The Blonde Diaries

Since I have been traveling quite a bit the past 2 months, I have been exposed to more billboard advertising than usual.  I have also been turning on the television a bit more and see video advertisements.  One common theme I am seeing is the usage of words that I am not familiar with.  I will admit that my vocabulary is probably average and could be better but there are just some things I have to come home and look up (if I can remember them).

The latest one was a billboard advertising Mesothelioma lawyers who were looking for people to join a class action lawsuit. I have to admit I was not familiar with Mesothelioma (long word!) so I googled it of course. Mesothelioma is a disease people can develop after prolonged exposure to asbestos in various manners. I read a little more and man those poor people that have to live with this disease and the fact that people might have known about the dangers and didn’t warn anyone is heartbreaking. I don’t always support class action lawsuits but this is one of those instances where I think it is warranted.

Just last week, I was complaining about my allergies being out of whack.  I was taking medicine around the clock trying to get them under control so I could function like a normal person.  You know what finally helped?  The rain we have been getting here in Houston!  It wasn’t the Zyrtec or the Benedryl that did it, it was the rain.

I am finally feeling like a normal person who could do anything, except for camping whether it is tent camping or rv camping. I feel good but not that good LOL! In fact, today I am heading out to meet up with a friend and go sit outside and peel boiled crawfish. I can’t wait as it has been almost a year since I’ve had some fresh mudbugs in their shell. I am also toying with the idea of heading to the zoo tomorrow while Mike is at work to see the new red panda.

Just curious.  It seems like the wind must have changed last week or something because my allergies are flared up and I can’t get back to normal.  I have been taking over the counter 24-hour Zyrtec for my allergies and that has kept them under control since last fall.  Not so much right now.  The pollen and dust in the air has out powered my Zyrtec and I’ve had to move to the over the counter Zyrtec-D 12-hour pills and then Benadryl at night.  The headaches are finally gone but the sneezing just keeps coming and coming.  I think I might have to try and find the prescription I got from the doctor in December for Flonase and fill it to see if that helps any.  If not I’m not sure what I’m going to do to get through allergy season.

Is anyone else suffering this bad?

I have been doing well this week with going to the gym by myself which I hate but since Mike is in Beaumont till Friday and my butt isn’t getting any smaller sitting around the apartment I’ve been going. Last night I was at the gym after rush hour as I call it and I started my weight routine which is basically all of the Cybrex machines. I like these because I feel more confident using them over the free weights. So if you are familiar with them you may understand my small vent and if you aren’t I’ll explain very briefly. To use these machines and get the appropriate weight, you put these thingys called ball lock pins in a hole in the plate you need. They then allow you to lift the desired weight. Well, at my gym and most others I’ve been to, the chain that holds the pins to the machine are broke and thus the pins can grow legs and walk around the gym. That leads to me having to chase them around the gym and interrupt my workout. Seriously guys, do you have to move them around to each machine? What is wrong with using the one that is on the floor next to the machine? Talk about frustrating.

Yay it is Thursday! I am always glad when Thursday hits because that means I only have one more work day till the weekend and boy could I use a weekend right now.  It is never too late to join in with Think Thin Thursdays and it is ok if you miss a week or two here or there.  The more the merrier!

So I climbed on my Wii Fit this morning and weighed in at 151.9.  Not too shabby but I knew that wasn’t consistent with when I’ve been weighing/exercising on my Wii Fit so I didn’t save it and went off to work.  I did climb back on tonight and weighed in at 153.9.  That is more like where I really feel I am with my weight.  Last week I was at 153.4 so I seem to be up .5 pounds.  I also seemed to halfway meet my goals from last week so I’m going to work harder at setting realistic goals and being more strict in following them.  I journaled officially for half of last week and then mentally journaled the rest of the week.  I also made it to the gym about half of the week due to traveling home and being lazy.  So I’m going to work on that as well.

So for this upcoming week my new goal (yes, I’m only doing one) is to JOURNAL everything everyday.  I’m not worrying about points (well I am but not for the goal) but just to get into the habit of writing and reflecting.

Our task this week is to blog about our motivation.

My motivation isn’t the wedding gown being made right now in a size too small.  My motivation is actually my green string bikini I bought 3 years ago when I was at 130 and looking good.  I want to surprise my fiancee on our cruise and wear it around the ship since he doesn’t even know I own anything like that!