and start new. It's a new pack anyway, so I'll just pick up tomorrow taking one pill at a time. But my god, does my stomach hurt. It's time to leave work early and lay on my couch for the rest of the day now.
The point of this post is this: you should never depend on only one type of birth control unless you would be relatively ok with getting pregnant. And I'm ordering a new cell phone immediately. Also, I should have internet access in my house.
Side note: Blake told me if I was pregnant, he wouldn't pay me child support because it was my fault. I informed him that that's not really how it works, and that I would be bleeding him dry for the rest of his life. We have such a positive relationship sometimes.
So if I had the internet in my house I would have done some research on what to do in this situation. But I didn't. So I just took two pills last night instead of one, like I do when I only miss one day. And then this morning, I took two more. I was planning on then taking two tomorrow and it all being worked out again. But then my stomach started hurting. Kind of like the cramps I used to get before I went on the pill. My time of the month was a week ago, so clearly my body is confused by this new development. I looked online, and apparently if you've missed one or two pills, you can take two in one day (but not at the same time), but if you've missed three you're just supposed to throw out your pack and start new. It's a new pack anyway, so I'll just pick up tomorrow taking one pill at a time. But my god, does my stomach hurt. It's time to leave work early and lay on my couch for the rest of the day now.
The point of this post is this: you should never depend on only one type of birth control unless you would be relatively ok with getting pregnant. And I'm ordering a new cell phone immediately. Also, I should have internet access in my house.
Side note: Blake told me if I was pregnant, he wouldn't pay me child support because it was my fault. I informed him that that's not really how it works, and that I would be bleeding him dry for the rest of his life. We have such a positive relationship sometimes.
healthy living update
Here are my stats from my first full week.
pounds lost: 1
Wii fit usage: 6 mornings
Gym cardio sessions 4 (should be 5)
Strength training sessions: 3 (should be 4)
Non-gym cardio sessions: 1 (DDR)
Meals eaten at restaurants: 1.5 (.5 for the partial catered lunch I had at work)
Crappy dinners eaten: 1 (cereal because I botched cooking my chicken)
I'm doing pretty well, although I need to do one more gym day a week to get to my goal. I also need to lose 4 pounds in the next 3 weeks, so I have to work a little bit harder. But overall it's going pretty well. Happy Monday everyone!
pounds lost: 1
Wii fit usage: 6 mornings
Gym cardio sessions 4 (should be 5)
Strength training sessions: 3 (should be 4)
Non-gym cardio sessions: 1 (DDR)
Meals eaten at restaurants: 1.5 (.5 for the partial catered lunch I had at work)
Crappy dinners eaten: 1 (cereal because I botched cooking my chicken)
I'm doing pretty well, although I need to do one more gym day a week to get to my goal. I also need to lose 4 pounds in the next 3 weeks, so I have to work a little bit harder. But overall it's going pretty well. Happy Monday everyone!
weekend activities
This was the first weekend in months that I had completely to myself with no set plans in place. And it was glorious. Friday night after Blake and I grilled some dinner, Tim came over and we played a lot of Rock Band. Tim is on guitar at about the level I'm at on drums, so it was really fun. Blake sang a bit. Good times.
Saturday we went to a vet appointment with the kitties at 7am. So we were a bit tired all day. Although we handle "tired" differently. I was lazy, and Blake did a bunch of housework. I went to Target, the Farmer's Market, and the grocery store, and then hit the gym, napped and sat around. Blake cleaned everything he could get his hands on (except for the bathroom, which I had to do Sunday. Boo). Then Scotty came over and we played some Wii, and then me and Scotty went to Howl at the Moon to meet up with Carrie and some other people. Blake, due to his lack of napping, went to bed. Howl at the Moon is a fun dueling piano bar that just opened. It was really good times.
Yesterday I decided to not deal with the gym (maybe because I was out until 2am Saturday night? I wasn't hung over though, I only had three beers). I did all of my required housework and stopped at Best Buy to check on the Mario Kart situation (a no-go). Then Tim, Scotty, and Carrie came over and we went to the lake. We did some floating around for a bit and then Blake, Carrie, and Tim skiied. And then it started to storm. Which sucked. Mostly for Blake, who had to cover up the boat in the pouring rain. We all went back to my place and I made some pizzas (the Teeter now carries frozen dough. My life is complete). We also played more Rock Band and watched the first episode of the new season of Big Brother. Good times.
After Tim left, I put the Rock Band back in its bag for the week. It takes up too much space to be set up all the time, so we've decided to make it a weekend-only activity.
And I'm about to suck it up and pay above retail for Mario Kart because I'm getting super tired of trying to find it. I'm giving Best Buy one more chance (tomorrow, when I go to get the first Track Pack for Rock Band) and then I'm ordering it from Amazon.com.
Saturday we went to a vet appointment with the kitties at 7am. So we were a bit tired all day. Although we handle "tired" differently. I was lazy, and Blake did a bunch of housework. I went to Target, the Farmer's Market, and the grocery store, and then hit the gym, napped and sat around. Blake cleaned everything he could get his hands on (except for the bathroom, which I had to do Sunday. Boo). Then Scotty came over and we played some Wii, and then me and Scotty went to Howl at the Moon to meet up with Carrie and some other people. Blake, due to his lack of napping, went to bed. Howl at the Moon is a fun dueling piano bar that just opened. It was really good times.
Yesterday I decided to not deal with the gym (maybe because I was out until 2am Saturday night? I wasn't hung over though, I only had three beers). I did all of my required housework and stopped at Best Buy to check on the Mario Kart situation (a no-go). Then Tim, Scotty, and Carrie came over and we went to the lake. We did some floating around for a bit and then Blake, Carrie, and Tim skiied. And then it started to storm. Which sucked. Mostly for Blake, who had to cover up the boat in the pouring rain. We all went back to my place and I made some pizzas (the Teeter now carries frozen dough. My life is complete). We also played more Rock Band and watched the first episode of the new season of Big Brother. Good times.
After Tim left, I put the Rock Band back in its bag for the week. It takes up too much space to be set up all the time, so we've decided to make it a weekend-only activity.
And I'm about to suck it up and pay above retail for Mario Kart because I'm getting super tired of trying to find it. I'm giving Best Buy one more chance (tomorrow, when I go to get the first Track Pack for Rock Band) and then I'm ordering it from Amazon.com.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Botch
The theme of my life last night was "Botch." First, when I left the office, it was a complete downpour, and the wind was so strong that I couldn't use an umbrella and I almost got blown away. Because of this, I did a quick calculation in my head and walked directly home instead of to the gym. The thought of walking to the gym and getting soaked only to work out and then have to somehow get my soaking wet clothing home was unappealing. And man, did I get soaked. Of course it stopped raining entirely about 30 minutes after I got home.
In lieu of my gym routine, I used the workout mode on my Dance Dance Revolution for 30 minutes. I'm actually slightly improving at the game. Yay. However, now I have to get my lazy ass to the gym today, tomorrow, and Sunday to meet my 5-day quota for the week. Boo.
After botching the gym, I botched dinner. I marinated some chicken in salad dressing and was planning to steam some veggies and make baked sweet potatoes. The chicken had been defrosting in the fridge since Monday, so I assumed it would be fully defrosted. Try again. After cooking it for a seriously long time, the larger piece was still cold inside. Blake was mad, so I gave him my piece, which was smaller and fully cooked. So I was chicken-less. Then, my first experience with baking sweet potatoes failed because apparently it takes a ridiculously long time to bake them. I had them in for 45 minutes, and they were almost inedible. I will be "baking" them via microwave from now on. I put mine in the microwave for a few minutes to finish up and then ate most of it. However, my lack of protein due to the chicken debacle made me starving about an hour later, so I had a bowl of cereal. Not great. Blake did say that the fully cooked chicken was very good, so I guess that's a plus?
I was of course in a horrible mood after the dinner botching, so Blake cleaned up for me. Yay. Then, because he was mocked by the Wii Fit the other day, he decided to actually use it last night and I had a pretty good time watching him. I also watched some TV and read some of this month's Shape. This helped the mood slightly.
It's Friday! Yay! I don't have a whole lot of plans this weekend, other than the aforementioned gym activity. I also desperately need a pedicure, there's a huge sale at Crate & Barrel that I want to stop in on, and we're bringing the kitties to the vet for their annual check up tomorrow. I may also get to the lake at some point. Tim's making some noise about playing Rock Band, so perhaps we'll have some kind of video game shindig. Who knows. Have a good weekend, everyone!
In lieu of my gym routine, I used the workout mode on my Dance Dance Revolution for 30 minutes. I'm actually slightly improving at the game. Yay. However, now I have to get my lazy ass to the gym today, tomorrow, and Sunday to meet my 5-day quota for the week. Boo.
After botching the gym, I botched dinner. I marinated some chicken in salad dressing and was planning to steam some veggies and make baked sweet potatoes. The chicken had been defrosting in the fridge since Monday, so I assumed it would be fully defrosted. Try again. After cooking it for a seriously long time, the larger piece was still cold inside. Blake was mad, so I gave him my piece, which was smaller and fully cooked. So I was chicken-less. Then, my first experience with baking sweet potatoes failed because apparently it takes a ridiculously long time to bake them. I had them in for 45 minutes, and they were almost inedible. I will be "baking" them via microwave from now on. I put mine in the microwave for a few minutes to finish up and then ate most of it. However, my lack of protein due to the chicken debacle made me starving about an hour later, so I had a bowl of cereal. Not great. Blake did say that the fully cooked chicken was very good, so I guess that's a plus?
I was of course in a horrible mood after the dinner botching, so Blake cleaned up for me. Yay. Then, because he was mocked by the Wii Fit the other day, he decided to actually use it last night and I had a pretty good time watching him. I also watched some TV and read some of this month's Shape. This helped the mood slightly.
It's Friday! Yay! I don't have a whole lot of plans this weekend, other than the aforementioned gym activity. I also desperately need a pedicure, there's a huge sale at Crate & Barrel that I want to stop in on, and we're bringing the kitties to the vet for their annual check up tomorrow. I may also get to the lake at some point. Tim's making some noise about playing Rock Band, so perhaps we'll have some kind of video game shindig. Who knows. Have a good weekend, everyone!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Of Course.
So, I've been so positive about my whole diet and exercise thing, it was certain that something was going to come and slap me in the face. And here it is.
Starting Saturday and ending next Friday, it is Restaurant Week in Charlotte. What this means is that a slew of (normally expensive) restaurants around the city have put together special 3-4 course menus which will cost $30/person for dinner all week. A lot of them sound awesome. I've already made a reservation at Melting Pot for me and Blake and Susan and Chris because Susan and I have never been there and there's no way I won't love melted cheese and chocolate. Blake and I are also considering going on a date somewhere else (Ruth's Chris or M5 probably). It's not too often that you get to eat super expensive meals for $30/person. And as an avid foodie, I'm stoked.
Our Melting Pot excursion is next Thursday, so I need to be super good about eating and working out until then. I even thought to make the reservation at 7:15 so that I would have ample time to work out after work before eating. I need to go on the defensive before I fill my stomach with cheesy goodness.
Of course I also have training for work twice this week, which comes with catered lunch. Today, fortunately, it was Brixx's pizza and there was no dessert to speak of. There was also no salad. So I had the carrots and spinach salad that I brought for lunch and then two slices (they're really small personal pizzas) of vegetable pizza. At least I'm getting my veggies in. I have no idea what's on the menu tomorrow, but we've already gotten an email about there being both breakfast and lunch provided. I'm going to try my hardest to avoid the breakfast situation all together...because I love breakfast buffets way too much to get out of there with anything that would be considered even remotely healthy. I'm going to bring myself another salad tomorrow just in case. This healthy eating thing is harder than it looks.
Starting Saturday and ending next Friday, it is Restaurant Week in Charlotte. What this means is that a slew of (normally expensive) restaurants around the city have put together special 3-4 course menus which will cost $30/person for dinner all week. A lot of them sound awesome. I've already made a reservation at Melting Pot for me and Blake and Susan and Chris because Susan and I have never been there and there's no way I won't love melted cheese and chocolate. Blake and I are also considering going on a date somewhere else (Ruth's Chris or M5 probably). It's not too often that you get to eat super expensive meals for $30/person. And as an avid foodie, I'm stoked.
Our Melting Pot excursion is next Thursday, so I need to be super good about eating and working out until then. I even thought to make the reservation at 7:15 so that I would have ample time to work out after work before eating. I need to go on the defensive before I fill my stomach with cheesy goodness.
Of course I also have training for work twice this week, which comes with catered lunch. Today, fortunately, it was Brixx's pizza and there was no dessert to speak of. There was also no salad. So I had the carrots and spinach salad that I brought for lunch and then two slices (they're really small personal pizzas) of vegetable pizza. At least I'm getting my veggies in. I have no idea what's on the menu tomorrow, but we've already gotten an email about there being both breakfast and lunch provided. I'm going to try my hardest to avoid the breakfast situation all together...because I love breakfast buffets way too much to get out of there with anything that would be considered even remotely healthy. I'm going to bring myself another salad tomorrow just in case. This healthy eating thing is harder than it looks.
General update
So last night, when I left the office, the sky was staring at me as if to say "that's right. I'm gong to pour all over you as soon as you go to walk home from the gym later. Seriously. Try me." So I really did not want to go to the gym. But I did anyway. I promised to be hardcore for 4 weeks and I'm a huge loser if I can't get through even one week without crapping out on my routine.
I did 45 minutes on an elliptical and then a 25 minute lower-body strength training session. And when I left, it was of course raining. Fortunately, it held out on the monsoon-style thunderstorm until I had already arrived home.
I made a delicious vegetable fried rice last night. Blake's had chicken in it as well. It was super fast and easy to make, and Blake really liked it, so I'll definitely do it again. Plus, it was a great way to get in 3-4 servings of veggies. You know what's cool? Canned water chestnuts. They added a lovely crunch to my meal.
I had an awesome "conversation" with my Wii Fit last night when I turned it on to log my gym activity for the day. Sometimes the walking balance board gives you tips and asks questions and such. Blake hasn't been using it recently, so yesterday morning, it merely remarked "hey, I haven't seen Blake lately" and left it at that. Lats night it said "How would you say Blake's posture looks lately?" And I clicked on the response "The same." And then he said "Change is always better, don't you think? Maybe you're not paying enough attention to Blake. Did you know that eye contact is key in owner-dog relationships?" Yes, a video game just laid a major burn on my boyfriend. And I laughed. A lot. He was less than pleased when I told him about it.
I'm back to my normal routine today. Homemade lunch in the office, gym after work, making dinner, watching TV. Dinner tonight will be grilled chicken (using my new pan of course), baked sweet potatoes, and steamed veggies.
It's almost Friday. Yay!
I did 45 minutes on an elliptical and then a 25 minute lower-body strength training session. And when I left, it was of course raining. Fortunately, it held out on the monsoon-style thunderstorm until I had already arrived home.
I made a delicious vegetable fried rice last night. Blake's had chicken in it as well. It was super fast and easy to make, and Blake really liked it, so I'll definitely do it again. Plus, it was a great way to get in 3-4 servings of veggies. You know what's cool? Canned water chestnuts. They added a lovely crunch to my meal.
I had an awesome "conversation" with my Wii Fit last night when I turned it on to log my gym activity for the day. Sometimes the walking balance board gives you tips and asks questions and such. Blake hasn't been using it recently, so yesterday morning, it merely remarked "hey, I haven't seen Blake lately" and left it at that. Lats night it said "How would you say Blake's posture looks lately?" And I clicked on the response "The same." And then he said "Change is always better, don't you think? Maybe you're not paying enough attention to Blake. Did you know that eye contact is key in owner-dog relationships?" Yes, a video game just laid a major burn on my boyfriend. And I laughed. A lot. He was less than pleased when I told him about it.
I'm back to my normal routine today. Homemade lunch in the office, gym after work, making dinner, watching TV. Dinner tonight will be grilled chicken (using my new pan of course), baked sweet potatoes, and steamed veggies.
It's almost Friday. Yay!
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