Coolin

My weekend was pretty laid back. I didn't do to much but I wasn't bored either. Saturday I got up and hit the gym, I did my cardio and then hit the ab machines. Sometimes when I get there early Saturday, my line of thinking is I want to leave right after I get off the treadmill. I try to rationalize before I even get there, thinking to myself at least I did something, but when I actually getting off, I feel like I haven't done enough. I feel it wouldn't make any sense to leave when I'm already there and there are other areas I need to work on that the treadmill won't help. After those thoughts, at a minimum, I go up stairs and hit the weights. I like to get there by 10am at the latest so i'm out of there by noonish but that doesn't alway happen when I go upstairs, there's so much more to do. When i first started going on Saturday's, i'd go to the court and work on my J, I haven't been in there in a minute, maybe next week i'll shoot a couple.

I was supposed to have a 1:00pm lunch date, but he was at work so he pushed it back to 4:30. You all know what that meant don't you? It meant I had time to kill.....and you all know what's the best thing to do while killing time....well one of the best (wink)....yep, you guessed it, shoe shopping! DSW is having a sale and I was right in Silver Spring so how could I not stop by since I was no longer pressed for time. The sale was good to me, I could've easily overdone it, but I didn't I stayed focused on what I went in there for and even put a really cheap pair of shoes down when I got closer to the checkout. I figured part of my problem is thinking I have to buy it because it's so cheap or at a great price but that's not the case. I had to tell myself "it's okay...you can leave it" but the good part is I listened.

After I left DSW I headed home to finish watching You, Me and Dupree. It was pretty good, I was so into it I hadn't realized it was 3:30, when I finally did, I jumped up, showered, dressed and rolled out. I was about 15 minutes late but he said he had just got there 5 minutes ago so I was good. Lunch and conversation was cool, right before we ordered, he said he had to go out to the car, when he came back in, he had a vase in it with some carnations. Now, I am a true sucker for flowers, they are what puts a smile on my face regardless of the day i'm having or the mood i'm in. But that also means I expect a lot when it comes to flowers, or am a person's worse critic when it comes to flower giving I should say. So when he walked in with the carnations, I thought to myself, how cheap and I wasn't impressed. But I smiled and thanked him after giving him a smirk and half hug. In retrospect I wonder if I was being boogee, should I just be grateful he bought "flowers" at all? Maybe he didn't feel I deserved roses or another type of beautiful flower or we aren't at that level yet... I don't know. What I do know is, the old people in the restaurant said "Awwwww" but the younger people were looking like what they wouldn't dare say "that's corny, carnations?". Well if it was hot or not, I called and thanked him again and let him know that was sweet of him, I didn't want to appear ungrateful, that may mess me up for the next level of flowers.

After we left our late lunch/dinner, I called myself coming home and taking a nap. I was out pretty late the night before and it was a possibility Clair would be hitting me up. Once I hit that pillow, I didn't wake back up until 12:32am and had missed like 6 calls, my display is broken, so I only know that because I kept feeling my phone vibrate on the bed, but because I can't see who's calling, I don't answer it.

Today, I got up and hit up the grocery store, I was hungry and had a taste for some home cooking. I went and picked up some collards and chicken thighs so I could make some gravy. For dinner I had collard greens, Shake & Bake turkey chops, white rice and chicken gravy and some corn bread..... finished it with a pineapple upside down cake. Now I know that sounds like a lot of food for someone who's trying to watch her girlish figure, but I only had one plate and I ate at like 3:00pm today, that gave me enough time to work some of it off. Lunch tomorrow will be quite tasty.

I finally caught the BET awards. They were very good, Monique' did her thang and so did my girl Beyonce (of course). I think the tribute to Diana Ross could've been better, Chaka Khan was hollerin the same part over and over again and all out of breath. I don't know what my girl Erkya Badu was doing. I love her to pieces but she could've done something different than those songs. I didn't realize she has so many kids (Diana) but that Tracee looks just like her. I'm not feeling Jennifer Hudson not giving her cast of Dream Girls love but maybe she don't feel like she owes them any. The crib was representing with Pretty Boy Floyd up on the stage, that was nice especially since he wasn't looking or acting ignorant like some people can act. Seeing "Destiny's Child" together for that little bit was nice, Kelly is hot but she's going to have to work on her perfoming skills, she's no longer in the background and will need to step up. 50 could've kept his performance.... what was with that delayed start so he could walk around and say what's up to people?

I'll end this by saying I was cooling this weekend and that't the best way to be sometimes. I typically have a lot jumping off on the weekends but I wouldn't let my girlfriend convince me to get out the house this time. I'll be busy enough the next 3-4 weeks..............

till next time