Miscellaneous Monday

Monday, April 1, 2013

Get thee to the country, go

On Friday the Smart Man and I drove out to Northeastern Colorado to visit our favorite Auntie and Uncle at their "country estate." We try to get up there at least a couple times a year, as we love spending time with them, and it also gives us a chance to see my Fabulous Great Auntie Margie, her daughter and her son-in-law, who are all fabulous people. Also? They have some pretty spectacular sunsets in that part of the country.


Of course, no visit to the country would be complete without subjecting the local chicken population to a visit from whichever Metal Chicken is in residence. This is Enrique Inglesias, hanging with the ladies, while Woodrow (an actual rooster) looks on suspiciously. Enrique belongs to my Auntie, and the last time he visited the chickens he scared the crap out of all of them. This visit was a bit more successful, but they still got flustered and ran away once the chow was gone.


Back on the bandwagon

You know what really sucks about traveling? My apparent inability to eat appropriately when I'm on the road, which leads to my eating inappropriately when I'm home. As a result I've lost some ground in my quest to maintain my weight at a healthy level. The good news is that my last physical revealed that I'm in the best metabolic health of my life, so I've got that going for me. The bad news is that I'm toting some extra fat that needs to be get thee gone. So it's back on the bandwagon for me. Again.

Irony, you suck

I've been feeling a bit restless lately. I suspect it's because I've been home for several weeks in a row, rather than jetting all over the country for the Military Industrial Complex. I guess you rally can get used to anything. But it's depressingly ironic that I'm not a huge fan of business travel, but now I'm "restless" when I'm not required to be on the road at least once a month. Stupid irony.

3 comments:

Anne C. said...

I'm back on the bandwagon too. Except for the office birthday cake I just had.

Glen and I have started taking long walks in the evening. It's effing with my knee, but I am determined to get past it.

And I miss you, J. I miss you a lot! (Which reminds me, I need to buy a webcam so I can Skype with Stacey.)

Janiece said...

I'll see you soon!

Carol Elaine said...

I'm back on the bandwagon, too. Got my new Fitbit in February, started going to the gym at work again a few weeks ago. I had gained back everything I had lost last year (all 15 pounds), but I'm definitely back on track - I've lost 5.5 pounds since March 12. WooHoo! Feeling my stamina come back, which is awesome.