Hi, everybody, and Happy Hump Day! Sorry to have been absentee for so long, but life has been unruly of late.
Here’s my Wednesday Wisdom for you, in an uncharacteristically succinct format. Planning a sleepover for a group of nine-year-olds for a birthday party? Save yourself time and effort and just stab yourself in the eye with a dull ice pick. Quicker, less painful, and (even with the medical expenses) probably slightly less expensive.
Okay, but seriously. YD’s sleepover/birthday party was Saturday night, and it actually went very well. We had fewer kids than expected, which did not hurt my feelings at all. As always, I went overboard with planning and prep, and had it not been for the absolute wonderfulness of my friend B. and ED, I’d never have had it all done in time. But they were both awesome, and things went well. I did have to sit through High School Musical 3 (the focal point of the party) and that was…well. The girls enjoyed it, and that’s what counts. 
*Note to Disney execs: Stop there. Really. Please. Just stop there. Do not attempt to go to that well again. It is not only nearly dry, but at this point I believe the water may be carrying some horribly disfiguring disease. As the mother of a preteen who is obsessed with Zac Efron, I beg you, Just Say No. Thank you, and good night. *
In other news, the weekend was rough in terms of workouts – i.e., I did none. Not a one. There just wasn’t time, and while I recognize that as an excuse, I also recall very clearly the total lack of sitting-down or sleeping over those three days, so I’m not sweating it much. (Ha. Get it? No workouts = no sweat. Strangely unfunny, somehow.)
Eating wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t great. I did take a couple of bites of pizza Saturday but it was actually rather awful, so I tossed it as “not worth the calories”. But there was some random snackage and all in all, I’m not awarding any stars for those two days.
It all equals a slight gain as of Tuesday, but it’s water and it’s mostly gone as of today, so it’s all good. The end result is that as of yesterday, I was at exactly the same weight as last Tuesday, so that makes last week a wash. I can live with it. I’ve been eating well this week and getting my workouts in – I did an hour an a half on the treadmill last night during the Biggest Loser, in addition to my WiiFit time, and I feel pretty great about that. Now, if I could just get a decent night’s sleep, I might feel almost human.
And about the Biggest Loser, while we’re on the subject. Why is it that, as much as I adore Bob Harper, I always end up loathing his team members? Truly, deeply, passionately loathing. The only one I can stand is Amy C. Last night ended up pretty much the way I expected it to, but as always I find myself deeply impressed with the general class and decency of the Black Team members. However, I find myself certain that this season will end with a winner I cannot bear. But the eliminated players come back next week, so we’ll see. Once that happens, it’s anybody’s game, as Ali proved last season.
Also, NBC execs should be SHOT for the frequency and length of the commercial breaks during the show. It’s bad enough that every forty-five seconds of the show is a Product Placement moment (excuse me, but chewing Extra gum has NEVER made me stop wanting to eat crap, sorry), but we also have commercials every five or six minutes, and they last FOREVER. I knew this already, but it was brought home to me last night with a vengeance. I’d decided to run for the duration of the commercial breaks and one of them was six minutes long. I kid you not. I timed it. Please to remember, I do not run. So that was sheer torture for me. I did it though. B@$tards.
So anyway, that’s my week so far. I’d like to say I’m going to get caught up reading blogs today but work is a bit brutal at the moment, so I’m not sure. I will try to at least read if not comment, and please know I’m thinking of you all even if I can’t get there. And have a wonderful Wednesday!
take care of you as we can wait and we all want you to channel ANY EXTRA ENERGY into planning healthy meals or marching around the domicile to burn off some stress.
Don’t you just hate those times when you NEED to work out and you WANT to work out but there’s just NO TIME?
Wishing you smoothness ahead…and good deep breaths.
I have a love/hate relationship with TBL. I enjoy watching the contestant’s weigh ins and the challenges, but good lord! Why can’t they come up with some actual show or else decrease the production time. Every sentence uttered by the host is said time and time again and just. as. slow. as. possible.
I usually just leave it muted until the end when they show the scale and the voting off. Really the last 5 mins is about all I enjoy anymore. The rest is just torture.
Plus, but excuse me–2-3 pounds in one week is a triumph! Joy was saying a woman should easily lose 1/2 lb a day!! What! That’s a net loss of 1750 cals a day, every day for 4 months??
ain’t realistic
I still have yet to see anything High School Music-related. Then again, I have no teens in my life. But this line:
“Planning a sleepover for a group of nine-year-olds for a birthday party? Save yourself time and effort and just stab yourself in the eye with a dull ice pick. ”
…STELLAR!
I can’t help but giggle! I too sat through HSM3 this weekend. UGH. I actually enjoyed the first two…but the third time? SO not the charm. I kept turning to MY 9 year old to say ‘watch…they’re going to start singing now’. B.R.U.T.A.L. I can tolerate Zac, but not his little sidekick, Vanessa.
I have mixed feelings about TBL this season also. It seems they are really turning up the ‘drama’ quotient – and I really don’t want to see all of that. It’s not ‘Survivor’ after all. It is a health and fitness show…and I want to learn about weight loss and fitness! That said, I didn’t even know it was on last night, so now I’m headin’ over to the website to catch the recap.
I had an ‘off’ week myself, post race,, PMS, busy etc. Still managed two runs but that’s about it! But I’m back at it this week, and the journey goes on! What’s a day or two ‘off’ in the whole scheme of things? You’re doing fine!
hey partner- came to check in to see how you were doing. i haven’t been doing any exercise myself. been sick the last cpl of days or so. heading to dance class tomorrow though despite it all. today was my bday so i let myself have some cake that hubby brought home for me. i don’t usually do sweets that often.
re: biggest loser-i hate everyone on that team (bob’s). amy was the only one i liked. it looked like she’s the only one that bob liked, too. heba needs to pull her head out of her you know what to see that her so called ‘friend’ is NOT her friend. bob’s right…tammy is the biggest game player. i found it hard in general to care about many of the contestants this season.