Grammar Crackers

A combination of scheduling and depression have kept me from writing, but I’m back. Trying to get into the habit of writing. It helps me to calm down and sort things out…even things that I’m not writing about directly. Writing has been my thing before I was even old enough to write! My mom loves to talk about how I would make up stories when I was barely old enough to talk.

I miss the wonderful world of short stories. Being out of school for so long has definitely had its effects. I am not forced to write anymore, so I don’t. I also don’t have teachers with red pens to correct my grammar and spelling. As you can see I am in dire need of some grammar lessons. My spelling is less than purfict (hehe), but that problem pales in comparison to my grammar.

Grammar…mmmm….makes me want graham crackers. J I have to get back on my diet. Chicago TOTALLY threw me off. Granted, I wasn’t really dieting before I went on the trip, but at least I was cooking and watching what I stuffed in my face. Once I was on the trip I felt totally lost. The closest thing I could find to healthy food was Subway (which isn’t all that healthy). So almost every night I had room service bring me up a Pizza Hut personal pizza. Do the veggies on top count as a salad?? To make matters worse, I haven’t had the money to go to the grocery store since I’ve been back so Boyfriend has ordered Pizza Hut most nights. Needless to say (and yet I’m still saying it…go figure that one out!) I feel like crap!! I need a schedule to stick to in order to succeed so I used Publisher to create a dinner calendar. I even included desserts! I tore through Ornish.com finding recipes I was interested in. I also included my tried-and-true dinners that I tweaked a little so that they would be diet-worthy meals (i.e., using broth to sautee onions instead of oil). Feel free to make fun of me if I don’t follow the calendar.

I did legs with Trainer on Tuesday and tonight we’ll be doing arms. Friday I’ll come in on my own to do high-intensity cardio. I’d like to do it with Trainer but I don’t have the cash to pay him to hold my hand for that. I’m a little nervous about doing it alone. You know “Am I being to easy on myself?” “Am I being to hard?” One way or another I’ll get through it and it’ll feel good to know that I didn’t back down. Even though we won’t be doing it together, I am still going to tell Trainer that I will be there tomorrow for cardio. I have a feeling I will flake out if I don’t. At least this way if I don’t show up he will call and harass me. Sounds kind of strange, but that’s the type of motivation I need.