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| "Look, I'm all lumpy around my bellybutton!" "Wow, me too!" |
I have no idea if this Nashville thing is going to be permanent. Right now it's temporary. But I had hoped it would turn into a long-term change. Today I was reminded that it is a 3-month situation with an option to make it long-term after that. But nothing is guaranteed. It would suck to return to Memphis. Especially after I turned down a pretty good offer there in order to do this. But it all remains to be seen. In the meantime, it sucks working out in my room without any weights or equipment.
I think I'm finally well. Whatever that crap was that I was sick with for so long seems to have cleared out of my system. Except for this weird weakness in my legs every now and then which seems to have no explanation and appears out of nowhere. Today I brought a gym bag with me to work. But I had to work late and then I remembered that I am out of food and had to go to the grocery. So that gave me a reasonable and believable excuse not to go into that tiny little closet they call an "office gym" and try to get on the one treadmill they keep in there before anyone else could grab it. Seeing as I was late leaving work my odds weren't good anyway. But there are some tiny iron weights I could have lifted 1000 times to try to equal 2 real weights and maybe slow the massive shrinkage of my arms and shoulders.
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| Sam's Club - too much chicken |
So tonight for the first time I made use of my brand spanking new Sam's Club card and went grocery shopping there. Here's the thing, I really only needed to buy enough boneless chicken breasts for one week. The problem is, Sam's only sells food in massive giant quantities. So I ended up with waaaaay more chicken than I could fit in my pan. Or the Tupperware container I put it in after I cook it so that I can eat it every night for a week without having to cook every night. So now I have my Tupperware stuffed full of freshly cooked chicken and the rest of the package is wrapped as tightly as I could and stuffed into my tiny little freezer. Another problem: the freezer was already stuffed full of TV dinners, so now it's ... well, it took a lot of science and mathematics and calculations, but if you open the freezer door it will explode at you like an atom bomb.
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| Chicken catastrophe |
Sorry about the flu - is it a Memphis allergy? I buy food every day, hate freezing anything as it goes in and never comes out.
ReplyDeleteAboutLastWeekend, this sickness has been going around to everyone I know. I don't know what it is, but it is apparently hard to shake. Does everyone in New Zealand shop daily for what they're going to eat or is that just something you do? I had heard somewhere that in the UK, because the government limits the size of people's refrigerators, they have to do that. In the States, as you might expect, we have big refrigerators and we try to avoid shopping any more often than we can help.
DeleteI'm not even sure if what I said made any sense. You're from the UK, lived in New Zealand, and now you live in San Fran, is that right? Or do I have the order wrong? I apologize. Being sick makes me confused as well.
DeleteI love abs on a guy but I think they're weird on girls. I want a flat stomach but not a six pack. Feel better!
ReplyDeleteJulieMaloney, I think abs on a girl sort of depends on how big and blocky they are as to whether I think it's sexy or weird. Have you seen photos of Julie Bowen's abs, from Modern Family? She's had twins, I believe, so it stretched her stomach a bit. So she's got rock solid abs, but they stick outward instead of inward, or at least they did for awhile. That may have been a temporary thing. I'm not sure. But it looked freaky.
DeleteI want those ABS!!!!! Well. firmer ones than I have..............
ReplyDeleteI recently scored a second hand full side upright freezer after using my Grandma's small chest freezer for the past 10+ years. I love my freezer!!!! There is always "here's something I made earlier" available for dinner when I can't be bothered cooking. After being on vacation for 2 weeks I was more than happy to defrost this week's lunches of chicken & sweet potato to put on my salad instead of doing it all yesterday!!!!
AlleyCat, I could use some improvement in the abs myself, which is a huge understatement. I have no abs at all. And for some reason whenever I work them hard I always feel sick very quickly. I don't know why. Congrats on your upright freezer find!
Deletehahaha love my freezer. Not sure I feel sick doing abs work outs, I'm just a bit slack.............
DeleteAlleyCat, it seems to be a problem with all 'pulling motions' and never a problem with 'pushing motions' which I totally don't understand.
DeleteMassive shrinkage... that can't be good. My wife has more Tupperware than clothes. That can't be good either. Thanks for reminding me. I hope you're feeling better now. I was seriously ill for about six months. Whatever that crap was that I was sick with for so long still hasn't cleared out of my system. Massive shrinkage everywhere.
ReplyDeleteBlue, we could use some more Tupperware around here. I do seem to finally feel better. I don't know what that was, but it liked me so much it decided to stick around. Sounds like you experienced the same, only it liked you even better. I desperately need to get back to a gym and work on my legs. I've lost so much muscle. Maybe we can be workout partners?
DeleteEmile, I used to look like an athlete, but now... Well, let's say it's all gone and back then it never crossed my mind that some day in the not-so-very-distant future I'd lose my strength and power or even the will to go to the gym. But the great thing about hitting rock bottom is... the only way is up. Well, it's not the only way but you know what I mean. I need to cut down on the meds.
DeleteBlue, I am looking and feeling pretty sad these days myself, but racing season is coming up, with lots of 5 and 10Ks in the Spring, and I desperately need to get back outside and start running and biking again. And I really have no excuse for not going to the gym these past 2 weeks. The weather can't stop me from going inside a stinky, sweaty gym and lifting weights. But my laziness can. And it has. I look like a beanbag chair right now. I need to get pumping.
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