Day 343: 3.5 miles + Birthday Success + Book Review

Thank you for your birthday wishes! :) I left messages for each of you in the last post (as per usual!). So on the eve of Austin’s birthday I couldn’t really sleep. A) I was excited to give him his prezzy. B) He wasn’t home and as much as he has work stuff I can’t get used to sleeping alone, especially in the house. So I woke up feeling like poo. On the plus – Austin LOVED his gift. He seemed so happy with it and excited to get it set up – woo! Gift success! Here’s pics of his room pre-fridge, and I snapped one with the fridge in on my phone (so not the best pic). We’re not sure if this is the best spot for it yet, but we wanted to start getting it cold!!

As you can see, little Reuben likes to hang out in here, too! I think it's a great space for Austin to have upstairs with his office/TV/xBox, etc. all in one place!


I headed off to work and had a busy day in the rain. Blah. At lunch I walked 3.5 miles… (burned 290 calories) and finished Time Traveler’s Wife! I loved it! I don’t want to post too much on here (I’ll post following my Book Club Meeting/the movie on Wednesday, August 26) but I will say that while it took me a bit to get into it, I loved the story. It was a love story, but it was also a story of survival, of overcoming a strange disease, of trusting that while you may not understand what someone is going through or when they’ll return, you know they’ll be there for you. It was just really good and I can’t WAIT to see what they show in the movie (and bitch about what they leave out of course). If you do read it – don’t focus too much on the dates – just the ages of the characters (you’ll see what I mean if you read it!). :)

After reading/walking, I stayed busy all afternoon and left work, passing the gym, heading straight home for a steak dinner out! Well Austin changed his mind – he said he’d rather stay in, get a pizza and watch a movie. It’s his birthday so I’m in!! But I’m STARVING so I have some jalepeno crunchies. Then the pizza gets there and, while watching 2 episodes of Dirty Sexy Money and Wolverine, I consume 3 slices AND about 8 mini cookies (Trader Joe’s). Ugh. I felt SO crappy but tired and carb-hungry. I ended up at 2,015 calories, 302 carbs, 70 fat grams and 68 protein grams. Guh – not enough protein, too much fat, calories and carbs. Bleh. Here’s what I ate. So gift = success; nutrition = failure. Oh well – another day, right?! I hope you all had great Wednesdays and thank you again for all of your birthday wishes for Austin.