Today is one of those days where, for some reason or another, I want a super stiff drink. Nana's kinda been off in her own little world today. I unfortunately had to leave her by herself while I went to class tonight. I really need to do something about the stove. It's a little slow to light most days, and today was one of those. So I walk into ( Read more... )

Okay. So that's a given, but damn do I get a craving periodically. So I entered it into my sparkpeople.com nutrition tracker.  No more for me. I just can't afford that many calories and that much fat any more. Okay. I can't afford that much beef period. Here's the thing though. I just love the way beef tastes. I grew up on it more than any other ( Read more... )

 
Poll Weigh In Poll

Dear Treadmill,
Today, I got on you so begrudgingly. I knew I needed to, but boy did I put you off. We had a good run though, didn't we? One day, I'm going to be able to get through that without having slow down my heart rate, but it was fun while it lasted. My mind wasn't in a great place through it, but Mat made up for it.  We're going to get ( Read more... )

It's amazing to me how easy it is to fall into bad habits that put on weight so quickly. What's even crazier is that breaking those habits, and especially losing that weight, is so amazingly difficult. It's so easy just to say "What's the use," after you've counted calories all day, gotten on the treadmill, and you're sitting there with no calories ( Read more... )

 Tonight we discussed nationalism and subsequently, national identity.

What do you think defines us as American today?

Dear Treadmill,
Thank you. Thank you for being patient. I have had friends who were much less patient than you. I have neglected you. Not only have I only used you a handful of times in the past few years, you've been used as a hanging rod, storage shelf, and a trap hider. No longer, my dear friend, no longer. It will hurt us both for a while, as I ( Read more... )

 I've been pondering death here the past few days again. I guess that seems to be a common topic lately ( Read more... )

Nana has not been "here" the past few days. Her mind has just kinda been staying off in the wild blue yonder for the majority of the time. She doesn't understand she's home anymore.  At 6 this morning, she woke up 'in the post office' and had to get home, and also had to get her dog home. Okay, so that one isn't too far out of the park, since she ( Read more... )

 I am not looking foreward to November. I don't want there to be a next president (although I definately don't want to keep Bush). I don't like any of the candidates. At first, I did kinda root for Hilary. I hoped that she would realize that the bull shit that flew around with her husband (and other presidents) was a bad thing, and that sticking to ( Read more... )