Day 24

Say...WHAT?

I know, I know, again, how can something like THIS be my b-moment (refer to Day 16)? Saw this label in the resource library for the Pediatric Annals and could not believe it was mislabeled like this. Ouch. Couldn't stop laughing and knew I had to post it for my 24th b-moment. Sheer ridiculousness that gets me haha laughing! I did say on Day 16 that it is neat to see different perspectives. This is definitely the other end of the perspective.

Mental note: gotta get someone to make a new label for this

expected bliss: 12, unexpected bliss: 12

Day 23

MMM...Meat Bliss

Looks like heaven to a carnivore like me. I can probably easily say that eating those fine slabs of dead moomoo was the defining b-moment, but look again, it's not. Please read on.

Thursday was a great day at work. I met with my supervisor for my yearly evaluation and got a great performance review! I was really proud of myself and it was really nice to read all the wonderful and positive things that she wrote about my work in the past year. I am working on a presentation on the topic of self-esteem to present next week to some students and I must agree with one of the things in there: that we should make it a point to be our own best friends and that means giving ourselves: acceptance, help, encouragement, praise, time, trust, respect and love. So true! So I was very excited and proud of myself to get the great review and my 5% raise! Woohoo!

Anyways, so honey and I go to fancy dinner that night. We have a reason to celebrate and we get dressed up. What an experience. We had all the components to make a poor review for the fancy high-priced place:

slow service: check!
dirty utensil: check! (my fork had a piece of old something stuck to it)
wet seat: check! (i had to wipe down my chair)
slow service: check! (ummmm I only wanted water??)
bugs in beer: check check! (both cups of beer had dead bugs in there, the 2nd one bigger than 1st)

What more could you want?? :) The most redeeming part, however, was that the food was great. Honey's steak was very tasty and huge. Mine was pretty good too. I enjoyed the cream corn too. The manager came over to give an awkward apology where he more told us to accept his apology, rather than ask. We said ok and it's fine. He told us the the beers would be comped and to take some desserts home free of charge. So we get the creme brulee. Should have taken a pic. The strawberry that came with it, albeit cut up nicely, was so old that it was nearly rotten. Boohoo!

Why did this make my b-moment you ask? I think it was the ridiculousness of it, we had a blast laughing about it and saying how there is no need to ever return there again! Better to make our own steak at home and serve ourselves whatever we want. If we want our own bugs we can put in our own! :)

expected bliss: 12, unexpected bliss: 11

Day 22

Day 3 Insanity: check!

Yay! Did it! I have been waking up sore, calves burning slightly with steps that I take (but usually when I wear heels), but the pain and soreness is very joyous! Snapped this pic of myself after the workout for Day 3: Cardio Power and Resistance. Powerful I felt afterwards! It is funny, during each workout when I am exhausted and sore and trying to catch my breath and admiring my raccoon face with my eyeliner dripping off, internally I feel strong and alive. This bliss is good for me on so many levels. No pain, no gain!

expected bliss: 12, unexpected bliss: 10

Day 21

I had my b-moment Tuesday night when we have TWO new moms join our support group. I run a moms support group at work and it has been a goal to increase membership and to continue to provide a quality place and forum for moms of all situations to come together to provide the support for each other. It was just great to see them listen to each other and offer advice and support. It is such a unique part of this job to be able to be part of this. Moms are the best!!

expected bliss: 11, unexpected bliss: 10



Day 20

Insanity: Day 1

Yay Day! Yours truly is baaaaaack! To the Insanity program! I had actually started the 60 day workout program the end of January this year, but then had to finally stop halfway through because I somehow managed to injure my big butt. I have no clue what I did, but I know when I did certain stretches, when I sat down or got up, I felt tension and it wasn't the "good" sore you get from a good workout, it was a strange strain. So even at the very end of that month I was pushing myself to get through, even though the strain was there. Until one day when I cried out in pain sitting to charge my phone, my lovey finally had to tell me I HAD to stop. So stop I did. :(

I rested, I stretched, I rolled my back on a tennis ball, I accidentally overdosed on Motrin. (That's another fun story. One day I thought I took the proper dosage, but ended up with a total of 3200mg of motrin in one day! No wonder I wouldn't drive and had to pull over for a nap! Oopsies!) I secretly whined in my head when I realized that Day 60 would have been March 29th. But I got over it and finally got to feel well enough to start up again last night! I took it easy, but still got a good sweat and woke up this morning with the "good" sore! Hello good sore, long time no feel! :) Here's to the rest of my 59 days!

expected bliss: 11, unexpected bliss: 9

Day 19

Armadillo or my man's head gear?

Well....both. Sort of. Let me explain. The boyfriend and I went out for a bike ride yesterday and he told me that earlier in the week when he rode his bike and wore his helmet, he passed his neighbor who commented on his protective head gear. Apparently she felt that his helmet also passed as an.....armadillo!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA I got the biggest laugh out of this. Shaking, teary eyed laughter came out of me. Every time I looked at the helmet after he told me, I could not stop laughing it was so amazingly funny. Also, the lady said that helmets are so weird these days. That she had seen some helmets that looked like cats on top of people's heads. Ahh remember how I enjoy that people have different perspectives and opinions? Well, today I found bliss knowing someone could see helmets as also armadillos and cats! Bliss!!!!!

Btw, this lady cracked me up on a different chance encouter 2 months back. She approached me when we were doing laundry and asked if I could help her pull a ring off her finger. Apparently she tried on some rings at home and this one was stuck. So I pulled a bit, but didn't want to hurt her, so I recommended that she try with some butter or lotion. She agreed to said plan and went home to execute the plan. My boyfriend, the sweetie he is, went back to check on her and helped her get it off. That must have been his random act of kindness of the day! Pull buttered ring off neighbor!

expected bliss: 10, unexpected bliss: 9

Day 18

Meet Kirby, my little friend I sat with at the animal shelter. Super cute, very sweet, we bonded over mutual enjoyment of just relaxing and sitting. It was just so peaceful. I took her for a walk, and then when we sat at a bench, Kirby very happily jumped in my lap. This picture was taken in this makeshift "house" where we can take the canine friends and unleash them so they can have a sense of how it feels to be at "home." I sat and read about dog breeds and Kirby sat and napped. What could be better?

Here is a pic from her back. By the way, I just checked online, status of Kirby: adopted :)

expected bliss: 9, unexpected bliss: 9