Save some funk for Sunday

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So, whooo, I haven't been here in nearly a week! I haven't exactly had blogger time this past week. The English teacher at my school was out until Friday afternoon, so either I was teaching English (I have the license, so I might as well pitch in) or helping the sub by giving her the class plans, removing disruptive kids, teaching the harder classes for her (there's no teacher aid to help out). Plus, I was doing my own job as best I could. I was keeping appointments with my scheduled reading students, plus, I was asked to write an unofficial reading report at the last minute. Yikes! It all got done...the district was happy with the reading information, determined they wanted him to get one to one reading and they are now paying my school extra for reading services. The kid is happy, the district is happy, and my school's billing office is happy.

I also re-entered my gym a couple of times this past week and I went running twice. I am a maniac....actually, that 's not true. I decided to stop worrying about nonsense and I decided to start training for the Webster Lake Danskin Tri that is held in July. I haven't done it in 2 years, and I figure if I focus on training for that I'll a) have time to sort things out mentally as I run...and that's when I do some really great thinking and b)I'll fall asleep quicker at night and won't have time to worry about useless things. It seems to be working.

So, between being tired from work, and then hitting the gym or trail, I have been too exhausted to do anything!

Are you kidding me?

Hello...does that kid really say he plays with his poops in the toilet? Poops? In the toilet? And this is run during the day? Jeezie creezie, people. The first few times I saw this commercial I thought he said "boat" in the toilet. That was scary enough. Where are today's parents? Yikes!

Nothing special going on. I worked today. I'm thinking of telling them I can't come in on Friday, which would give me a 4 day weekend. Nice. Food is going so-so, but 5 o'clock is another hour, and tomorrow is day one of my WW week.

And Chai, no worries. At work I only blog complaints about my weight, and I don't care if they record that. I would blog about training if I were actually participating in any.....(sniffle, sob)

where was I?

Let me start by saying that yesterday was a superb day....my baby brother and I went for an 8 mile bike ride, followed by floating around at the yacht club's pool (did I mention my mom retired from being their clubhouse manager and is now a member, so I got to be my baby bro's guest) No one else was at the pool because it was 71 degrees out...the water, however, was 80. Plus it was sunny... we did nothing for about 2 hours. Brilliant! He ate a beautiful grilled cheese burger, and I brought whole wheat pasta salad...core, of course.

Last night I used a ton of my flexies because we had a birthday dinner for my 2nd brother (the police officer), but it was ok. My job was to bring the beer and appetizers. I brought light Coronas and all my apps were low in points. Awesome. I'll have to post some pic later when I upload them onto my computer....

I'm not seeing any budge on the scale yet, but I know all my good deeds will show up eventually. If not this week's WI, then next weeks. I just got to keep up the good food Samaritan thing and I'll do fine.

Today Chris and I are sitting on our balcony porch. He's practicing on his drum pad, I'm on the computer, and Reuben is taking a snooze on his dog bed that we dragged out for him. It's beautiful out here.....

I feel like a bad blogger because other than exercise and vacation, I've got nothing going on...no evil coworkers lurking...no big adventures. Nada. But hey, I'm living the good life these days....

Success!

It's been a good day today. I ran for 22 minutes, and then did chest, shoulders, and triceps at the gym, and then my baby brother (and gym employee) taught me some new ab exercises. Nice! Food is also going well. I'm trying to save my flexies for my brother's birthday dinner which might be tomorrow night...but that information is yet to come.

I'm really feeling good about this time around. I've got plenty of time to do what I want and get to the gym, which is nice for a change. I like not having to choose because we all know what gets put to the side 9 times out of 10.

Tomorrow might be another good day. Baby bro and I are going to go on a bike ride and then for a swim at the pool. He want to do laps...I just want to float around in my spring float. I might do a few laps...we'll have to see how I'm feeling once we get there.

Blasted outta the water

Well, my planned work outs were destroyed today. I was planning on a nice leisurely run, but when I turned on the television to see the weather report and there was an Air Quality warning for those with bronchial issues. I'd run in an advisory, but not in a warning. That's asking for asthmatic bronchitis or just an attack. Not fun. So then I got to work on some other stuff figuring I'd go for a swim or a bike ride...and then what happens? Thunder storms and flash floods. Oh, good times. So I had to take the day off. Jeez. I guess that tomorrow I will have to double up...weights and cardio. I might have to get up extra early to get a run in...I'm not looking forward to that.

Other than it being super hot (for NY) and super humid, and my being super uncomfortable in an asthmatic sense, I'm doing okay. I have been tracking all my food like a good little core girl. I'm hoping this takes this time.