The past week...

Okay so where to start???

First of all, my brother came home from Iraq on leave last week on a three week leave. The day he arrived my mother emailed that morning and I immediately started making plans to get out of work and get to the airport to meet him. His plane arrived on time, we ate lunch, and went back to my parents’ house to hang out. His girl friend was supposed to arrive at 4:30. We were going to pick her up and then go on to the SC vs. HC ball game. Well she calls at 2 and says that her flight has been cancelled and she is trying to get another one. Right before we are to leave for the game, she calls and says that she has a flight and will arrive at the airport around 10:30. Cool, of course she asks if we have heard from my brother and we promptly tell her no. We want to surprise her at the airport. So we go to the game. As we are proceeding through downtown, I suddenly hear a thump-thump-thump. I look at my brother, turn down the radio, and panic. Something is not right. At the stoplight, I open my door and look back. Oh no…a stupid flat tire. Okay, no problem, my brother is with me and we’ll just get out and change the tire. We call my parents who are in another car to tell them what has happened. Now the fun begins…we can’t figure out how to release the spare tire from the back of the car and my book is sitting at home on the kitchen table. Great place for it! So we have to call my parents back and have my dad come with his tool box and try to figure out how to get this spare out.

Dad arrives and tries the fix-a-flat stuff first with his portable air compressor. No luck. So we proceed to try to get the tire. Finally after like 20 minutes, we find the lever to release the tire. DUH! About an hour after I stopped, we have the tire changed and it’s on to the game. We were planning to stop at Subway but since we were not an hour behind schedule, we would just have to stop at the game. Crap…pizza is so not on my diet! But neither is eating at 10pm when the ball game is through.

So we watch the ballgames. Tight games, decided by just a few points. But SC wins! So a positive after quite a crappy experience on the side of the road earlier. However, we now get another phone call from my brother’s girlfriend. Her plane has been delayed again. Now she thinks it will be midnight. Great! I knew I was going to pay for this the next day. But what can we do? We proceed to the airport and sit…and sit…and sit…watching the arrival board to see the time get later and later. My brother and my dad proceeded to curl up in corners of the baggage area and snore. I wanted to go home, but I wanted to greet her too. So tired. Her plan eventually lands at almost 1AM and we wait for baggage. Crap…no baggage…her luggage has not made the plane. She and my brother have only the clothes on their back until their luggage arrives. Finally leave the airport at about 1:30 and make it home to crash for a few hours before getting up to come to work.

What a fun day!

The next day was very hard. I walked around all day like a zombie. I was exhausted. After work, I tutored my student and then it was home to finish last minute cleaning and to sleep. Of course, trying to sleep when you are too tired to sleep sucks! Just laid there. Finally gave up and turned on the TV to watch Gossip Girls. Love that show!

On Thursday, I had Bunko night, and I was letting them use my house. I had it cleaned too! Top to bottom! It was a fun night, with yummy chili and sandwiches and I won! Yeah!

On Friday, it was a long drive to Mason County for another ball game. They were ranked #1 in the state with a supposed all star forward. SC just shut him down. It was quite game. Then a long drive back home.

Saturday, I had to go an buy a new tire because my tire could not be fixed. Damn, more money. Then off to the airport to pick up my other brother and his girlfriend. That's right, both brothers and their girlfriends are here. Yeah, I get to be the 7th wheel! yippee!

Things are good, though, so good to have my brother home. If only he didn't have to go back. Well I need some sleep. I'll talk more about the girls later. LOL!

Run, Run, Run

What another long day! Started off rough since I got up late, but school went well. After school got out, then it was off to the races. I spend an hour tutoring some kids from my classes. The ran to the gym for a quick mile on the treadmill and my first aerobic step class. Unfortunately I could not stay for the entire hour. We did some weights and a few lunges. Now let me tell you, I hate lunges with a passion. They hurt! especially with my bad knee. Not fun! I probably won't even be able to walk tomorrow. After the gym, it was back to school to work another ball game. Yes, I know, I work a lot but hey they pay well! LOL! I got to leave at half-time and then it was over to the hospital to see a friend and her new baby. What a cutie! Then to Walmart to pick up allergy medication and finally home around 7:30. Then it's what's for dinner??? I am still having a huge problem watching the sodium intake but still putting calories in my system. I got on the scale at school tonight and not a pound difference from last week. This is going to be hard!!!

A Long Day...

So yesterday was the longest day ever. School was okay even though I had to take a note from two girls in class. Oh, and what a piece of work that was. The other kids were wanting me to read it out loud. I didn't and I'm so glad I chose that. The note was pretty raunchy and vulgar talking about two girls getting it on, etc. wow!

Then it was a race to the Y to get the workout in even though I was so sore from the day before. After 45 minutes on the treadmill, it was another race home to get shower and changed and back to the school.

I worked a ballgame last night at the school where I sold tickets. It was crazy we must have sold over 1000 tickets. Crazy. I had to stay and work the sock hop afterwards so when I stopped taking tickets, I went out to the car and took a nap. Yeah, that's right, turned on the car, started the heater, locked the doors and went to sleep. I have been so tired this week with the start of school and not being able to shift by sleep cycle back to where it should be. The dance was fine except for some little 3 foot nothing with a whole lot of attitude. She was out doing back flips in the middle of the dance, so I told her to stop before someone got hurt. She was like I'm not getting hurt and rolled her eyes, etc. That went all over me, and I just about had the policeman escort her out. Fortunately for her, her little friend pulled her away just in the nick of time. I really hate stupid teenagers. At the end of the dance, I had to get out of there. I was so exhausted, really dead on my feet. So at 12:30, I finally pulled in the garage, headed upstairs and crashed.

So still on the diet althought I cheated tonight with a piece of pizza at the ball game. I have absolutely no will power sometimes. I went to the Scott County ball game with my parents and my dad bought a pizza and I just had to have a piece. But I did only have one.

I'm using the website I mentioned previously to track my food intake and have realized that my sodium is out of control. I feel like I am eating healthy but the sodium is at like 200% of what I should be taking. I just don't know what to do. No wonder I can't lose weight. Something has got to change.

First Day of School for 2008

So today was the first day of school in 2008. Started off rough because last night I tried to go to bed at around 10:30 but could not fall asleep until sometime after 1 am. Then the alarm went off at 5:30 and I so did not want to get up. But I did about 6. Did a little aerobic exercise to a DVD and jumped in the shower. Actually had time to eat breakfast at the kitchen table. That was pretty cool. Left the house on time too. WOW!

The day itself actually wasn't bad. I got a new group of kids in 1st period who are honors' students so it should be interesting. They seemed like a good group of kids and it seemed like we could have a lot of fun...we'll see. It was different since last semester I had first period for planning and now I have to teach. However, the good part is that I now have the lunch period for planning so I can actually eat without having to inhale my food.

The faculty decided to play the Biggest Loser again this term. We will be weighing in every Friday until Spring Break which is the second week of April. This is good for me because I am very competitive and want to win! In addition to this motivation, I also have the motivation of wanting to go on another singles' cruise in April and I will have to wear a swimsuit. My goal is 25 pounds and if I can lose 2 pounds per week I will get there.

I also found this cool website: www.thedailyplate.com It allows you to track what you eat and when you eat it. So I figured why not. Entered everything I ate today, my current weight, my goal, and activity level, and figured out that I need to eat about 1800 calories a day as I work out. Okay this sucks. I was only able to eat about 1200 calories today and while this is good, it sucks because I work out hard and burn more than I should with that diet. The other thing I noticed, which I think I already suspected, is that my sodium intake is out of control. I have to get this fixed so that the weight will vanished.

The rest of the day went pretty much as normal seeing as how the other classes I teach are year long and I already know these kids. After school, I went to the YMCA to get in some cardio. It was packed. You could definitely tell it was January with all the new people and their new year's resolutions. Crazy. Couldn't even find room to park. However, give it a month, and half of them will be gone. They never last.

Well, I have finished my school work for tonight, so it is off to bed in a few minutes. Definitely feeling the 4 hours of sleep I got last night.

Happy New Year!

Hello guys!

So I know I have been really really bad at this over the last few months...ok I suck! LOL!

So since last night was New Year's Eve...let me tell you about it. I went to a friend's house for a 'couple's' evening. There were four couples, me, and another single guy. Now this guy and I had dated for a while this past summer but had since parted ways. Now let me say I was glad that he was there simply because it didn't make me the 9th wheel. We had a good time playing games, eating, etc. Things were going well, but I was keeping my distance. Well, I made the mistake of giving me a kiss at the ball drop and it suddenly changed. All of a sudden, he was in my lap, wanting more kisses, and putting his hand on my leg, etc. Of course, I really didn't want any of this. I mean we tried this, and he basically dropped me when he didn't get what he wanted, what most guys want unfortunately. So he just up and decides to leave a little after midnight. WTF? I mean come on! grow up! I honestly think he expected me to just forget the last few months and just fall in his lap begging for it. Please! I may be 31 and hopelessly single, but I don't think so. Give me some credit! I couldn't believe, well I could but still. I went down that road once, not again.

The other funny thing was this 21 year old who was there with a 37 year old man. Ugh! So immature. She of course didn't eat, got drunk, and proceeded to spend an hour in the bathroom. She wouldn't come out until almost every one had left. She was so embarrased and we were definitely over her by the time she left.

Tomorrow is my last day of vacation before going back to school. So while I promise to write more, we all know how that is going to go. LOL!

I am also going back on the diet on Thursday, and starting the working out again. I think I am going on another singles cruise in April and definitely need to slim down and quick. Keep your fingers crossed.