Exhausted

Saturday, November 7, 2009

I just woke up from an hour nap (it’s close to 11 pm at night!).

I hate it when I get so tired at the end of the night and it’s still so far away until bedtime.

That sickness from the other day is still fighting to hang on–sniffles and sneezing still.

Didn’t do too much today–walked Izzy, made some homemade veggie soup (it had quite the kick to it–I didn’t realize Mrs. Dash had cayenne pepper in it!), and called my parents.

Tomorrow is going to be in the 60s–beautiful weather to rake up the last of the leaves and take out the garden.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.  I’m off to bed in a bit!

 

New Food Love!

Friday, November 6, 2009

Stacy’s Simply Naked Pita Chips.

SO GOOD.

I happened to try these the other night at work when we had “bring food in to share” night–someone had brought these with some tabbouleh for dipping.  Seriously I was hooked.

So when we went grocery shopping this week I had to find them.  And thankfully they were on sale because a small bag of them, 8 oz, goes for $2.99 when NOT on sale.  But they were on sale 2/$4. So we got the Simply Naked and the Cinnamon Sugar–also wonderful!

Only 130 calories for 10 chips (which is actually very filling).  8 servings a bag.

TASTY!

Check them out here.

And then go buy some.

I am not wrong.  These are dangerous.

Now I need to find out where I can buy them CHEAPER

Can you tell I’m happy because my days off are here?  The only thing that sucks is that I get so tired on my first day off.  I want to be more awake, but I find myself struggling to stay awake.  I’m hoping after my second sleep of the day tonight I’ll feel much more rested tomorrow.

Sick Again…

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Despite trying really hard to stay healthy, I’m sick again.

I should have had a clue on Wednesday night when I was so exhausted and fell asleep during Kimm’s hockey game.  For 2-1/2 hours and then not even an hour later slept all night.

Last night when I arrived at work all of a sudden (literally within a few minutes of being there!) I started to feel all stuffed up and sniffly.  And unfortunately I didn’t have any cold medicine on me or my nasal decongestant.  Which led to a VERY uncomfortable night.  Which felt VERY long because I did not get enough sleep the day prior.  So I was exhausted, and sick, and thinking about today when it was Izzy’s second class and how I also still have to work tonight.

So what’s a girl to do?

I hydrated myself–12 cups of water in 12 hours.  That’s an awful lot of trips to the bathroom!

I took a NoDoze and drank two cups of coffee to stay awake.

I took a nap when I came home (from 8:15 am to 10 am–thanks sweetie) and then headed to class.

And now I am going to take some cold medicine and hop back into bed.  I also had two glasses of OJ today.

Plus last night I put myself on for 1st cancel for the 7p to 11p portion of my shift (the busiest part).

If I wake up today and still feel pretty crappy I may call out.  It doesn’t pay for my to go to work sick.  But I do have only one more day and then three days off!

As a side note, almost all of my patients last night required pain med.  I felt like I was pushing morphine non-stop!

End of the Year Goal

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

I find it helpful to focus on goals to help get me to where I want to be.

The one goal that I will be focusing on from now until Christmas is to lose 10 pounds.

Action steps to get to this goal include:

*drinking more water (at least three bottles/day at home and then when I am at work 8 oz every hour–it’s really dry there and sometimes when you work overnight you feel hungry but you REALLY are just thirsty)

*portion size control–no counting calories, but just making sure that I realize what a portion size is for a certain food and sticking with it

*bulking up meals with more fruits and vegetables–2 fruits/day and 4 veggies/day would be nice

*eating more protein based rather than carb based foods–I’ve definitely found that eating more protein keeps me more satisfied than carbs…so what’s a vegetarian to do…eat more eggs and nuts (in correct portion sizes)–this will help tremendously

*continue with the walks daily but increase the speed or possibly the distance

I think that those actions will definitely get me to the 10 pound loss by Christmas.  We are talking only a little over a pound a week.  Definitely do-able.

What is your end of the year goal?

In other news…today we are going to have Chinese for lunch (and then probably leftovers for dinner!).  Kimm’s mom is coming over for lunch and afterwards she is coming shopping with us so she can see how to use the scanner at Stop and Shop (this is a scanner that you take with you as you shop and then scan items as you go…then when you are all done, everything is already scanned–all you have to do is pay!  NICE).

Then back to work tonight.

I really must shave my legs tonight.  I look like an Amazon woman

Disappearing Day

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Where did today go to?

Hmmm…I was up at 8:30, so that was pretty early for me.

So then what happened?

Let’s deconstruct.

Izzy’s walk this a.m. took longer than anticipated because she was not so good.  Better than before, but still not behaving 100% which meant for lots of corrections, which adds time on to the walk.

Then a little bit (okay, maybe an hour or more!) of computer time with coffee.

Then off to see the lovely (sarcasm thank you) lady at town hall regarding a bill for the water pump that was fixed BEFORE we even moved in, should be charged to the past owner, and yet we are getting a final notice for water shut off even though we have explained this twice in phone calls and once in a letter!!!!  What is up with these people.

Then off to vote for mayor.

Then home for lunch (good old fried egg sandwich!).

Hmmm….then what?  Oh yeah, a couple episodes of The Dog Whisperer…love how that show is helping us learn dog psychology which we are applying to Izzy.

Then Izzy’s afternoon walk…which she did MUCH BETTER.

Then off to Target…always dangerous.  We bought some Christmas wrapping paper!  And a holder for it.  But alas when we brought it to the car we realized that the holder holds the short rolls and we bought the long rolls.  We were laughing SO hard.  Guess we will be returning that!

If I remember correctly we were at Target for close to THREE hours just looking around.  I told you it was dangerous!

So by that time we did not want to come home and fix dinner.  So we ordered pizza/fries for takeout.  And got some drinks for tonight.

Had our dinner.

Kimm watched her hockey game and somehow I took a 2-1/2 hour nap while it was on.  And woke up all stuffy.  I better not be getting sick!

Then we went on the computer again for a short time (which was in actuality about an hour or more!).

Now I want to take a shower to see if it will help my stuffiness.  And probably take some Dayquil and then head to bed.

So that’s where my day went to.  Nothing too exciting I have to say.

And tomorrow is back to work.  For two days.

Somehow, I’m not looking forward to it.  Hopefully it will go by fast and then I will have three days off

Sitting with My Feet Up…

Monday, November 2, 2009

After what seems like a long day, I’m relaxing with my computer and with my legs on my ottoman in the computer room.  AHHHHH….

I’m a little more tired than usual today on my first day off.

First, after walking Izzy this morning (during which I ran into a neighbor and we chatted), Kimm was already up when we got home.  So I decided to stay up for a bit and have a coffee.  Yup, I can have coffee right before bed and it doesn’t affect me because I’m usually so darn tired.  So I enjoyed my coffee and caught up on some blogs.  So I was in bed by about 11 am.  I slept until 4:30–so only 5 and 1/2 hours of sleep.

Next I helped Kimm carry out our leave bags to the curb for pickup tomorrow.  29 BAGS!!!! She was a mad woman with the raking–I helped with probably about 5.  Thankfully all of the oak tree leaves are off and now we are just waiting on the magnolia tree leaves.

Then I made dinner (veggie burgers–an oldie, but a goodie!).

Then finally we went out to BJs for our monthly trip.  All I have to say is, “How come it is so EASY to drop $136??”  Sometimes I wish money grew on trees!

And then FINALLY we got to relax again tonight.  But because I’m so tired, I’m practically falling asleep at the keyboard.  It’s off to bed now.

Can’t wait for coffee in the morning

Welcome November

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Can you believe it is already November?

Last year around this time we were seriously considering buying a house and here it has almost been ONE year since we have lived here!  Unbelievable!

Well, I made it through the night working my one extra hour due to daylight savings time.  For some reason it really was rough.  It was kind of funny though when 2 am hit, one of my nurse co-workers said, “Here it is, 1 o’clock again!”  It was really funny when she said it, but I’m realizing not so funny this morning when I type it.  I guess that’s what being really tired will do to you!

It’s sunny this morning so I’m off to walk Izzy and then to bed.  Only one more night and then two off

First Halloween

Saturday, October 31, 2009

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Unfortunately I won’t be able to celebrate Halloween in our new house   This kind of bums me out because this is the first ever Halloween that we will have been able to have trick-or-treaters.  All the other years I’ve been in an apartment and especially for the last seven years, a locked building, with an apartment on the 4th floor!  So of course there ain’t nobody climbing all those stairs for candy!  Kimm will hold down the fort and hand out candy.  I’m kind of interested to see how many kids stop by.

Last night at work was not so bad.  It went by fairly fast because I was precepting again.  Which I REALLY enjoyed.  The preceptor who normally works with this nurse in training called out for the night, so they asked me!  I’m glad and hope that this means maybe they’ll consider me for a full-fledged preceptor position in the future.  The nurse I’m working with is now up to taking four patients at a time.  The difficult part is just double checking to make sure all the documentation is done.  I swear, most of the time, nursing is more about documentation, rather than patient care.

Okay, it’s drizzling out and I have to quickly take Izzy on her morning walk and then to bed.  Tonight is going to be a long night since it’s daylight savings time and I’ll actually have to work 13 hours instead of 12.  Yikes.  I’ll need all the sleep I can get!

Halloween Fun

Friday, October 30, 2009

Last night Kimm and I carved pumpkins and roasted pumpkin seeds.  It was so much fun   This was actually the first time we’ve ever done this together because we never had a place to put the pumpkins before.  But this year we’ll be able to put them outside the side door tomorrow night for when the trick-or-treaters come.  Plus this afternoon I decorated the side door with some spooky fake spiders!–only $1 at Target…how’s that for decorating on a budget!   I just wish I could be here tomorrow night instead of working.  Not to mention I’ll also have to work an extra hour because of daylight savings time.  Why do I always get stuck working those weekends??

But soon it’s off for the afternoon walk and getting ready for tonight.  At least we’re doing something fun at work tonight–a Halloween potluck.  I’m making some vegetarian chili–basically beans and noodles, no fake meat!  Can’t wait.

My design (we found both of ours online…we are NOT great free-hand artists!)

Kimm’s design–her’s is scarier!

Slimy pumpkin guts…

All lit up!

Not too bad for our first attempt!

Seeds prior to toasting…I realize now I don’t have any pictures of them post-roast.  And seeing that I am lazy, there will not be any pictures.  But they look like any other roasted pumpkin seeds.  Although we did do half regular (with just salt) and then half with a seasoned mix (some melted butter, garlic salt, Worcestershire sauce and salt).  They were both VERY tasty.  We got about 1-1/2 cups seeds from two pretty tiny pumpkins which I thought was a lot.

Hard to see spiders due to my reflection in the glass…

Up close…

Creepy!

I love how they dangle!

I hope everyone has an awesome Halloween!  Is anyone dressing up?  If so, what are you going as???

It’s kind of ironic that this year I was invited to FOUR Halloween parties tonight and of course I have to work!

By the end of this weekend it will be November already.  WHERE DOES THE TIME GO????

Doggy Training Class

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Today was Izzy’s first class!

I think she did pretty good.

Today’s lessons included: SIT and HEEL.

Rewarded with many treats.  Which we had brought some, but not enough.  So then we had to use some of the treats that they provided.  Imagine my surprise (and utter disgust) when she hands me a handful of cut up hot dogs and tells me to put them in my pocket (NO WAY!!).  I don’t think she thought of any vegetarians that would be in the class.  Not that we make Izzy eat vegetarian, but we certainly don’t feed her raw hot dogs!  Thankfully I had a plastic baggie I could put the “treats”  in.  But from now on, we will be bringing some of Izzy’s regular food for treats (it’s small and I won’t feel so bad rewarding her so much and having her gorge on treats). But wouldn’t you know it, Izzy just gobbled those hot dogs down!

We practiced the sit and heel on our afternoon walk and it seemed to go pretty well.  But she needs much more training   We are supposed to work with her 20-30 minutes twice a day.

Off to watch a movie and have some poppycorn!  Last day off…sad face