An Odd Day

December 12, 2007 at 9:55 pm (Weight Watchers)

(Wow, just reading this post now and it is REALLY random.  Evidentally, I didn’t make even the slightest effort to get it to flow from section to section….good luck!) 

From the moment that I stepped foot onto the bridge this morning, the day went into a tailspin.  There was a minor incident on the bridge this morning (so minor, in fact, that I am hesitant to even call it an incident).  A friend had something yucky happen in her family this past weekend which brought up some rather unpleasant memories for me of some stuff that happened almost 10 years ago.  And then there was the incident on the bridge this morning which didn’t really help the whole thought process of the last couple of days (yes, I know I’m being all cryptic and weird, but that’s all you’re getting for now).  ANYWAY, the day started out sucky.  I spent the first 3 hours putting out fires and pacifying whiners and stroking egos (my LEAST favourite thing to do). 

Then, around lunchtime, someone who used to work with us came to the plant and we went for a little walk over to the new casino (crappy, shoddy, slapped together and ugly, by the way) and then went for coffee.  As much as I don’t like the ‘supervision’ in my department, my boss is really good for things like that because I didn’t come back for 2 hours and he was totally fine with it.  It was so nice because while I talk to this person all the time and see him every weekend, we rarely get to spend time together one on one (he’s the captain of our hockey team).   I worked until 6:30 tonight and got a lot of stuff cleaned up and then hoofed it home (I’d forgotten how much a person can get done when there is no one else in the office!).  The walk has been really good these past few days.  My back/pelvis/leg issue has pretty much cleared up now that I’ve stopped wearing high heel shoes (and started doing some stretching), and I’ve definitely noticed a marked improvement in my cardio since I started.  Today should have been ‘stop at Starbucks Wednesday’ but it was already so late when I left work and I couldn’t really spare the points.  See?  Back to basics!

So now I’m at home, bathed and fed and in jammies.  Tonight will be an early bedtime for me because I haven’t really made up for Monday night when I didn’t get home until past midnight. 

Remember back in THIS post when I mentioned that I had the potential for a blind date?  Well that date is happening on Sunday.  Instead of going for coffee and sitting and staring at each other, I thought we should get out and DO something.  Something that puts both people right out of their comfort zone.  My idea of going ice skating was heavily veto-ed by friends and family alike, so now I’m not exactly sure what we’re going to do.  My thing is that you don’t really get to know a person when you are just sitting there staring at them over a cup of coffee.  It can be uncomfortable and akward so I definitely want to DO something.  There are some ideas in the works.  Mr. Blind Date is supposed to call me at the end of this week to make a firm plan.  I’ll keep you posted.  

That’s pretty much all I have for you this evening.  I’m really tired and itching to go crawl into bed. 

I did want to say welcome to the people today who commented for the first time.  HI!  Nice to see you!  It’s always exciting for me to get comments from everyone, but new commentors are great because you can all see me but I can’t see you.  So, if you’re there and you want to comment but don’t feel like you have anything to say, answer the quick quiz below (Mareuze, I know you like these):

1.  Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip?

2.  Peanut Butter or Cheez Whiz? 

3.  What is one thing that you are really, REALLY hoping to get for Christmas this year?

4.  Getting up early or sleeping in?

5.  Coffee or tea? 

There.  Now you have a reason to comment (not that you ever need a reason!).