...This world can seem cold and gray
But you and I are here today
And we won't fade into darkness
Fade into darkness
Nothing to fear but fear itself
We'll be ok just keep the faith
And we won't fade into darkness...
Avicii - Fade Into Darkness ... aaaaaaaaamazing!
Avicii, as a matter of fact, has a gig at Lavo NYC on January 21st. I am not sure I am down for the rigmarole of trying to get into that mess of a club, but it would be amazing to experience that! I also don't think ANY of our friends would want to attend such an event, and my bestest has to close at work that night so I am thinking this is just a pipe dream ... le sigh.
Currently, I am experiencing a phenomenon that I like to refer to as "Sushi Coma". Having been my last sushi binge for quite a while, I went to town with myself for lunch today. But now I am experiencing the normal drama associated with such indulgence; dry mouth, insatiable thirst, full stomach, feeling like a cow... you know, the usual! Pounding my sport top Poland Spring and hoping the feeling passes.
This is actually an important lesson. I don't know if this is the same for everyone, but it is certainly the case for me. I get super excited to say, for example, order sushi for lunch. I order up all of my favs, I consume far more than necessary, while loving each and every morsel and then after I feel gross. I have to try to get excited about cottage cheese the way I get excited over sushi. For one thing, cottage cheese doesn't make me feel gross after, and the obvious plus is that cottage cheese won't make me fatter. It seems like such a good idea in principle and tastes great going down, but it's really never worth it after, why is that? I feel amazing after a salad, not so amazing after 27 sushi rolls, lol. Oh well, it was my last hurrah before entering The Zone.
Hurrah, is that even a word? Who came up with that saying? "The last hurrah" ... GOOGLING IT!
In other news, I am excited for SexyQ MexiQ times with a sampling of the Cast women tonight! I have been wanting to try it out since we moved to Astoria, I have heard good things. There are actually probably about a dozen places in Astoria we still haven't tried. We live in the food capitol of the world yet we have barely had time to try more than a few places.
Tomorrow, our bestest comes to town to visit! It's not her fault she was born and raised in New Hampsh and Massachu and is therefore a Boston Red Sox and Patriots fan ;) I am excited to pretend to care and be a Bronco's fan for the game tomorrow night. I am sure there will be plenty of canoodle & sniff involved as well as huns, yuts, oughts, welps & the usual amazingness that comes along with our qual times!
I am extremely tired today, not exactly sure why. We concluded it was because our gym routine was thrown off this week. I had a hard time falling asleep last night because we didn't work out. Usually I sleep like a baby after a good work out, but last night not so much.
And now for the weekend goals:
Saturday morning/early afternoon workout.
Amber needs a nail clipping.
Finish picking up what we need for our diet.
Clean the house.
Get ready for fun times with the bff.
Sunday morning/early afternoon workout.
Cook a Zone dinner for the week.
Find 2.5 seconds to lounge around in my pajamas and rest.
Watch the Giants game (fingers crossed for a Big Blue Victory now that my Cowboys, aka the worst team ever, are out!).
Attempt to fit in time to go see Beauty and The Beast 3D!
Unfortunately, I am not off Monday so we have to get all of our chores out of the way before we start another hectic week. When your schedule is to attend the gym every weeknight after work and you don't get out of work until 6pm you have to make sure you plan your meals way ahead of time. We usually cook a big meal on Sunday that will last at least the beginning of the following week. Starting The Zone is going to make this even more important as it will be harder to grab something to eat on the run. Lunches also will not be as simple anymore so it requires more planning. Usually Lisa is able to throw together a turkey sandwich for us in the morning, but sandwiches are not options for this portion of the diet. I know that this will be a lifestyle change for us that we will continue for life, but I certainly look forward to when we are in maintenance and have a little more flexibility to our schedules. We are always burning the candle at both ends and I hate having to say no to fun events because we need to food shop or cook or clean or do otherwise boring type things. It's just not physically possible for us to drop everything and have fun sometimes. But we do our best to keep a balance while keeping up what we need to do for our health and goals. Achieving a dream is never easy, now I can see why some people say it's lonely at the top (not like I am a big star or anything ... YET!). It's so easy to just lose sight of what you need to do to stay on track when you would rather just go and have fun with your friends. But we won't get anywhere if we don't try to keep some type of structure when it comes to taking care of things that are important to us, but maybe not always the most fun. It sucks, but I think a challenge for me is to say no or to "miss out" on things or disappoint people I care about.
I am glad this weekend seems to be filled with a fun balance of quality time with people we love as well as time to take care of what is important to us. If we succeed in working out both Saturday AND Sunday I think I might cry. But I would be happy if we made it at least one day. Usually on Sunday I am a hot mess disaster who has hard time lifting my head from the couch cushion long enough to form a cohesive sentence. Typical me, go go go go go go ... crash.
Anyhoo, I hope everyone has a good weekend! Muchoooooo amor, y'all!
Finally, in case anyone cares, this is what google had to say about HURRAH, lol:
last hurrah
n.
A final appearance or effort, especially at the end of a career: a reelection campaign that was expected to be her last hurrah.
Hurray!
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