Howday.

The hour of walking I did yesterday (it's close to a half an hour walk each way to and from work) and the full day of work after so many days off really did me in. I was in bed around 8:30pm. Gosh! I noticed some shin pain during my walk home, so after dinner I rolled out my calves on a foam roller and boy did it hurt! I should have also worn my compression socks to bed, but I forgot. I threw on my old pair of runners yesterday and I think that's why my shins were hurting - today I wore my new runners and noticed less shin pain. Stick with the new runners, legcramps. Lesson learned.

Suffice to say, I did not do any raking of the yard. When I got home, I checked the mail and made idon'tknowhowmany phone calls, cooked dinner, foam rolled and then completely zoned out.

This might sound crazy, but I phoned my cable company yesterday and cancelled my cable! They're going to cut if off tomorrow morning, so I will get in one last episode of Survivor tonight. I will save around $50 a month because of it, and I really only have the tv on when I am too lazy to do anything else. I don't want to pay for an unhealthy habit. Unless we're talking about potato chips ;)

So that's a nice little addition to the budget and should help me pay for an upcoming trip to visit my brother this summer.

There is nothing going on with my love life at the moment, V ;) I am only slightly bummed about this as I had a very nice convo with my aunt last week and decided that when the time is right... well, then the time will be right! I can wait; I will practice the virtue of patience since i've never been very good at it in the past.

And that is all!  for now, anyways... 

Back to work today :( heehee, just kidding, i'm okay with it.

Well it was a great week off, I got so much accomplished and yet still managed to visit with family more than regularly, take more walks with Dog, and get more exercise. How I wish we didn't have to work to earn a living ;)

Hard as I tried though, I couldn't dwindle the To-Do List to nothing, so this week will be a busy one while I catch up on things at work, and continue to work on the List.

The positive is that i'm going to attempt to walk to and from work every day this week. Mostly because there's no gas left in my car and I have no money to put gas into it. Actually, I do, but I am not willing to waste it on fuel if I don't have to. I'd like to save it and use it to travel to see my brother in the summer instead.

I still have to finish raking the yard, but i'm going to do a little each day and hopefully by the end of the week it'll be done. And on Friday I get to do some shopping! Of the grocery variety, that is. So this week i'll also be pouring over flyers and checking into coupons.

Well I better get back at it, this work won't do itself!

I managed to rake a 12 x 12 section of lawn in the front yard so far today. I'll need to allocate more time towards raking... it's apparently exhausting work.

I washed all the floors and finished up most of the laundry, washed walls and cupboards in the kitchen, window frames, vacuumed upstairs... all that's left is the yard and it's probably going to take me a lot longer than I figured. Stupid leaves.

I'm taking a break and we'll see how long I drag it out ;)

Yesterday we had ball practice for 1.5 hours, and I am soooorrrreee. This morning I went for a 40 minute run with a running buddy, and I am now even more soooorrrreee. Yes, I think a break is just the ticket.

I was up bright and early this morning to head in to work for a half day. I have a meeting coming up at lunchtime, and then i'm off to wash floors back at home!

Who would've thought I would be busier on holidays than when i'm working...

I'm going to try and fit in a walk with Dog this afternoon. Gotta get ready for the 5k at the end of May! Even if I have to walk most of it, I still want to be able to finish it!

Great day to all!

This is me before hitting the To-Do list of spring cleaning items:

This is me after:

And i'm only half done! Oy vey!

On a good note - my run for the day is complete, Dog's exercise is complete, and i'm feeling alright! Also, I bought a foam roller and it arrived today so I tried it out... Owwwie, but I think it'll help with the tight calf muscles. All's good!

I got up early on Monday to drive my aunt into the city for her return flight home. It took almost all day and when I got back home, I crashed for a few hours ;) and was pretty much done for the rest of the night.

Today I slept in for the first time since my holidays started on Friday! I didn't even try to get out of bed until 9:30 :)

Of course, that means i've been slightly comatose all day long, but I still managed to take out the garbage, do up some dishes, and I got a great amount of laundry done - spring cleaning begins!

I have my To-Do list ready for tomorrow, and i'm hoping to start the day off right with a run. The other big job on the list? Washing walls. Woohoo! LOL.

I'm going to lay back and relax tonight with a movie and some water. And a side of Reese's peanut butter scented lip gloss.

Walked for over an hour again this morning! I feel the calf muscles working hard :)

Another breakfast at grandma's today, then I don't know - lots of visiting and maybe some cleaning at home.

Have a great day everyone :)

So Thursday after work I was walking home and decided to stop in at my grandma's. When I got inside, I felt really dizzy and disoriented, so I sat for a bit and ate an orange. I think it happened because I missed having an afternoon snack, can't figure any other reason for feeling that way. Anyhow, I spent the evening resting.

Friday morning I went for a walk with Dog, then did another Shred workout! Woohoo for me!

This morning I was off for another walk. This time, I went with my aunt who's in town for the weekend. We walked for over an hour. Now I need to shower and get my butt to grandma's for breakfast! My aunt is making quiche for everyone; she uses egg whites and lots of veggies. Can't wait!

It's snowing again here :( boo. This weather is frustrating. The ditches are all flowing with water; the lakes are overflowing, some highways are closed due to flooding... what a mess. But i'm just gonna eat some quiche and forgetaboutit!

I need to figure out a way to not be soooooo tyyyyrrrrred at the end of the workday.  Yesterday I got home from work and just wanted to sleep.  I struggled to make dinner for myself, struggled to clean up after myself.  It was all a gigantic struggle so I made an executive decision to hit the pillows around 9pm.  I just couldn't keep my eyes open any longer.  So up to bed I went, snuggled in under the covers and... couldn't sleep.  ARGH.  I guess by that time, my body had gotten a second wind.  I did finally manage to fall asleep, and got a good night's rest.

Woke up at 6:30am this morning.  Slithered out of bed and argued with Dog for a few minutes about her getting under my feet and tripping me up all the time.  I should set up a video cam in my house so that you can see how much I talk to Dog.  All the time.  Got dressed to do the Shred DVD when I realized that I was going to be walking to work today.  So instead of doing the Shred DVD and wearing myself out before I even started walking, I decided to do a quick workout I found on You Tube, and then a longer ab routine.  Whew, that You Tube workout was not easy - and it only took me 9 minutes!  If I remember, i'll post it on the FB page.

The walk to work this morning was unreasonably cold and windy.  Not fair.  April 14th, Mother Nature.  April 14th.  The water levels seem to be alright so far where I live, the basement is still dry and the streets aren't holding much water.  I don't really know where it's going, so that concerns me a bit.  There's still a level of water in the ground as well - can't wait until that starts to melt too.

I am drinking coffee in order to keep myself warm because otherwise this might be a long day of sitting at my desk shivering uncontrollably.

I would have taken a picture of my breakfast this morning, but it's all gone.  That was a record-breaking cereal eating finish time.  Thank goodness it's grocery day today after work, because I have resorted to adding far more bran in my cereal than I prefer.  We can all imagine how that might be affecting my days.

I brought the last of my cod and rice concoction for lunch today.  I dunno what dinner will be, maybe a mutt sandwich to use up the rest of the food in the fridge.  I have to clean out the fridge to make room for the fresh stuff!  An orange and a granola bar for snacks, and that rounds out my day!  Happy Thursday All!  Today is my Friday!

That's what I did yesterday morning before work. I SHREDDED! I ACTUALLY SHREDDED!

And, needless to say, it kicked my butt.

But i'm glad I did it; once I got home from work it was chaos trying to get Dog fed and emptied, check the water levels in the basement, send off some e-mails, then walk to a nearby restaurant to meet friends for... ok, guess... ok fine I won't make you wait...

SUSHI!

I tried out the Dragon Roll (california roll with BBQ eel). oh yum. new fav! I also had kappa roll, inagi roll and dynamite roll. That's a lotta rolls, but I would guess no more than 500 calories altogether. And for dessert a deep fried ice cream scoop. I know, I know. See the drool running down my face? It was a treat that I usually get for dessert when I eat sushi. I had to, it's tradition :)

Then I had an evening meeting that lasted until 9pm. By the time I got back home, I was ready for bed. This morning I woke up around 6:30am, and managed to shove myself out of bed. I debated whether to SHRED again or do something else. Without really making a decision (my mind just does not work that early in the morning), I started putting on my outdoor workout clothes, so I decided I might as well go for a jog. I knew it wouldn't be a long one because I was already falling behind schedule and I wasn't even out the door yet. Just making the decision to run took me 15 minutes. I did some dynamic stretching to warm up, then headed out for a quick 1.25 mile run. It was lovely, but I need to stretch. My left calf muscles huuuurrrrrt.

Update*: I also did my normal ab routine, forgot to mention.

And now to face another workday. Only two more and then i'm off on vacation for a week!

Pitter patter.

Update *: Also forgot to mention that the south part of my province is expecting extremely high levels of flooding. Already some highways are closed due to flooding.