Day 65 - Sunshine

photo by Joel Zimmer

First, I have no idea why I am up at 7:30 on a Saturday. I was really hoping to sleep in. Oh well...

So a quick update...I totally think Orbit and Trident were the cause of my severe gum and/or tooth pain. I only chewed 1 little piece yesterday and the day before and I am feeling so much better. So bye-bye gum. I'll miss you Strawberry Mint and Passionberry Twist.

Onto today...the weather forecast calls for 71 and sunny. Woohoo, I have a pretty big day planned. Since I'm up early I think I'm going to go to the 10:30 am Capoeira class. That way I can get out early because later I want to clean up my backyard a bit and head over to Lowes or Home Depot for a ton of flowers and other goodies to plant. I also have a little balcony that I that I want to beautify with some hanging window boxes. I'm hoping they have some cheap ones.

Yay. I love Spring!!

ps...have any of you noticed how long our orange process bar is? It's officially behind the Day!! Great job fellow Peakers. Hang strong!

Day 47 - I got couscous on my keyboard

Today started out pretty rough. Monday's kill me. Have I said that before? Once again after working all day and teaching I didn't get home until 10:30pm or so. It was too late to jump rope and do my full PCP workout so I did the elliptical and 8 min abs. Working out that late makes it really hard to fall asleep. So after only about 4-5hrs of sleep I woke up pretty damn grumpy. My mood lightened after I had a successful design presentation with a client.

I took Patrick's advice on switching up my food more so today I made couscous, with broccoli, carrots, and all sorts of other mixed veggies and baked chicken breast for lunch. I'm shocked that I actually like the granular little carb. The last time I tried it I pretty much hated it. I did end up spilling some on my keyboard. Those little suckers are quite sticky and are really hard to get out between the keys. I advise not eating them at your desk.

Another thing that cheered me up is this video that a fellow Capoeirista posted on Facebook. It might be the best Capoeira video ever!!!

Day 19

I think it might be time for me to just face the fact...I AM NOT A MORNING WORKER OUTER!! It's been 19 days and do you know how many times I was able to wake up early and do my PCP exercises before work?

...um...1

Yup, only once. Every night I go to bed; I have great intentions. I set my alarm for 6 am and get in bed around 10 or so. But, I still can't find the energy or drive to wake up until 7am. Even then I'm still not fully awake until I am halfway done with my shower. Sometimes I go through the motions so quickly and mindlessly that I catch myself shaving my legs twice. I obviously am not a morning person. No sunshine here.

Monday's are a tough one with this schedule. Since I teach on that night, I get home quite late. Last night I ended up doing my exercises at 10pm. I was so exhausted by then that I had to reach deep down to find the energy to push through it. Good news though...my shins have been feeling stronger and jump roping isn't as painful.

Here is some more good news...the new/ final season of LOST starts in exactly 10 minutes. Hopefully the writers won't screw it up.