January 21st - 22nd 2013

Twenty-first - Yes, breakfast happened. And then we all went crazy. Axure, Puese, and I were hankering for fish once more. Apparently Puese and I didn't get our fix the day before with Fuscia when we went for Sushi. After much deliberation on how we don't like the idea of spending all of our money on raw fish and a whim; Axure suggested a buffet. Luckily, on Monday's this particular buffet was only $10 per person. So for just over $30, we had more than enough sushi and various other Japanese cuisines to sate our appetite  We also probably ate too much. As for me, I chose mostly fish and  veggies. I also had white rice and rice noodles, because I LOVEs them. Eating too much was not a good choice, but it happened. When dinner happened several hours later, I didn't really want to eat, but spinach was on the menu, so I had some of that. A little bit of meat and potatoes paired with it. Much later, we went to bed. We did go to bed early though.

Twenty-second - I'm really glad I purchased that box of Life cereal, or I'd not be eating breakfast every day. Puese had to work again, so I took it upon myself to sleep in. Actually, I woke up "early" and then laid in bed for a few hours. THEN I had breakfast, and forgot about lunch. That is until Puese got home from work. He had an early day, so it was only about 3 or so when I made my super sandwich. It was tall with veg. And it got me thinking; I may choose to try something new. I'd like to see if I can eat only that which I could have eaten back in the day. I haven't decided on a specific decade yet. But mostly I'd like to stick to more natural items, along with a few things, such as cereal, and pasta. What did my grandmother eat before there was fast food? Before the microwave? I know the microwave is only as old as my brother, but we as an American people are pretty attached to it, and use it alot. I generally only use it to heat up leftovers, which I don't normally choose to eat at all. (I eat sandwiches, sandwiches are a single serving thing.) I will run this by Puese. He will like this idea.
Axure was making a meat pie for dinner so we didn't eat after lunch until that was ready. I think we finally ate at 9 or so. It was super late. I don't particularly like eating that late, but sometimes it must be done. His meat pie was the chicken stew from a few days ago, baked in a pie crust. Axure is a good cook, so of course it was tasty. I had only one helping and went to bed a couple hours later.

January 16th - 20th

Unfortuantly, I have been unable to post regularly here, nor can I recall exactly all of my habits throughout the past five days. I'll try my best to recap.

I did eat breakfast each day. Some of the days, breakfast was made for me. One day was breakfast burrito, another was a breakfast quesadilla. Otherwise I stuck to breakfast cereal and fruit. All but one of the days, I ate lunch. Various sandwiches, because that's how I do. Paired with apples mostly. Except for the days I had leftovers. Dinner is an entirely different story. One day was Chinese food, one day, we had mac'n'cheese.
I went to bed early for me most of the days, and woke up between early and normal for me.

Sixteenth - I was very excited about continuing my project for the week, which translated to my waking up early. Before 8am, to be more exact. We had two dinners tonight. Puese and I made dinner, and then dinner was brought to us. Granted; there were a few hours in between both of these meals.

Seventeenth - This was a day of leftovers. I worked for most of the day on this weeks project. After Puese got home from work, we went grocery shopping, like proper, for the first time since the beginning of September 2012. We made sure to not pick up anything too artificial, except for his American cheese and some hot dogs for mac'n'cheese.

Eighteenth - I opted for washing my hair today, to get ready for the weekend. I also set it in curlers to "set" my hair. I finished my project  as well. This was one of the nights that I stayed up later.

Nineteeth - Today was my friend's birthday party out in Riverside. I wore my project dress. Puese and I had lunch out at a sandwich shop. Then after the party, we went to dinner with Fuscia. We had sushi.

Twentieth - Fuscia came back over today. Puese and he played games all day. I stayed out of the way. Puese's mom made pizza for lunch and chicken stew for dinner.

January 15th 2013

I admit, I was a bit irritated when I woke up this morning to the sounds of the TV. I desperately did not want the entire day to play out like yesterday. Then the power went out. Axure blew a fuse by using the dishwasher, toaster oven, 2 heaters, the xbox and the tv. Lord knows what else. It's not uncommon though, it's not an unheard of thing for the fuse to "blow" when it's cold outside. We have one space heater in our room, and that was on too. Nothing else was on, my phone wasn't even plugged in to charge. That ended Axure's time with the tv. He was however, still occupying the space. Which is to be expected. This is his house. He's most definitely allowed. After straightening the room again. I pulled the bed apart and remade it. I also found that we are out of milk, so no cereal was had by me. I did make myself a peanut butter and honey sandwich on toast though, paired with a banana. So I still ate breakfast. Then, when I was getting ready to take a shower; Axure was already there. I seized this opportunity to exercise! YAY!!! I put on my Shakeology 30 DVD and did as much as I could. I made it past the 20 minute mark, but was not up for the last 7 or so minutes. But I did do it! I think I can do it tomorrow too. Then I took a shower.
Actually that's not entirely accurate. I mixed up a batch of sugar scrub and grabbed the mayonnaise. I'm pretty sure I used more than the suggested amount I've read about, but then again; my hair is long and thick. I coated my hair liberally with the mayonnaise and pinned it atop my head with a wide tooth comb. I let it sit while used the sugar scrub. I still need to write my review of that, but I can say I liked it, which may be obvious by the fact that I chose to make and use it a second time. After I was sufficiently scrubbed down, the sugar wasn't so much rough as it was oily anymore, I rinsed off my body. After that; I felt it'd been enough time, I directly applied my baking soda mixture to my hair until it was completely coated. I massaged my scalp and tried to work it into my hair so that I'd get the mayonnaise out. After that I applied my spray of Apple Cider Vinegar with water, pinned my hair up with a comb, then washed my body. I know I'd just used my sugar scrub, but again, as it happened last time, I felt far too oily to satisfy myself as being clean. So a quick body was coat was in order. It only made my feel more comfortable about the oil. After rinsing off that coat, I rinsed my hair out with cold water and was done. The mayonnaise is supposed to act as a moisturizing treatment for the hair. It did leave my hair super super shiny. In a pretty shiny sort of way, not a "MY GAWD WOMAN! When was the last time you washed your hair?!" sort of way. It also doesn't feel dried out at all. I'm mostly curious to see how long I can go before washing it again. I've also decided to see if I can "set" my hair, like they did back when you washed your hair once a week at most. That, and I've been looking for inspiration for 1940's style dresses, to make one, and with that comes the hair. Oh the hair! If I could make hats, I most definitely would.
For lunch I've settled on a sandwich based on what I cold find in the kitchen. My lunch meats are gone, but we have salami and Canadian bacon. We also have whole grain flat bread things, for veggie burgers. I found a cucumber, a tomato, some shred ed cheese, and spinach. AlaSandwich! With Apples.
Once Puese got home, all productivity halted. That's usual, come to think of it. He talked and Axure gabbed, and I participated a little bit. Puese decided we all needed an alcoholic beverage, so I had vodka with whatever mixer we could find, which wasn't much, as we don't have soda in stock, and are currently out of Orange juice. I found a mini can of Dr. Pepper in my bag of random bits by the bar, it wasn't good. It was kinda gross. I also helped myself to a mochi ball while I was busy being bored out of my mind by their chatter. After that; I had a vodka sour, which isn't as tasty as a whisky sour, but there again, we're out of whisky. And we all watched airplane until dinner was ready. Axure made a bean soup. It had ham, and carrots and onion, and celery. I appreciate when people make me dinner. So I ate it gladly. We finished off the night watching Dr. Who. The fifth Dr. to be more precise. It's now 11:05pm, Axure is asleep on the couch, Puese went to bed at least an hour ago, and I'm sitting on the floor in the dark finishing up this post. I hope I'll be able to go to bed quickly, I do have a plan for tomorrow of which I'm really kinda excited about.

January 14th 2013

Multiple days in a row eating breakfast! I'm on a dalgarn roll! That was the end of productivity though. I did straighten the room again. I did not put Puese's things away. He's lopped them all together, so I can no longer keep track of what's gently worn, clean, and dirty. All his clothes that get put on the ground, chair or bed have been relegated to a laundry basket next to the hamper in the closet. Axure was occupying the living room and TV again, so I sat down and doodled on my laptop. Puese got home early, because he went in so early, around 1:30pm. Shortly after that I talked him into making me  a sandwich. He made me a "melt." Basically he made a ham sandwich on the stove top. It did have a bunch of spinach, but that was as far as healthy went. For the rest of the day, Axure used the TV to play Skyrim, and then watch Dr. Who, followed by Top Gear. When Puese got home, he sat and switched between playing Assassins Creed and Batman on his Wii U. I started loremaster of Kalimdor. Puese's dad brought us home a big hogie that we split. Axure baked cookies, and I ate too many. 3 maybe. Since the whole day was chock full of boredom and nothingness, I went to bed early. It was around 10:30 I think. I was, however, awake until well after midnight. Just more to add to my boring day.

January 13th 2013

It's getting pretty repetitive, my addressing the fact that I don't wake up early, or at a reasonable hour. So I'm not going to say anything about what time I wake up, unless it needs mentioning. That being said; When I woke up, I had a bowl of cereal. Yay for remembering to eat breakfast! The television was being occupied by Puese, so I hopped on the computer until he started complaining that he hadn't eaten anything yet, and I had to battle with his wits before I ended up making us both lunch. Sandwiches piled high with veggies, with a side of baby carrots and apples. It was shortly thereafter that we were informed that Axure was bringing us home lunch. There was at LEAST an hour in between that, maybe two. He brought us gyros from this place he likes that has gyros. I like gyros too, so I accepted it gladly. Video games were still being played on the tv after that so I continued on my computer until I had to get ready to go. We went to Puese's work after the holiday's, holiday party. I am that socially awkward person that can talk to people I don't really know, but am not good at it, and I don't know what to do with myself when I'm not being socially engaged. So I hovered where the food was and probably had too much of it. There were "healthier" options available. Healthier than I'd expected anyway. I also busied myself with whatever beverage was offered or handed to me. Which amounted to 3 total. Before too long though, we had to be on our way. We got home around 10pm. Puese was supposed to be up before 4am, so I let him get to sleep. I went to bed around 1am, once again.

January 12th 2013

Surprisingly, we didn't sleep in much today. I was up at 8:30 or 9. Which is early for me, and for a Saturday.  And for a day after, morning. For breakfast, we went out with Puese's family, and there were NO healthy options at the diner, so I chose to eat what sounded good. But not the worst. I had an Avocado, Bacon, Cheddar Omelet. It came with home style potatoes; which varies from place to place. These ones were potato slices cooked with onions and bell pepper. With a side of biscuits and gravy. We were all surprised that the gravy was bacon gravy, and I could only eat half the biscuit. It was probably too much food, but at least I ate breakfast. Our actual plans for the day were to go out with my mom and brother for lunch to open our Christmas gifts from my dad. We went to our usual joint; Wendy's. I am a creature of habit, and once I decided there was more than a dollar menu, I've been getting their grilled chicken sandwich combo. I like it lots and I had it once again. The four of us share all of our fries, so I didn't eat as much as a full fry. Their new(er) fresh berries teas and lemonades are good too. Mmmmm. I think what we did for the rest of the day was sit around and play video games. I continued my work on various achievements, including but not limited to; Loremaster, and Littlest Pet Shop. Axure and his mom made dinner for us; Salad, shrimp, fish, and rice. I like fish. Axure makes good fish. After dinner I achieved Loremast of the Eastern Kingdoms and went to bed at my usual hour, after 1am.

January 10th and 11th

Tenth - 

Since I'd gone and purchased myself some cereal, I was able to eat breakfast when I woke up. Yay! Breakfast! There wasn't a super specific plan for the day, so not much got done besides posting posts I said I'd post. To myself, if no-one else. I was also finally able to do laundry. YAY, for clean clothes! Lunch was a super tasty sandwich with ALL THE VEGETABLES on it. My bread was super short, but that's okay. I piled my plate high with apples and carrots and watched Dr. Who with Axure until Puese got home. Dinner was a disappointment. We were given some pasta and bread roll things. It was too dang spicy for me. Even with a pound of cheese on mine I could not eat it. So I had to settle for rolls. I think I had 3. That's not good. But I did go to bed in a timely fashion. Comparatively that is. No monsters to think about this night. 

Eleventh - 

Breakfast was a go, once again! Yes, it was cereal. I like cereal. Puese woke up early and started cleaning the house. After he finished sweeping, a random Nerf war broke out! It lasted a few hours. Then I took a shower and washed my hair. I finally figured out a way to ensure that it's all getting cleaning agent on every part of my hair. Not only was it a brilliant idea (if I do say so myself) but it was also successful. I tried the no-poo thing with the recommended spray bottle. That lasted all of 3 sprays before the nozzle got plugged up. I had been good about pouring my mixture onto my hair and not straight down the drain, so I simply went back to that. The spray bottle has a twist top, and I'm not afraid of it leaking out. It was made for liquid after all. Anywho; what I've decided to do that works, to ensure that all my my hair gets clean, not just the roots was to apply my mixture to dry hair. Since washing my hair is the first thing I do in the shower, this just made sense. I went ahead and combed out any curly hair tangles I had, stepped into the shower and poured the no-poo mixture straight onto my dry hair. I pour it at the scalp in small doses and let it run down my hair to the ends. I have long hair, so this works really well, but takes about the whole bottle. After ensuring that all my hair is now wet, I massaged it into my scalp with finger tips. I also lightly rubbed the lengths to make sure it wasn't just getting coated. I got the idea from washing copper bottom pots. I generally put the baking soda straight onto the bottom of the pot, and then apply warm/hot water and work it back into it's original sheen. Lo' It worked on my hair too. I rinsed my hair thoroughly, then lightly squeezed excess water out. After which I applied my apple cider vinegar mixture liberally to my hair with a spray bottle. I opted not to comb through my hair at this point, but I did pile it atop my head as I finished my shower needs. (I do like my soap I made, it's made from soap, so it lathers great). When I was done, I lightly squeezed my hair so I didn't have giant puddles on the bathroom floor, then plopped my hair into my microfiber towel. I leave my hair in this upright turban until the towel pops off too many times in a row. At which point I let it fall. And let it go. Tadah! I have lovely wavy hair. And now; it's clean without ANY buildup! Super-D-Duper! I was getting kinda wary when people were like "You can only do this no-poo thing so long before you have to start the whole process over again, and wash it with a manufactured shampoo in order to get all the buildup out of it." That's not a direct quote. I will be looking into a moisturizing treatment though. My hair looks great, but it feels a little drier than normal... Anyways; after my shower, we three (Puese, Axure, and I) went out for Japanese food. I decided to not get my normal plate of tempura and teriyaki nonsense. So I got something with fish. It turned out to be more food than my normal plate, but I let myself eat only half the chicken and all of my veggies. The fish was a salmon skewer with squash on it... kinda odd, but it was good with the tempura sauce. Regardless; it was still too much food, and I'm thankful that we don't eat out like that often. Of course, we were right next door to the 168 Market, so we HAD to get some Mochi. mmmmm mochi... Mango of course, and we opted for the sherbet of it, instead of the ice cream, because it was a new brand there, and considerably cheaper. Dinner was pot roast with carrots and potatoes  I had a tiny piece of meat, 3 halves of small potatoes and 2 big carrots. For the evening's festivities, we did something we don't normally do and went to a club. Yes; this was for one of my good friend's birthdays and we left shortly after 1am. Though it was about a 45 minute drive from home, so we didn't get to bed until after 2am anyway. Le'sigh. In brighter news, I was able to wear that skirt I made last week. 

January 9th 2013

I think I have proven that I am certainly not good at waking up early. This morning was no certain exception. Though, I wasn't really quick at falling asleep either. Again there was no breakfast, so I went without. I did munch on baby carrots though. For lunch I ate the rest of the baby spinach on a very boring sandwich. Keeping busy yesterday wasn't hard. I then walked to the grocery store, and stocked up on fruits and veggies. Halfway home, Puese picked me up and took me out for Mexican food. I tried to be health conscious by ordering a salad. Little did I know they were going to smother it in dressing. I could not eat it. I tried to go to bed early too. Well, early for me anyway. I talked myself to sleep by deciding what I was going to do today. The only thing I actually did was start the laundry. So much for choosing to exercise today. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.
In other news; My hair is doing well with the no-poo thing. I can go up to four days without washing it. I probably should stop at three, but I don't like to. I have tried the dry-poo thing on the fourth day. It works well enough, I guess. But my hair gets lots lighter, and I've not found a really good way of applying it yet. Oh well.

January 7th - 8th 2013

Seventh -
Monday, Monday  Monday .. I slept in late. Didn't try to, it just happens. There was no food for breakfast, so I had a banana and took a shower. I couldn't do laundry, so I sat around for awhile. For lunch we had leftover sandwich meats and cheeses. I ate on bread instead of one of the big rolls. I was able to talk Puese into walking up to Goodwill with me, so that I could make some purchases for my next creative project. So I was able to take a walk like I said I would. Then there was dinner. Puese's dad brought us Chinese food. I had one plate and that was it. I was NOT able to fall asleep though, I was up until around 3am fighting off nightmares, or the probability thereof. We'd watched Serenity and I don't do good with monsters, even more so; Zombies. If you've seen the film, you probably understand that this would rate as too scary for me.
Eighth -
I did finally get to sleep though, and didn't dream about monsters. But I still ended up getting about 5 hours of sleep total. We still don't have food for breakfast, so I opted for a banana. Then I took a shower, washed my hair, and was going to attempt to do laundry again; but the machines were occupied. So I cleaned the room made myself a sandwich paired with a heaping pile of carrots and set to work on my project for the day. I munched my foods while working over the next several hours. 5 hours later, I was done, Puese was home from work and I started clean up. I also finished my carrots about this time. After I cleaned up my mess, I sat around and watched Puese finish Assassins Creed. Axure brought us home tostadas, at Puese's request. The onions were overwhelming in smell and taste, we scraped them off the top, with them went half the cheese and all of the tomatoes. I don't like onions. I also don't like tostadas. There were way too many beans on it as well. (was way too much?) I'd forgotten the monsters until Puese was heading off to bed and asked if I was going to stay out in the living room, where he couldn't protect me from them. I didn't even get ready for bed. I was able to talk myself into falling asleep after a long while though.

January 5th-6th 2013

Fifth -
Moderation was the name of my game on the fifth. We spent the ENTIRE day with Fuscia, and that's always interesting. (Hi Foos!) I love food, and I feel it necessary to try everything that is offered to me. So, at the Yard House, during our meal of appetizers, I did just that. I tried everything. I ate enough so that I was satisfied, and not beyond that. For drinks; I opted for a Long Island. I know what you're thinking; "Long Islands aren't Healthy." I Know. But a brewed gaming girl's NOT going to cut out alcohol all-together  I also didn't fell that beers were a good choice. Plus; too much variety with beer gives me gas, and that's gross. Once back home, while Puese and Fuscia downed the Irish Car Bombs, I stuck to rum and coke. Again; I KNOW rum and coke's are NOT healthy, but a couple of those is better than getting trashed. For dinner I had one large tortilla taco, and that was it. It wasn't THAT bad, but it wasn't that good of a day either.
Sixth -
I opted for super lazy today. I slept in, and then stayed in bed until after noon. I was talking to my dad for his birthday though, so I wasn't being completely useless. Puese also made me an omelette  with spinach and ham, which I ate in bed. And late brought me a cranberry(I think) English muffin half. It was tasty. Odd, but tasty. For lunch we went to Orange Chicken, our local Chinese fast food place of choice. Then sat on the couch for the rest of the day and finished watching Firefly. The only healthy think I did today was drink lots of water. For dinner we had cold sandwiches and rolls. I loaded mine up with lettuce and tomato, with cheese avocado and meats. It was seriously too much bread, even though I gutted the top of my roll and stuffed the hallow with the veggies. Oh well. I do have a plan to either take a walk or see what I can do about exercising with my old videos, tomorrow.

January 4th 2013

Well, we basically just got home from a day of family visiting. And not even my family (yet). We spent the afternoon and evening at a memorial service for Puese's uncle and then visited with his family after. It was one of those weird days, where I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do, or how it's going to be, so I forget that I just have to be me. I also took so much time worrying about it, because of the impressions of his family I've gotten from the way he and Axure talk, I forgot to eat. I talked Puese into making me some lunch before we left, and he made me a chicken quesadilla. I think there was cheese in it. It mostly tasted like bits of chicken in a quesadilla. Either way; not too healthy of a choice. But I appreciated it all the same. I did talk myself into having a tall glass of water before we left the house. Good thing too; that service was a bit long. Which was completely contrary to the image of the man that I was led to believe in. I was glad the impression I was given was wrong. And his family wasn't bad to be around. But I digress. Immediately following the service, there was a reception. It was there that I chose a small plate full of fresh fruits. I did have a few water crackers with various cheeses, but not enough to write home about. Half the table was desserts that people had brought. Homemade desserts! Including different types of brownies and cookies. I LOVE Chocolate chip cookies. So I did the only logical thing and chose the best looking one from the variety. But then time went on, and we stood around talking to people I didn't know about a man I'd never met, so I helped myself to another plate of fruits and one more cookie. It paired nicely with my ice water. After that; we went to the Italian place up the street from us and picked up a bunch of food for the family reception at Puese's aunt's house. It was good, but it was basically all bread. I guess that's the problem with Italian dishes. The pasta was good, and I didn't have too much of that. The pizza was good, and I chose one small slice of that. The salad had lots of stuff on it. I had a good size of that, and chose the vinaigrette dressing over the ranch, or whatever that heavy white one was. I was raised to at least try everything. I was also raised to finish everything on my plate whether I liked it or wanted it or not. So I did eat everything I took. And Puese brought me a chocolate chip cookie. It wasn't the same type, but it was good. I had a glass of water, but one of his uncles brought me glass of white wine, so I dutifully drank it. I did refuse the piece of cake that was offered to me, but agreed to the bite that Puese offered me of his. It was SO GOOD! But I didn't get my own. I instead invested myself in the bottle of water I was nursing until we left. I have no idea how tomorrow is going to go. Fuschia will be coming over, and we're all going out to eat at the Yard House or some such. I'll do my best, but I'm not promising anything. I will have to take another walk to the grocery store soon though. I have one apple of my own left, and the household supply of other fruits and veggies is running dangerously low. Except for oranges. We do have a nice supply of oranges. If only I could bring myself to eat fresh oranges. Maybe this is my opportunity to try it again. Regardless, I still need to walk. Move my body, muscles and joints. I'm not strong any more. All my muscle's been replaced with fat, and then some.
In other news; my hair's not as frizzy today. I did leave the towel on my head for a LONG time though. And I combed it when it was still super wet. It is very heavy, and is more wavy than curly like normal. Except at the ends. I did get a compliment on my hair today. I guess whoever it was couldn't tell that I don't wash it. that's a no-'poo Win!

January 3rd 2013

Today never really started. I slept late and didn't really move at all when I woke up. After a long while I talked myself into getting up and eating. I made myself another giant sandwich, with every veggie I could find on it. Today I paired it with a heaping pile of baby carrots. Then I went back to bed and worked on my laptop all day. It wasn't until Puese got home just before 6pm that I realized I hadn't gotten out of bed again, and it was totally dark in the room. Except, of course, for the light from my screen. He was so kind as to make me a chicken quesadilla on some sort of corn/flour hybrid tortilla that I didn't much care for. That was the end of that. I was being productive as I sat in bed all day. I worked on guest lists for a few different wedding related events. I regained access to a few accounts that I'd lost access to (dealt with customer service and everything). But I wasn't productive besides that. Maybe it's because I didn't have a definitive plan for today. I had no longing to do anything in particular. I had only decided that I'd work on guest lists today. As I didn't finish any of them, I suppose that proves that I loathe making them. Tomorrow, Puese does not have to go into work, so my day is not my own. That is made true moreso, by the fact that we have a memorial service to attend for Puese's uncle who died recently. Maybe he'll wake me up at a decent hour and I can at least eat on the regular.

January 2nd 2013

I woke up super early for me today, and I didn't go back to sleep. Since I was up late last night posting here, I think I got about 5 hours of sleep. That's not too terribly bad. Not the best, but not the worst either. I don't feel tired, and haven't all day (except when I woke up). Instead of lulling back to sleep after Puese left for work though, I got myself out of bed, made the bed, took a shower with that Sugar Scrub I made yesterday, and found myself some breakfast. I realized that I sometimes don't exactly forget to eat. Sometimes I remember I'm supposed to eat on a regular basis, go into the kitchen to find something, and turn to leave again having found nothing. It's at this point that I've "forgotten" to eat. Other times though, I do just forget to eat. Because I couldn't find anything desirable, left the kitchen and had to remind myself to eat, I had a bowl of cereal and a banana again. I can sense that getting old real fast. I didn't really dwell on that today though, as I immediately set about re-purposing an old pants suit. When I was about to start stitching, I thought I'd find some food, and I discovered it'd only been an hour, so I continued working instead. After 3 total hours, I'd finished. So I rewarded myself with a giant sandwich. Giant meaning tall because it had every vegetable on it that I could find and found suitable for sandwiching, not giant as in way too much food. It was just enough food, and I paired it with a kiwi. I'm not overly fond of kiwi, but I'd purchased it for a crunchy project and decided not to use it for that after all. I had considered doing some calisthenics this morning, but then I got far too cold after lunch and decided against it for today.

I cut strips of fabric from an old pillow case

I also was left home alone unexpectedly, for the first time in a long while, and decided to utilize the opportunity to try the sugar wax I'd been planning on for a while. All I can say about that is "Why on earth would anyone choose to get waxed on the regular?! Dang-a-Lang that stuff hurts." My skin is tingly from the pain, red and splotchy from the hair being yanked from my skin, and patchy because I'm no professional/have never done it before/didn't get all the hairs out with the wax. It did however clean up rather well. The candy combination of sugar, lemon juice, and water washed away nicely with water alone. I also can't imagine why anyone would try to wax any other part of their body. I only did my legs. That being said; why are women expected to be hairless except for the top of their heads? I'll have to look into that. I wonder if it serves some sort of purpose besides "beautification." I'll also be looking into remedies for this dang cough. It still won't go away.
Anyways; back on the topic of food: I just had a snack of cheese and apples while typing up blogs, and I have no idea what's happening for dinner. Whatever it is, I'll be sure to utilize my powers of portion control and chewing.

January 1st 2013

Yesterday went rather well I think. I got about 6 hours of sleep and ate breakfast when I woke up. It included a bowl of Chex and a banana. I did forget to eat again for a long while, but I don't think it was too too late after breakfast that I finally had lunch. I made a sandwich using all the fresh ingredients I'd purchased the day before, when I walked to the store to buy veggies. Then a few hours later, at the train station, I split a flat bread footlong with my mom from subway. Lots of veggies there too. I did however, have an M&M cookie because it was offered to me. Then when I got home Puese made me a rum and coke, which I dutifully drank. I paired that with a third of the cookies I'd received as a Christmas present, which I kindly shared with both Axure and Puese. Then dinner was ready and I ate some of that too. Not too much though, just a small helping of some sort of meatball soup. I picked out lots of carrots in my serving and didn't have too many meatballs. The garlic bread paired with it was delicious...
I was successful at managing my serving sizes. I also believe that I was diligent at properly chewing all of my food. Choosing what food to eat, and when to say no to what people make for me will be a whole other task to defeat. Today, Puese will be at work until about 5pm. I'm not sure yet where I'll fit it in, but I do plan to take another walk to the store. Even if it's just to Goodwill to find some items for one of my "Inspired" projects... There are 268 days until our wedding, as long as I'm diligent, I believe I can make enough changes and be healthy by then. Hopefully sooner... Now if I could get rid of this dry cough.