i was supposed to go to Hobbity Lobbity (hehe) on my way to the gym while kathryn was in school. i needed to return an item and buy one item. should take 30 mins at the most, since i knew exactly what i needed etc etc. then i was to go and have a quick round at foxy's (gym) since i was cutting out 30 mins to go to Hobby Lobby. then i would get out with enough time to get kathryn from school at 12, and be home 12:30 so john could take the car to be to work for 1. it only takes about 5 - 10 mins to get home from kat's school, so even if i ran a little late, i still would be able to make it home by 12:30.
well, i got to Hobby Lobby at 9:30 and there was only 2 people in the return line. i thought, good good. well the lady currently returning stuff apparently had oh, a cart full of stuff to return, but it was at the tail end? idk. i just waited. and waited. she had about 10 receipts she was using to return stuff and they had to key it all in... her returns total was $195.22!!! good grief lady! it took 20 mins to finally get my turn to return 1 thing. geez. well, i still had time, i could still be on schedule. i hurried and got my 1 thing and went to the front only to sigh...they only had 2 cashiers and there was at least 10 people in front of me! so there goes another 20 mins. geez. a little behind, but i had made a goal to go to the gym today so i was going even if all i got to do was cardio! i hurried into the car, daniel being a good sport about it all, and head to the gym... got there about 10:40 which meant i had 1 hour... i did some weights, cardio, and quickly showered since i wasn't gonna have time to swim...rushed out at 11:45 running a tad late, it usually takes me 20 mins to get to kat's school, but 5 mins late is no big deal. i jump on the interstate at airline, road looks clear, but then we start to slow down right as i pass the sherwood off ramp...crap. what's going on??? i turn on to WJBO and they are fixing pot holes and they had a wreck... we were at a standstill!!! it takes 15 mins just to get to millerville (1.25 miles away) and so i get on florida and the traffic isn't too bad, but at this point it is 12:10! i call kat's school let them know i'm running late. i finally get to kathryn's school by 12:30 (!!!!) and get her, and book it! john calls me i let him know i'm on my way home... he has to be to work for 1 b/c his boss has a meeting at 1:30 he has to go to and john needs to be there before he can leave. AAAA! i don't want to make john late! i am going as fast as i can, about 1 more mile....and STOP...the cars are totally stopped. i'm like 1/3 mile from my subdivision...and i can see ambulance, fire trucks, cops...there's a wreck! AAAAAARGH freakin wrecks on walker south are nightmares!!! there is no other routes to take...depending on where they are located and where you want to go...
well, it looked like all the lights were pretty darn close to the front of the neighborhood, but i was so far back i couldn't tell! i pull in a driveway to turn around, call john and he reminds me of a quick shortcut around the wreck...joe may rd to hammack to walker south on the other end of the wreck.... so i zoomed that way as fast as i could...it's now 12:45, this was about a 6 mile detour, and i finally get to walker south at 12:50.... and the line of cars is long this way too. but i knew i just needed to get to my neighborhood...so i went in the wrong lane around the line of cars (people hate when you do this!) but then a fire truck was headed my way...pull in to the nearest drive way, wait for it to pass, then go a bit further only to realize the wreck is practically in front of our neighborhood so much so, that the ambulance and other fire truck were blocking the entrance! UGHHHH!!!! so i get to the nearest driveway to our neighborhood and wait, and call john and tell him the news, and he says he's starting to walk out the neighborhood to meet me. just a min later the fire truck pulls away and then the ambulance, and i can see a spot to squeeze into our neighborhood! i quickly drive out and the cop that sees me thinks i'm crazy but realizes i was turning (the accident was about 10 ft north of our neighborhood, so i could pull in without interfering) and i meet john about halfway up the street its 12:57, my adrenaline and stress levels were through the roof and i wanted to be home to calm down! i was going to just take the kids out and give john the car and walk home, but he says to take him to work! i didn't refuse (unfortunately, i didn't want to have to pick him up), so another 40 mins of stress thinking about how late john was (got to work at 1:40!!) and what his boss was going to say and it was all my fault! well, you just can't plan for traffic accidents. and they really screwed up my plans...(sorry for the people who were involved in them) so for the rest of the day i was just trying to calm down. all in all, 200 miles is way to much driving in one day...
anyway, a thank you for all of you who offered the tips and advise about how to curb eating sweets.
i have figured out a few tricks that i hope will work with my goal to eat less sweets/lose some weight.
-i'm trying not to eat anything after 8. the last 2 days i've worked on this. it's hard b/c once i put the kids to bed, it's my wind-down time, and food is comforting to me, so i grab something to munch while i watch a show online or something... well, i have done pretty good. there has been no eating after 8, except for tonight. i barely had time to eat with all the running around that i did, so when i picked john up at 8 after leaving from MIL's house (we were taking fam pictures etc.) i was starving when we got home at 8:45 and i ate and had a few cookies but tried to not drag out the eating...i stopped at 9:30.
i have found a good way to stop eating all together is to brush my teeth. (not that i don't, i usually just wait til i'm ready to go to bed) i now brush my teeth when my kids do around 8 for their bedtime routine and no more eating after 8! i just can't stand the taste of minty toothpaste mixed with food. bleh! so i have to wait for the minty-ness to go away which takes a while, and i end up going to bed before that.
i'm getting in the routine of using my gym membership, so after the holidays, i should be on a roll! i can't wait to start noticing results. and suddenly that snickers bar isn't worth the 30 mins on the eliptical it takes to burn it off. ahhh, just to have some energy back will be nice. i hate feeling groggy and tired all day. and i'm experiementing with tea to see if that might help give me some energy back...and stay healthy with all the flavanoids it contains. we'll see.
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