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Friday...overbooked as usual.
Bah. Boo. Hiss.
I can't wait until my birthday because I will be getting the best present of all. I will finish my third class, and I'll be back down to two classes. It kind of sucks because I have a final on my birthday, but whatever!
Having M,T, Th sucks because it makes me so much more tired. On Wednesday, I invariably end up doing stuff I didn't have time to do, and half the time, it's hard for me to make it tothe gym because I somehow feel like I need me time or whatever. Ugh.
Whatever. I'm just glad to get this one credit class out of the way. It's usually offered only in the Spring, which sucks because in the Spring I can only take one Thursday class because of work, so the fact that it's offered in the Fall when I have time to take it is awesome.
Anyways, the point behind this is that my workouts have sucked! I've basically ended up going into maintenance mode. I've been doing really well getting my walks in, which is really important. I walk to and from work, and I walk for 30+ minutes on my lunch break no matter what. Plus, I always park really, really far from class so that it takes me about 10 minutes to walk to class, which is good too. I've also been lifting lots of weights at home. I figure it's the most efficient thing I can really do from here. I've been sneaking dvds in here and there when I can. Yesterday I tried the Giaiam pilates band dvd workout, and it kind of sucked. I mean, I think it was...not as hard as it could have been. They focused on working the whole body, and as a result, I don't think anything was really worked sufficiently. The leg series was only one set of leg lifts and one set of leg circles, and the abs only included the hundred! How can you have a pilates workout and only have one ab exercise and two leg exercises??? I think the band concept is cool, but I think the best thing to do is to buy a few different resistance bands and figure out how best to integrate them into a really good pilates routine. For example, if you got the heavy resistance band and used it during a real leg series in a regular dvd, you'd actually get a better leg workout. That being said, the arm series was actually pretty good. At least the tricep, bicep, shoulder and inner back exercises were. The medium resistance band wasn't tough enough to give my lats or pecs a decent workout. Anyways, I just feel like I got cheated out of a forty minute workout. Lol...
Today, I'm hoping to get to work pretty early so that I can do what I need to do.
1. Walk for 30 minutes.
2. Read that really boring book for school for 30-60 minutes. (I need to finish it asap because I'm supposed to present on it on Tuesday!)
3. Read Ami's materials for our meeting this afternoon. (This will probably take a very long time.)
4. If I have time, spend 30 minutes on the annual report.
5. Call Conor and tell him that his bill probably won't be done during special session. Awesome.
Woooo....Then I need to come home, go to Price Chopper, pick up a bunch of food, and come home, and at the very least, start my soup, workout, and clean the house, because Ami is coming to my house for our meeting, which is going to be followed by dinner. Fun! Obviously I always prefer dinner at my house because then I get to control the menu. Ha! I'm thinking....
- Roasted veggie soup (filling, yummy, low cal!)
- Stuffed, baked skinless chicken (stuffed with sun dried tomato, basil, a bit of provolone, and some prosciutto) and a brown rice pilaf made with low sodium, low fat chicken broth, sundried tomato, and portabello mushroom, dusted with a bit of parm, and some baked broccoli
- Sugar free pumpkin tarts
And of course wine. Of course the fact that I have volunteered to have dinner at my house when I'm so busy is completely retarded. I have no idea how this will all work, but I'm determined that it will. Ha! And I'm doing it on Sunday too because my parents are coming over. I should seriously be reading that damn book. It's so boring. Ugh, and I usually like reading pretty much anything, so the fact that it's taking me so long really says somethig.
Plus, I'm supposed to be working on my costume!!! I haven't sewed a stitch, and the party is next Saturday! Ah! Pressure! I haven't even touched the sewing machine yet! America's Next Top Halloween Costume Disaster! I think it's Make It Work time...So basically...this weekend I will be reading, working out, sewing, and entertaining people.
Also, I'm totally done shopping. I'm not buying anything else forever. ( I know- how many times have you heard me say this???) I shudder to think how much I've spent recently. If I have time, I'll post some of my recent conquests...hehehe...I'll be broke as a joke, but I'm going to look adorable!
Okay, so onto other things, this meeting this afternoon is with this chick, Ami, who is an acquaintence of D's from law school. She and her husband are the one couple we went out with during Restaurant week that didn't bore me to the point of wanting to poke my own eyes out with the flatware. Anyhow, we're having this meeting because her Dad is a crazy genius who has basically invented Rearden metal. (Shameless Atlas Shrugged reference, but it really is the most amazing stuff ever, and it is the most apt descriptor.) And she wants me to help her launch it?! It's really kind of scary, and despite the fact that I'm getting my MBA, I feel that I'm way over my head on this because I have no real experience. I guess she wants me to help her write a business plan. Seriously, if for some reason, she gives me .000000000001% of future proceeds, I could probably become a mil/billionaire if this stuff launches like I think it will. *crosses fingers* Fake it 'till you make it, right?
So in other news, I had a totally awkward, horrible moment yesterday. I was in the elevator with one of the women who works in the office adjacent to my team's office, so I made small talk. I asked her if she had any issues on the table for special session next week, and she said I'd have to ask Michelle, the analyst. I said "Oh?" She said that she had been out for a bit, and that today was her first day back. I asked if she had been sick like I had been the week before, and I said that something had been going around. She then tears up and told me her husband died the Saturday before last. Then I almost died, and I seriously wish the ground could have opened up and swallowed me. Of course I said all the things you're supposed to say...oh how terrible! oh I'm so sorry! I didn't know...you have my deepest sympathy...do you need anything? anything at all? Then we had the awkward walk to the office. I felt like such an ass. Apparently everyone in the office knew because all this happened when I was out sick last week....they all ordered flowers, signed cards, and did the whole thing, and no one told me when I got back! I was only out for 2-3 days! I can't believe no one told me. GR! Anyhow, I asked my office mate, and she told me that her husband had actually killed himself...so terrible. I honestly can't believe she's already back at work. I think something like that would shatter me, and I don't think I'd be back at work for a really, really long time.
Today's plan:
Bfast: salmon pattie
Lunch:sugar free oatmeal
Snack: hard boiled egg
Dinner: the menu.....
Also, today I'm going to drink until I float because we had pizza (damn the men!) last night because D and Bill made the dinner plans in my absence, and now I'm a bloated mess. Ugh.
I hope you all have an awesome weekend!!
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