Friday On A Monday

My WI will be a day late this week due to my work schedule.  I have been anxious to see if I’ve dropped since I feel like I’ve done well with my tracking this week.  Since I’ve done well with tracking, I also feel like I should have whooper of a weight loss.  After all, I tracked!  I did peek at the scale on Friday and was reminded that I drank some beer over my “weekend.”

Needless to say, the scale is still down, just not anything near a whooper!  I still have one more day though so we will see what Tuesday morning brings.  I’ll admit, I’m nervous.  I really want to break out of the yo-yo cycle I’ve been on.

I did some meal planning this week and have been sticking to my plan.  But, I think I’m feeling bored again, because I’m feeling that itch to eat out.  I have gads of recipes I’ve found online, I just need to actually put it into motion and make some of them.  Maybe if I can spice up the taste buds, I can continue to resist the urge to eat out.

I’m going to have to change my sleep around somewhat for my trip to Coeur d’ Alene Wednesday to film our north dispatch center for our recruitment video.  I am working from 4pm to 2am on Monday night/Tuesday morning vs. my usual graveyard shift that goes until 6am.  That is why I can’t attend my meeting until Tuesday.  So, I’m going to attend the morning meeting.  I don’t think Donna is there as she said she would be taking some time off, but it is always nice to see my morning WW peeps.

I’m tired today.  I still have two and a half hours in my shift to go and it feels like the clock is slowly ticking by.  I am officially on days off starting Tuesday morning at 2am.

Hate & Discontent

I seem to be filled with some hate and discontent tonight, which has me in a bit of a bummer mood.

I met a friend for coffee before work.  I’ve known him for many years.  Talking politics should always be a no-no when family and friends are concerned.  But, it came up in conversation.  He ended by describing me as ignorant and that I just like to have fun all the time.  And because I am fun, it’s the only reason to spend time with me.  Ouch.  That stung just a bit.  I guess I’ll need to take my fun self elsewhere!

The storm cloud seemed to settle in about that time. 

I got to work and found an email from my supervisor asking for suggestions on making the time off/vacation approval more smooth.  I’m not sure where this came about but we have for sure been working a lot of overtime.  We keep telling ourselves that once we get trainees out, it will be better.  Yet, it always seems like somebody is taking time off.  I love my vacations and I don’t want to lose those on top of already feeling like our days off aren’t a guarantee.  I hope they will take the suggestions given by all seriously and see if they can come with some sort of conclusion that will still allow us to have our vacation.

This only seemed to add some strength to the storm cloud.  In a day or two, I suspect it will pass overhead and the sunshine in my disposition will return.

I debated if I should even blog today but I feel like I need to at least get all this off my mind so I can let it all go.

Monday On A Friday

For most of you in Internet Land, it is your Friday.  For me, it is my Monday.  My new days off are Tuesday – Thursday so I’m starting my work week today.  It has been a busy day so far as I’ve been at work already dealing with our dispatch recruitment video.  We got some great shots today.

I had a wonderful few days off and really soaked up the downtime.  Tuesday Kenyon and I had our 4^th of July festivities.  First up was dinner at Tucanos.  Then we met up with my neighbors for our block party.  It was nice meeting the neighbors.  I had two beers, two shots, and a small sno cone.  I was patting myself on the back that I didn’t engage in any of the treats on the food table.  Then, I factored that all of that was 16 SPV!!  Sheesh.  Regardless, it was still a win in my book.

Ready for Date Nite

Ready to party

Wednesday I got my hair cut and then met up with Brenda and Phoenix for a drink at The Homestead.  I tried a really yummy Pineapple Cider.  I was trying to talk myself out of eating pizza (huge cravings!!) and noticed the happy hour food menu had homemade chips and tzatziki sauce.  So, we shared some as a table.  We agreed that it was just so-so but we still managed to eat most of it!  Brenda invited me to dinner at her house, which was much healthier than pizza.  We had left over pork skewers and Mexican salad.  I’ll have to re-create the Mexican salad as it was delicious. 

We went over to Phoenix’s boyfriend’s house, a close neighbor to Brenda, and visited for a bit before I called it quits and headed home.  My neighbor was home so we had a beer and visited for a little bit.  It was nice to get caught up since it has been a while since we have both been off work on the same day.

The rest of my weekend was spent watching a lot of TV.  I am currently in season five of Breaking Bad.  It has been really good so I am anxious to see how it ends.

Despite drinking a good majority of calories/points this weekend, I tracked it all and I didn’t allow myself to engage in any undocumented eating.  I have some meals planned the next few days so I am hoping for a nice sized loss.

With that, it is back to the grind today.