Some fried chicken…with green beans and mashed potatoes and gravy…and a biscuit…and maybe some fried livers, yum…

Didn’t do my workout this morning, but I am still on my Slim Fast diet, so I guess it’s okay. Tonight will be the big biking day, so I’m not too worried.

…out of a box. ;> But I steamed the broccoli and carrots all by myself!

Chris ate dinner with Sean and me, and then Chris and I headed to Mari’s to bike ride. Of course, this was difficult because we didn’t have enough bikes to go around. We all switched off, trying Mari’s new roller blades, but they are hard to ride, and very tiring. Plus, it was really hot and humid. The sweat was literally rolling off us.

Finally we gave up and went to Wal-Mart to look at bikes for Chris. After awhile of searching, we gave up on that too, and went back to my apartments for a swim and a dip in the hot tub.

Tomorrow we’re planning on actual biking, and more swimming/hot tub, and dinner :)

I’ve been trying to get out of the office since 3:40, but people keep calling. Now I’m concerned about the status of two orders, so I’m not sure if I want to leave yet. Fun.

LOL, I just called the driver to ask what his status was, and he said “I’m in the process of delivering the first one, and when I’m done I’ll go back and get the second one.” So I guess everything’s fine.

I’m totally going home now ;>

This one is one of those one pieces

That has to be one of my most ill-conceived phrases ever. ;> You can tell that I didn’t edit that post. I was in a hurry to get it up and browse away from my homepage because I heard Robert’s car door ;>

I have so many packages to ship today. It’s insane. I’m not going to make people wait behind me in the drop-off lane…I’ll just cart them all inside. I’m shipping 10 Progen test kits and four 2go-Box T-shirts, plus about fifty bazillion 2go-Box New Member Kits. (I guess everyone really wants that $500 in food.)

My contact lenses are drying out on me, but I haven’t really had a bad sinus headache or haziness/pressure. That’s good. I did forget something today, though…

…deodorant!

I swear, I’m going to forget something every day.

(Don’t worry; I was able to dash off to Publix and buy some. I’m going to keep it in my desk just in case.)

Oh! A McDonald’s has appeared out of nowhere, just down the street, in front and to the right of Publix. I swear, yesterday it wasn’t there, and today it is. No warning whatsoever. I guess the building must have been up, but they waited to put all the McDonald’s signage and finishings on until the very last minute, or something. Either that or builders work very fast. (It’s possible…I don’t really remember a building being there at all.)

It’s not open yet, as far as I can tell, but it looks like it will be quite soon. This may do bad things to my diet. Then again, I can get their Cobb Salad…

Walked once around the complex, did six minutes on the stairclimber (felt like I could do more, but didn’t want to ruin my legs for biking this afternoon), did mucho crunches and back raises, did a leg lifts series, jogged a little (very little) on the treadmill, and then went swimming for about 12 minutes. Some of that was actual paddling around, but some of it was also floating and enjoying the lukewarm water. It wasn’t cold at all, but it wasn’t too hot to be refreshing. I took a short dip in the hot tub and then went back to the apartment.

Answering email made me late for work, but at least I made it in. I brought my Slim Fast and my sinus medicine, so all should be well today. I think.

I’m wearing a dress! I bought two dresses at Cato when I went with Mari last Friday. This one is one of those one pieces that looks like a two piece (the top part looks like a shirt that could be worn separately, but it is, in fact, not). It’s a pale beige with splashes of pink flowers on it; the underdress is a beige tank while the overlay is sheer with short sleeves. I almost feel like it’s too churchy to wear to work, but eh. The other one is a sleeveless kimono-looking sheath–I say kimono-looking because of the pattern of sprays of flowers and Japanese maple leaves, not because of the actual cut of the dress. It’s also pink, though a little more reddish than this one. I love them both :) I think the kimono-style one is my favorite, though; I love that kind of pattern.

I almost feel like taking a nap. I’d better wake up ;>

So, I didn’t cook tonight. Sean and I lay around miserably for awhile, and finally I decided to go get him some Mexican food, like he’d mentioned when he first got home. So I went over to Mi Rancho (who really ought to be on 2go-Box) and got some takeout. While I was there, I went over to the service station to get some bread, and that’s where I found the Every Flavor Beans.

Clothes are laid out for tomorrow–a dress for work, and my swimsuit and workout pants for the morning workout. I plan to jog around the complex (to save time), hit up the workout room and do the stairmaster for five minutes, do some stomach crunches, and then slip into the pool :D

I’m planning on starting up tennis with Paul again, on Mondays and Wednesdays after work. So this means four days of double workouts a week, when you add in the biking on Tuesday and Thursday (going tomorrow! yee!). I think for now I will leave Friday open. Maybe that can be grocery shopping day, like I was thinking before.

Robert’s having his meetings with the potential CSRs tomorrow morning, I believe. I wasn’t able to call them to schedule the appointments due to leaving work early. I’m actually kind of disappointed that I wasn’t able to do it. I was looking forward to the experience. I’m going to take some sinus medicine with me to work tomorrow, just in case. We have a new guy who’s interested in driving, but it looks like he’ll only be available evenings and/or weekends. Weekends would be fine, but we are pretty much covered in the evenings…what we really need is someone to deliver lunch.

All right, that’s enough rambling. Catch you all tomorrow.

Available in these mouth-watering flavors:

As you can probably guess, Jelly Belly is responsible for this.

It’s sinuses.

Grah!

Sean came home with a horrible headache, too. He says he wants to see an allergist, because he thinks something in his office is affecting him. I wonder if I should go to one too. I don’t like being crippled like this.

I actually left work early today…couldn’t concentrate, wasn’t getting anything done. When I got home I saw that I had dark circles under my eyes. So I think lack of sleep was part of the problem. I just got up from a nap, and I still have the headache, so that part is probably allergies.

Sean and I both took sinus medicine, and he’s lying down trying to feel better. I’m going to try to figure out a way to get him some Mexican food for dinner…2go-Box doesn’t have a bona fide Mexican restaurant available yet. (I’ll probably go over to a Mexican restaurant and place a takeout order, then maybe go shopping while I wait or something…still need to get that darn bread, anyway.)

Okay, now I’m just feeling like I could pass out at any moment.

I’m feeling an odd mix of sleepy and alert, which isn’t very helpful at the moment. I didn’t quite get a lunch break–I suppose I wasn’t technically working during the time, but since I had to run home, grab a Slim Fast, and come right back to cover the phone, it wasn’t exactly relaxing.

I’m listening to “Hinata vs. Neji” from Naruto, because it’s soothing. (Naruto has some great music.) Robert’s out taking a lunch order, and I’m about to go off my “break” and start in on some new member kits (complete with spiffy magnets). I also need to call some potential CSRs and schedule appointments with them for tomorrow. Shudder.

Tomorrow is also payday…that’s a consolation.

After work, I need to go get bread. I’m just writing that again to remind myself.

“Look!”

“Under the pile of books and notes in the office!”

“It’s a college student!”

“It’s an accountant!”

“It’s Buzzword Man!”

Yes, Buzzword Man. Strange visitor from another paradigm who came to reality with lingo and phraseology far beyond those of mortal men. Buzzword Man, who can change the course of mighty ad campaigns, bend logic with his bare hands, and who, disguised as Robert Jackson, mild-mannered president of a great metropolitan restaurant marketing and delivery service, fights a neverending battle for Money, Influence, and the American Way!

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I was up too late last night, reading the archives of Dork Tower (a comic I had avoided up until now solely because I didn’t like the name) and then cleaning the kitchen after the mess of making beef stroganoff. Then when I finally got into bed, I had a hard time getting to sleep, even though I felt completely dead.

Biking with Mari was great. Unfortunately, Kelly wasn’t feeling well and couldn’t come. Brooke was busy with schoolwork. So it was just the two of us. We made it to the end of the trail and back, and my quads started getting really sore. I guess that’s what happens when you start working out every day. It was a good burn, though, and I forced my way back up the hill at the end with a vengeance.

This morning, due probably to not getting enough sleep, I hit the snooze alarm a couple of times before finally dragging myself out of bed. I really didn’t feel like getting up at all, but I felt like skipping my workout even less, so I blearily climbed into my workout clothes and headed out. Only one lap around the complex this morning, with handweights–I kept feeling like someone was out there, and in the dark of the morning that’s not a safe feeling. Plus I was tired ;>

So I went to the workout room, managed two minutes on the stairclimber, then did a huge series of stomach crunches–normal, elbows to knees, oblique, and lateral–and also did 60 back raises. I also walked on the treadmill for 5 minutes and did 5 each on each side of four different kung fu kicks. Stretching was a big thing for me this morning; I stopped frequently to stretch out, even though I’d thought I’d stretched out okay beforehand.

I barely made it half an hour before coming back and getting ready for my day. I’m glad I worked out, and I don’t feel that I should have pushed myself to do more. Tomorrow, though, I plan on working harder (and hopefully swimming).

Need to stop in at Publix today and get some bread. I forgot yesterday, although I did remember to go over to Allstate to let them look at the Subaru.

Tonight I am definitely cooking some sort of chicken dish. I may also make mashed potatoes. We’ll see.

Just a quick update…

DAY ONE was mostly successful, although I forgot to pack meat for Sean’s sandwich, and the bread was moldy anyway (ew). I’m not sure how these things got past me, but maybe that just means I shouldn’t try to pack lunches in the morning! Regardless, he didn’t eat lunch that day anyway, and so he didn’t discover these things until he opened his lunch to eat it for dinner.

Which leads me to the second thing…I got home from work thinking I’d go swimming, but there was a bunch of people at the pool, so I stayed in and piddled around a little, and then I was a little frustrated about what I was going to eat for dinner, so I ate two slices of cheese and lay down for a nap. Then I didn’t get up until midnight, when I laid out my clothes for today and went back to sleep! So yesterday afternoon wasn’t especially productive.

This morning I walked twice around the complex, this time without the handweights (I want to let the muscles build back up, since I’ve heard this is smart, so I’m going to do the weights every other day), and then I went to the workout room for five minutes of stairclimber, 40 crunches, 20 of those weird crunches where you bring elbows and knees together, and 60 back raises (I figure I should at least match the stomach exercises, so my muscles in the front and back aren’t unbalanced). Then I did four on each side of each kick and punch from kung fu that I could think of, and walked on the treadmill for five minutes.

There was a cockroach and a centipede on the floor. Pretty gross.

Today after work I’m going biking with Mari and Kelly (and maybe Brooke?). So that’s good.

I forgot to grab a Slim Fast on my way out the door. I guess I’ll go home for lunch and drink it there :)