Happy Halloween, Mini Rant, Book Review and 18.5 miles

Happy Halloween! Don't judge, this is Reuben's Halloween '08 photo. I PROMISE i'm going to be a good fur baby mom and take pics of him tonight!!

Anywho, backing up: Wednesday wasn’t a bad day at all, but I definitely didn’t get to do everything I wanted to which makes me sad because I’m a big whine baby like that. Basically work was crazy. Notice the theme lately? My job is very feast or family and right now it’s feast which is good because who doesn’t want to be relevant right now but bad because, well, it’s a little stressful trying to get it all done right now. Anywhoodle. I worked, walked 4 miles at lunch, had a guy approach me and say “you’re in pretty good shape – you don’t just do treadmill huh?.” Um, this is a company gym – weird. And um, what’s wrong with just treadmill. I laughed and was all bahahaha, no, I do strength training too and more cardio after work if I can. And he was like oh yeah, I figured, walking just won’t cut it. What? Who are these people? Well this person is a runner. I see him running and clearly judging me for not running. Boo on him. Do you find that some people poo poo on your exercise? I do. Losers.

Wow. Mini rant. Back on track. After working out I was in meetings all afternoon and had a lot of candy. A lot. Blah. Then I came straight home after work (had to work late), baked pre-made pita pizzas and went back to work until 10 p.m. Grrr. I DID have a glass of wine though – yums – and got to do a little bit of chill time (reading). Overall I’m just ready for the weekend and more free time.

So, review of James Patterson's Sail!


I LOVED it. I thought the main character, the mom, was hilarious, and I liked hearing about her family dynamic and was interested as family secrets were revealed. Ultimately though, the story had lots of twists – my favorite. I will say that it was a little slow going and they revealed the conspirator early on so at first I was like DANG, it’s going to be all about how this person did it… but it wasn’t. It was much more then that, had a huge side plot, and had 3 surprise endings. I enjoyed and recommend it wholeheartedly! Maybe not on audio though, much like the Notebook it’s slightly uncomfortable listening to sex scenes at 7:30 a.m. in traffic. Just sayin’. I do however give it a 4.5 out of 5. What would have made it better was quicker get up and go/less build up (although later you do realize that some of that build up actually mattered; but to me not enough to make it worthwhile). Okay – I’ll stop now! I ended up at 1,771 calories, 230 carbs, 47 fat grams and 80 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

So Thursday was a little hectic. I had work (obvi) but lots of exercise I wanted to get to. And I REALLY wanted to:

Finish Karin Slaughter’s Faithless (didn’t happen)

Finish cleaning out my closet for donations DONE

Develop a new meal plan for next week DONE

Make the rest of the weeks’ meals (needed 2 more!)

Go grocery shopping for next week DONE

Get pregnant belly DONE

Get Austin to get his shorts DONE (he wasn’t willing to sport the short length that homecookedem’s husband was! Chicken!)

As far as exercise, I was only able to get in 4.5 miles cardio (mostly walking/some running - HRM burn: 292). Grrr. Instead of working out during lunch I had to pick up pupper from the vet! He had lots of shots, but did well and rested all afternoon! Me and Austin had yummy quinoa with veggies and chicken for dinner, then an evening of Halloween music and wine outside. Good times. :) I ended up at 1,966 calories, 213 carbs, 45 fat grams and 108 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

Friday I woke up exhausted. It was like it all crept up on me and I was so tired and felt sick again. Blah. I went to work and got lots done, walked 4 miles during lunch, worked more, and then walked 2 more after work.(HRM burn total: 335). Then I headed home, packed up, had dinner and got on the road. I was a zombie. Like I slept on the way to Auburn. I got here and walked in and everyone could just tell I felt awful. Instead of going out as planned I got in my PJ’s and watched Grey’s Anatomy with Teresa and Lauren! I enjoyed it. Then I went to bed and slept SOUND. I ended up at 1,940 calories, 251 carbs, 51 fat grams and 84 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

Now it’s Saturday. I feel a little better but still really congested. Boo – I can’t get rid of this cold! Me and T went for a 4-mile walk around 11 – that was nice and made me feel better! My HRM said I burned 225 calories. Now I’m cozied up on the couch blogging – love it! And I finished Faithless – SO good. I’ll post my book review of that tomorrow.

I’m sorry this post got so long! The week just really got away from me! I’m off to read blogs now – woo! I’ve missed you guys! TTYL!