Went Walking
Today I finally started going back and doing my walks. I walked about a mile and a half today between walking to the clinic and leasing office. I walked slow, since my tooth is not fully healed and it was throbbing a bit. I also had a bit of a headache that throbbed with my pulse as well. Still, I went for my walk and that's the important thing. It's about getting back into my habits of losing weight. Although I did have an entire box of Papa John's wings for dinner and went way over my calories. I just had a major craving for them. Boy did they taste good! I know I undid all the calories I burned on my walk and more, but it's not something I do everyday. I have to be careful not to do that everyday. I don't have a lot of money left to spend on fast food, and we still have food stamps left so we should be okay on regular food. We would just need a bit more milk and bread for the most part. We haven't eaten a lot of chicken this month for some reason. We have only eaten a bag and a half for the month, and normally we eat 2-3 bags a month. Then again, it's still kinda early in the month, so there's still time for us to eat more. All I know is that we have more than enough to last us for the rest of the month. We just need the stuff for breakfast and lunch taken care of.
We didn't get inspected today, so we are clear for another year. I'm glad, because the house wasn't in the shape I wanted it to be in. It looked okay, but not great. I know I have to keep cleaning for it to stay this way. I can't be lazy and just let everything go. We do have a sink full of dishes that need to be put in the dishwasher, but we have to empty the dishwasher first. There's a bunch of stuff in there that needs to be put away, but there's no room in the cupboards for them since they are full of food. We will have to find a space for them. We normally just leave the food wherever it fits, on the counter or on top of the fridge, but for the inspection we put them all in the cupboards. We normally don't have so much stuff in the kitchen. Joyce mentioned joining Fly Lady, but I don't think I could keep up with cleaning every day. It just seems like so much work when it's normally not needed. It's not like we have people over. I only have one friend here in Miami, and she lives on the other side of the city. She used to live close and we used to work together, but then I got fired and she moved to her mom's house. I haven't seen her in almost a year now.
That's something, though, that I want to change. I want to have friends. I know Tiffany at work is a nice woman and we could be friends if we got to know each other better. It's just hard, since she has 2 kids that she has to take care of and lives far away from me. I know I can ask Daisy for help if I need it, but it's more of a professional friendship since she's my boss sometimes. I want someone I can hang out with and go places with. Tiffany is my age, so it's easier to be friends with her. I just don't know how to start a friendship with someone anymore. It's not as easy as it used to be. I can normally make friends with someone easily, but with work it's different. You have two lives... work and outside work. It's learning how to bridge the gap between the two. But with all the drama-llama going on in my life, I would like to have someone that I can hang out with and just forget about the drama for a bit, go to a movie or something like that.
Mood today was good. I'm glad that I got to go for my walk. It wasn't that hot today, it was only like 83 and overcast, so it was cool enough to only work up a light sweat. I wish I had brought my sweat rag, though. I have a hand towel that I use to wipe off sweat when I go to work. I could have used it on my walk. Now I need to get all of my clothes that I threw into the closet for inspection out so I can have my wardrobe again. I need to buy new pants, maybe ones with an elastic waistband (even though I hate those things) because my size 22's are falling off me now. Those used to be my skinny jeans. I might see what they have at Target, since Old Navy's not having a sale. Well, Target and Ross. Both stores have stuff in my size. I just can't wait until I'm under 200 pounds and can buy myself a new bathing suit- a 40's style waist high bottom and a bikini top. I think I'm going to get jeans with my next check. I will forgo the pedicure again and just get new clothes with the money. I could skip the jeans for another month, and maybe I will. I don't know, it just depends on how I feel that day.
We didn't get inspected today, so we are clear for another year. I'm glad, because the house wasn't in the shape I wanted it to be in. It looked okay, but not great. I know I have to keep cleaning for it to stay this way. I can't be lazy and just let everything go. We do have a sink full of dishes that need to be put in the dishwasher, but we have to empty the dishwasher first. There's a bunch of stuff in there that needs to be put away, but there's no room in the cupboards for them since they are full of food. We will have to find a space for them. We normally just leave the food wherever it fits, on the counter or on top of the fridge, but for the inspection we put them all in the cupboards. We normally don't have so much stuff in the kitchen. Joyce mentioned joining Fly Lady, but I don't think I could keep up with cleaning every day. It just seems like so much work when it's normally not needed. It's not like we have people over. I only have one friend here in Miami, and she lives on the other side of the city. She used to live close and we used to work together, but then I got fired and she moved to her mom's house. I haven't seen her in almost a year now.
That's something, though, that I want to change. I want to have friends. I know Tiffany at work is a nice woman and we could be friends if we got to know each other better. It's just hard, since she has 2 kids that she has to take care of and lives far away from me. I know I can ask Daisy for help if I need it, but it's more of a professional friendship since she's my boss sometimes. I want someone I can hang out with and go places with. Tiffany is my age, so it's easier to be friends with her. I just don't know how to start a friendship with someone anymore. It's not as easy as it used to be. I can normally make friends with someone easily, but with work it's different. You have two lives... work and outside work. It's learning how to bridge the gap between the two. But with all the drama-llama going on in my life, I would like to have someone that I can hang out with and just forget about the drama for a bit, go to a movie or something like that.
Mood today was good. I'm glad that I got to go for my walk. It wasn't that hot today, it was only like 83 and overcast, so it was cool enough to only work up a light sweat. I wish I had brought my sweat rag, though. I have a hand towel that I use to wipe off sweat when I go to work. I could have used it on my walk. Now I need to get all of my clothes that I threw into the closet for inspection out so I can have my wardrobe again. I need to buy new pants, maybe ones with an elastic waistband (even though I hate those things) because my size 22's are falling off me now. Those used to be my skinny jeans. I might see what they have at Target, since Old Navy's not having a sale. Well, Target and Ross. Both stores have stuff in my size. I just can't wait until I'm under 200 pounds and can buy myself a new bathing suit- a 40's style waist high bottom and a bikini top. I think I'm going to get jeans with my next check. I will forgo the pedicure again and just get new clothes with the money. I could skip the jeans for another month, and maybe I will. I don't know, it just depends on how I feel that day.
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