gilliansings's Journal, 25 March 2014

Today made 7 consecutive days working, with three more after today. Saturday can't come soon enough. Yesterday was beautiful. I took advantage by going for a long walk with my daughter and grandson (each one of us pushed a stroller). For the first time in my entire life, I had more endurance than my daughter!

Today I have a discussion group to go to after dinner, so exercise is out. Since I've been working out 6-7 times a week, I'm going to give myself a free pass tonight. In other news, the beautiful clock I ordered for me and my husband's 25th wedding anniversary, arrived today. I tried to post a picture of it with this journal entry, but didn't get anywhere using the icon for adding an image. Anyone know how to do it? I even copied the picture and tried to cut and paste. Stupid program, lol. It is a beautiful 12" square bamboo back and edge with embossed roman numerals on the glass cover and the hands contained underneath. It's a little noisier than I had hoped after reading reviews of similar Bulova clocks. Still, we looked long and hard for a clock that was unusual and almost a piece of art. Our old clock was substantial and lasted us for 27 years, so we wanted something comparable.

In my last journal post I commented about needing to really stand up for myself with my employer. Well, as I was typing this, the phone rang. Yup, it was them. She was asking me to work with the same "one time" clients again this coming weekend. I told her no. She said, "Oh, I know that you've been working a ton, so I understand." I corrected her and said that it wasn't just that I'd been working so many straight days, it was that my main client that I see 5 days a week is already more hours than my doctor recommends, so I just didn't want to work above and beyond that ANY time and that I would contact them when and if I was looking for additional hours. I was proud of myself for being so blunt.

Today is stormy, but I don't mind. Too many sunny days in a row makes me long for a change in weather. I guess that's why I'm a NW girl at heart, lol.

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1365 kcal

Fat: 35.74g | Prot: 65.80g | Carb: 210.95g.   Breakfast: Milk (1% Lowfat with Added Vitamin A), Post Raisin Bran, Jennie-O Lean Turkey Breakfast Sausage Links. Lunch: Bolthouse Farms Green Goodness Fruit Smoothie, Nabisco Triscuit Crackers Original, Progresso Light Beef Pot Roast Soup. Dinner: Black Pepper, Salt, Smart Balance Original Buttery Spread, Cooked Broccoli (Fat Not Added in Cooking), Gorton's Panko with Lemon & Cracked Pepper. Snacks/Other: 1% Fat Milk, Trader Joe's Honey, Almond & Flax 9 Whole Grain Crunch Cereal, Jelly Belly Jelly Beans, Kraft Cool Whip Lite, Jell-O Cook and serve custard dessert, Egg Yolk, Whole Milk, Nutmeg (Ground). more...

2894 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Resting - 3 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Standing - 4 hours, Housework - 1 hour, Shopping - 30 minutes, Pushing client in W/C - 1 hour, Sitting - 5 hours, Driving - 1 hour. more...