Clap Your Hands

Well, this morning I woke up to my phone ringing. It was the employment agency. The job they were trying to get me into went with another candidate. Now I'm back to square one.

Since we know Brian has a job, we went out to eat for lunch. We got a coupon for free dessert at TGIFriday's because of Brian's birthday, so we went there. Broccoli Cheese Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks. Yum! Since we were both so full we didn't eat the dessert there, we got it to-go. It was a warm brownie with ice cream. Apparently the to-go order doesn't mean they keep the two parts separate, so either you have melted ice cream, or a frozen brownie. Either way, I can't wait to eat it! Because the ice cream was going to melt, we had to drive back home even though we needed to go to Walmart and it was right across the street. We also decided to go to Best Buy. Brian wanted a computer game and I wanted some new music. I managed to find Sia's new cd on sale. I had only heard the song "Clap Your Hands" and I love basically every song by her. This cd is in no way disappointing. I turned it on just before this and sat still for 2 whole songs just absorbed in it's awesomeness.

Also, when we were at Walmart, I got new batteries for my scale. There were two that were the same size around but they were different thickness. I guessed which was right, but of course I was wrong. I'd really like to weigh myself to know where I'm starting out, but I'll have to either wait, or hook up the wii fit, which we really don't have room for. We'll see, I guess.

Anyway, tonight I went for a walk/run. I lost count, but I think I did a full 2 miles around the track. What I do know for sure is that I did more running than walking, and it was definitely over a mile total. I ran in increments for as long as I could... until the discomfort of it started creeping towards pain. Then I'd walk. I pushed myself hard and it felt good. I tried not to think too much about it. I've read that thinking you can't do it will cause you to not be able to, so I tried to think about other things. Guess what got me through.... thinking about what I was going to write on here tonight! I guess this blog thing is working out better than I thought. My goal as of right now isn't really a certain weight, it's keeping up with exercising and having something good to write here every night, which is probably a better goal, because no matter how hard you try the scale can really disappoint. I mean, overall I have the goal of losing 20-40 pounds total, in increments of 5, but right now it's mainly seeing the progress I am making and blogging about it.

Back to the running... by the end of the running I was very aware of every muscle in my legs... although I'm sure some will start hurting I never even knew about tomorrow. I won't be the slightest surprised by not being able to move painlessly tomorrow, but that just makes me feel more accomplished. The biggest change comes when you get to that uncomfortable point. Depending how I feel, I may ease back on my workout tomorrow, but I'll try to do something, at least.

I almost forgot... this morning I got my new arms for my office chair. I bought this chair for $80 on sale a couple years ago and barely used it. Right after we moved Brian sat in it and the arms broke to pieces and the back fell off, making him fall backwards off the chair. I'm not the type to bitch about things, but I wrote them an email upset about what happened and at the idea of having to spend a lot of money on another one I like as much as this one, especially not having any money. I sent in the complaint and they made me file a warranty request with pictures and stuff. Brian questioned me whether it was really worth the 5 minutes of effort. I never got a reply saying if I was getting new parts, but I got them! It's so nice to have the back on the chair again!

Other than that, nothing else to write about right now. I'm going to try to convince Brian now to eat that dessert!