My day and a few pictures

My eye was back to normal by last night. I even put on some mascara and went to the gym yesterday afternoon. The magic (expensive) salve did the trick. You've got to love modern medicine is all I can say. <br /><br />Not a whole lot to report today, just a hell of a day at work because I've been on call for the last six days. Being on call is the worst thing ever. I hate it. Our team of nine has over 100 applications we support. For one week every nine weeks, I have to carry the on-call phone and if there's an emergency, I get called and have thirty minutes to respond. It's a bloody nightmare when something goes down because often it affects the operation of the airline. There's always a lot of pressure to get it fixed quickly. I had three calls at home over the weekend, and by noon today I had nine new trouble tickets assigned to me. Today is my last day of being on-call for another nine weeks. It's been a tough week!<br /><br />I was at the gym by 6am this morning for another lackluster workout. My heart (literally) just isn't into working out any more. I go, I do my thing for an hour or an hour and a half (sometimes two), but I'm really fighting with myself about it. Every fiber of my being wants to stay in bed in the mornings. So far I haven't given in, but it's sure been tough lately. I have to have the conversation with myself every freaking morning...get up - get up - get up! One of these days I'm afraid I'm going to lose the battle and the fat chick in me is going to take over again. It's not easy making her shut up, especially at 5am.<br /><br />At noon I went for a walk by my office and realized there just isn't anything very pretty by my office. I wanted to take pictures with my new camera but I'm about a mile from SeaTac airport.It's a rundown, sad area. We have a state detention center on one side of us, where they keep the prisoners before they go to the real jail. On the other side is a trailer park full of single wides that they've condemned because a new road is going to be put in. They're all boarded up and look scary. I started to take pictures of all the new graffiti I saw today but decided it wasn't even pretty graffiti.<br /><br />So here's what I did see that wasn't too awful. :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A tree in the parking lot of my work place. Please note the beautiful blue sky, in Seattle, in February and it was 52 degrees!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5_V-f72AUMSYTtm7-OKpYq7lUpD2z9HiUZGIeqWgDthw0VuTn8Qb9ZZoPVn8ciJ-YNOg1Y_6_PXDlbtbOi-QlRsPUrWohhyphenhyphenPIfNSKdJHMw1Ye6hQ9PE2ZMl6US8FRuzO3jr6Ydcdo8kW/s1600-h/16FEB+2010+tree.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5_V-f72AUMSYTtm7-OKpYq7lUpD2z9HiUZGIeqWgDthw0VuTn8Qb9ZZoPVn8ciJ-YNOg1Y_6_PXDlbtbOi-QlRsPUrWohhyphenhyphenPIfNSKdJHMw1Ye6hQ9PE2ZMl6US8FRuzO3jr6Ydcdo8kW/s400/16FEB+2010+tree.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A tree on the street near my work, the street I like to walk because there's hardly any traffic. It's like a street to no where...they never finished it (but that's why they condemned the trailer park, they're going to finish it some day).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ51_UlPIOmKYZPzRDJMV2dFaXB8ZEfnXR4UZcmSQcDTGDBKXBykGUxerEttwrTyFtk-bAMeTvyfICqZhXRZd6_gP9NqzdSWJzMSboBq7IIz7XVkCwiYfNnvR0FBV7GaRs0_V92Gh79nG/s1600-h/16FEB+2010+tree3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ51_UlPIOmKYZPzRDJMV2dFaXB8ZEfnXR4UZcmSQcDTGDBKXBykGUxerEttwrTyFtk-bAMeTvyfICqZhXRZd6_gP9NqzdSWJzMSboBq7IIz7XVkCwiYfNnvR0FBV7GaRs0_V92Gh79nG/s400/16FEB+2010+tree3.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My most favorite airline! Check out that sky. The bluest skies are in Seattle!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ULvsPHv6QXd1f9EkZ1lcSLxHJR7Wp0082HzECiIFBCOSsyPQXa0Uz8Xf_vfCg_R7bS2rmyl0G_jcO4Ce0BMYP75zqzdET-vtkdvc__o2MrnamoPNL8HcCiQh4IsEDcN8cUhj-AUgvdkq/s1600-h/16FEB+2010+airline.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ULvsPHv6QXd1f9EkZ1lcSLxHJR7Wp0082HzECiIFBCOSsyPQXa0Uz8Xf_vfCg_R7bS2rmyl0G_jcO4Ce0BMYP75zqzdET-vtkdvc__o2MrnamoPNL8HcCiQh4IsEDcN8cUhj-AUgvdkq/s400/16FEB+2010+airline.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The trees think it's spring time and are budding already..it's February!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitS8ekiSShwSe70xWuzJgRs6B9ivuMcYSjhyiaX6_EoelCRCumbWMlW_4IYgP2XVPo30OGkLiHRj2mvjfRKRw7NKVZ4sWOehWz5eCExGXeN-j6wcbk5zthFPexIZA05IklxJCRzXdcsv8F/s1600-h/16FEB+2010+Buds.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitS8ekiSShwSe70xWuzJgRs6B9ivuMcYSjhyiaX6_EoelCRCumbWMlW_4IYgP2XVPo30OGkLiHRj2mvjfRKRw7NKVZ4sWOehWz5eCExGXeN-j6wcbk5zthFPexIZA05IklxJCRzXdcsv8F/s400/16FEB+2010+Buds.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A flag in front of an old house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOU35KytBZqJTuZoJlrIXR3ROUIKvj2Epxp0bFOhNPXm_vxqpyCbu2q8YfjU9AooJ7yFC_q9o8nMuFb5j6B4G6VDoUudp5hl2J6BOOHonmU_XrcwKhS8y2j8wUxPK7oBZ5jnAr4tNFScmE/s1600-h/16FEB+2010+flag.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOU35KytBZqJTuZoJlrIXR3ROUIKvj2Epxp0bFOhNPXm_vxqpyCbu2q8YfjU9AooJ7yFC_q9o8nMuFb5j6B4G6VDoUudp5hl2J6BOOHonmU_XrcwKhS8y2j8wUxPK7oBZ5jnAr4tNFScmE/s400/16FEB+2010+flag.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Same flag from the other side through the budding cherry blossoms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewYMfKUGHxdiOxkuWeHeWWNI8Y-a8s9bRJ4dm8KHj5xqItIAyWMtOf3zY4x8jxXZ0P4dyu-c5cDqzDzA3Kc7Tabk8fBUfRRxnfrEhSDk9pAFrB4aY6DBxi_w6k5vsuqCjOoMKCe8HYvuT/s1600-h/16FEB+2010+cherryblossoms.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewYMfKUGHxdiOxkuWeHeWWNI8Y-a8s9bRJ4dm8KHj5xqItIAyWMtOf3zY4x8jxXZ0P4dyu-c5cDqzDzA3Kc7Tabk8fBUfRRxnfrEhSDk9pAFrB4aY6DBxi_w6k5vsuqCjOoMKCe8HYvuT/s400/16FEB+2010+cherryblossoms.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view from the county detention center, about 1/4 mile from my office.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The detention center doesn't have any windows. Sad but true.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7loHuIpXd0yNxXjkK28w3l7rEWmc0YAnCX28ipta_U4hBkgBu2mOeOxLOX0XecleKUc7ug8NkKfS9v146vl96VlANvTqM0BET3LILF2XR2qWz9X_7l7SWmMcXCyWgn6-3W3m2IlLo-Zn/s1600-h/16FEB+2010+a+view.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7loHuIpXd0yNxXjkK28w3l7rEWmc0YAnCX28ipta_U4hBkgBu2mOeOxLOX0XecleKUc7ug8NkKfS9v146vl96VlANvTqM0BET3LILF2XR2qWz9X_7l7SWmMcXCyWgn6-3W3m2IlLo-Zn/s400/16FEB+2010+a+view.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />That's all I could find to take pictures of today. Actually, looking at the pictures it looks a lot prettier than I thought.

My day and a few pictures

My eye was back to normal by last night. I even put on some mascara and went to the gym yesterday afternoon. The magic (expensive) salve did the trick. You've got to love modern medicine is all I can say. Not a whole lot to report today, just a hell …

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Back to the Grindstone!

<p>Hey blog friends! Well the wind died down and I actually had to go to work today so you can stop being jealous of me! :p </p> <p>I didn’t want to get out of bed though, I prefer the coziness right next to Kyle! But I finally convinced myself no matter how short the workout, <strong>something is better than nothing</strong>. I got to the gym and only had <strong>20 minutes</strong> to workout and I made the most of it by doing <strong>intervals</strong> on the <strong>treadmill.</strong> I was a <strong>sweaty mess</strong> at the end, felt awesome!</p> <p>Headed to my office and whipped up a classic bowl of <strong>oatmeal</strong> with a<strong> small sliced banana</strong>, and <strong>chocolate PB2</strong> for <strong>4 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd92ohrrrpwUr_KrhBBwgV-ej3it289ZJrz5s1qngnMTpmL3obQD2dfRh2J3wYYyI6c0vFfEYPGvY7yMqrylv3hPajeDL75rOcNqKXz6ehjscoP4ySgBM6hEYvmr-Nzetd_FAEVdCWVCI5/s1600-h/DSC06059%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06059" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUwq33UuH9g5BqTiOrAAbEOseT-R4GS0ggbCZ613pE6wPTQa0upV1XFCduU7luE3EiRIMHD7_sw2DMt4s1MQZaKUJC1008Fr1qfhNgr_K4SxBcVbzPwXqzbxLgdrzJu9wFNuMHRN9sd6e/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC06059" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>Being closed on Monday made for a extra busy Tuesday! But it just made my day go that much faster! I took a little time out to mix up my morning snack of <strong>1 1/2c strawberries</strong>, <strong>ww vanilla yogurt</strong>, and <strong>1/4 <a href="http://weightloss-stories.blogspot.com/2010/02/few-updates.html">homemade granola</a></strong> for <strong>3 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIeMFCycFSjL916xgv-2vMdnZ_qgoeDLZNTjwmAO_xuDUNtWzXtp5Ap_Kmb8bk4Q7J-huEv_cLP_p9lnrMRHYimCeek96hAlT-wuTDECu84ZkMO41PSn7b2eXFnLpB0GBfIKU_jvH91HCP/s1600-h/DSC06060%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06060" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZo-3aIUB4_DUKdyRG7AMJ3Puo6RgtC0Cwc6dXcZkA4sMthgzDK68uq2p1A6RWJ5O_ICZtpodMUrMoPmwxP4SnqEVueyVlr1hMjZLw0EieufJHUet63BbO3hA_y85TjZuL5CQh-TvQ3L3I/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC06060" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>I went home for lunch and made a<strong> quick, fresh meal</strong>! It consisted of<strong> 1/2c cottage cheese</strong>, <strong>1/2c peaches</strong>, <strong>baby carrots</strong>, and a<strong> turkey & cheese flat out</strong> for <strong>5 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_J9EljOQbYtwAXEaZAm37Un7OXGAaR2xKVBrhqIDf5wksK3Ycs4HdnLIx8_PYLOhYaV2wB_OxcUOkLHWLiZo0YdU_RNfhY81K7BxC_f6ncOODatn0WBvA5ETlkLUs95Bnt0kf_VVOTy3n/s1600-h/DSC06061%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06061" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFTR_S0vZZ_w2NgHh6oHqikktCx5uH0xJMd8gMfYt_x7e6Kso-Dz9ANAAb0iJhXnXKWT5Br5SURB6DnKS6z8h9zuaz9aC1Lopzg8WFBXrzczPXcuxl4zlIdpCGwPd1uV3qFOPeliGlW0P/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC06061" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>To get me through my afternoon I snacked on some <strong>crisp green grapes</strong> for <strong>1 point</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLaZGZPegDOxH1vGYEeQK0UQqUElSUOCFGtPyN21pXSiSOjHpxdapdhb60HLKsT-5Ubr9EX9Q1XG504hOGlOH-ly3AUTqOsU2QcAZRU70TzMhXkkoVR77t2YTLNCjxdVP-_3OsHfZBKwF/s1600-h/DSC06062%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06062" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84T0iQ5FlGXILXOLziXH-BILNYX_DiEMrNkUs08WVF2Ap_7050cXNLoXrP0n1sqmkcagZ9o7yRp1Qmpq9tUCUvl7uCqeJB9mlu0ybDx3Nv7ZkjJjh44aYmrNzxz3-xxBDfu1etdyfww3l/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC06062" width="404" /></a> </p> <p>After work Kyle had a meeting at church so I was cooking for 1! I decided to go for <strong>pizza</strong>! Mine was made up of<strong> 2 oz chopped ham</strong>, <strong>1/4c 2% shredded mozzarella</strong>, <strong>2 slices of pineapple</strong>, <strong>1/4c pizza sauce</strong>, and a <strong>flat out</strong> for <strong>6 points</strong>. Mmmm, delish!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVgs-h87-ERDzikV-PoyT-tYgd0QTYpj5BXWWxFEi3575QCUQVnliFZowbWnCaNszjfV2JD2uh0rzabJG-EVlBrv4_3z_dWoaGeN_1aFKcrOk8RYQpCEiV6ppmktbuEKs-W5aLrTmxepx/s1600-h/DSC06063%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC06063" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku3Sz3dWGzWG_UdHnpWY2mCsXiSJJgFYRoE_0qTKeo8BPeN_AwIuyqoudGDvhihnEEesB-3LSQko5dExyRGNuwYKrtDr0kCWBkK-JW01JYOJPn5bANtUzBfaqkc8-Lpbm00ovsVH9RLqr/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC06063" width="404" /></a></p> <p>I was <strong>so ready</strong> for Biggest Loser tonight and got a little disappointed when the Olympics were on. Don’t get me wrong, I <strong>enjoy</strong> the Olympics, but was I just hoping for some BL. I decided to be <strong>productive</strong> instead and got my gym bag ready and then blogged! By the way, <strong>what do you think of my new layout</strong>?</p> <p>I’m off for some much needed time with my man!! G’nite bloggie friends!!</p> <p><strong>TUESDAY’S STATS</strong> <br />POINTS = 19/23   <br />WATER =  96 oz <br />EXERCISE = 20 min interval run</p>

Back to the Grindstone!

Hey blog friends! Well the wind died down and I actually had to go to work today so you can stop being jealous of me! :p I didn’t want to get out of bed though, I prefer the coziness right next to Kyle! But I finally convinced myself no matter how …

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