I kept thinking it was Monday today and asking everybody how was their weekend. It kind of felt like I just got back from out of town for some strange reason and I didn't even do that much over the last two days. But i'm back to reality now and have adjusted to the fact that tomorrow is Friday (smile) . I made it to the gym today after a 4 day hiatus. I was not feeling it, but I forced myself to go and am glad I did. I hit the ab machine only doing 2 sets of 10 on the one downstairs and one of the machines upstairs and called it a day.
Not much more to my evening, came home, got so fresh and so clean clean, headed out to drop off some greens in DC to my homey and came on back home. One of my girls stopped by for about a hour, now i'm on here and next i'm going to sleep.
Tomorrow, I shall attempt to hit happy hour.....stay tuned!
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Day Off
Yesterday and today was pretty good. I left work a little early to soak my foot but the later in the day it got, the more the pain went away. That's the exact reason I didn't make an doctor's appointment, because when I actually made it in to see the doc, the pain would be there no longer. If I had a doctor where I can call and he sees me that day or early the next, I would've gone then. When I got home from work, I soaked my foot for about an hour, by the time it was 6pm, I could walk on it but still had to babysit it a little.
My girlfriends family had the cookout I go to faithfully every July since I met her about 4 years ago. The party was poppin' as usual, all her family and their close friends and some not so close (smile). There was a DJ spinnin' and someone on the grill constantly. Towards the end of the night, I got up out my chair and hit the dance floor, though I was a little skeptical about my foot injury coming back, I had on some gym shoes so I figured i'd give it a try. If I would've felt any sense of re-injury I would've sat down, but I didn't. I didn't dance hard, just a little bop and two step. I left there at about midnight and headed home to get some shuteye.....good times indeed
Today I met a friend of mine at a small family gathering at a recreation center in Glenarden. It was a really nice water park, if I didn't have these braids in my hair and the water would've been warmer or it hotter outside, I may have gotten in the water. I wasn't there to long, maybe an hour or so, I stopped by because I was asked and the company by the askee was very nice the prior night. Plus, I was being inquired about so I felt it necessary to stop by. There was some really good food at this cookout too. "Alley's" sister made some sweet potatoes with this topping that was outta this world! I loved it.....sweet with pecans, can't get to much better than that for a topping on sweet potatoes.
I was supposed to go back out with my bff Swell but never made it. When it started raining, he already knew what was up and called me on it. He said when it started to rain, he knew he wasn't seeing me today, I had to laugh and think to myself I guess that's what 18 years of knowing someone will do.
All in all, it was a nice day off and i'm looking forward to the weekend. I'm supposed to have company in town, but we'll see. I'm off to bed so I can be bright eyed and bushy tailed for work in the morning, until next time folks!
My girlfriends family had the cookout I go to faithfully every July since I met her about 4 years ago. The party was poppin' as usual, all her family and their close friends and some not so close (smile). There was a DJ spinnin' and someone on the grill constantly. Towards the end of the night, I got up out my chair and hit the dance floor, though I was a little skeptical about my foot injury coming back, I had on some gym shoes so I figured i'd give it a try. If I would've felt any sense of re-injury I would've sat down, but I didn't. I didn't dance hard, just a little bop and two step. I left there at about midnight and headed home to get some shuteye.....good times indeed
Today I met a friend of mine at a small family gathering at a recreation center in Glenarden. It was a really nice water park, if I didn't have these braids in my hair and the water would've been warmer or it hotter outside, I may have gotten in the water. I wasn't there to long, maybe an hour or so, I stopped by because I was asked and the company by the askee was very nice the prior night. Plus, I was being inquired about so I felt it necessary to stop by. There was some really good food at this cookout too. "Alley's" sister made some sweet potatoes with this topping that was outta this world! I loved it.....sweet with pecans, can't get to much better than that for a topping on sweet potatoes.
I was supposed to go back out with my bff Swell but never made it. When it started raining, he already knew what was up and called me on it. He said when it started to rain, he knew he wasn't seeing me today, I had to laugh and think to myself I guess that's what 18 years of knowing someone will do.
All in all, it was a nice day off and i'm looking forward to the weekend. I'm supposed to have company in town, but we'll see. I'm off to bed so I can be bright eyed and bushy tailed for work in the morning, until next time folks!
Monday, July 2, 2007
Frustrating Finish
Well today started out okay, but right now my foot is killing me. I think it's from all the 3 inches and above I have on all the time.....it's starting to catch up with me just like my momma said. But as momma G said, imma tip until I fall over. The pain just came in the middle of the day from no where. Now this has happened from time to time before, but it's never hurt this bad. I wasn't sure if I should put heat or ice on it so I soaked it first in hot water. The felt a little better, but when the water cooled down, I put an ice pack on it. BAD MOVE, it made everything stiffer, it's throbbing right now.
Well.....with that said, i'm bout to put a towel in some boiling water, ring it out with rubber gloves on and put it on my foot as soon as I can stand the heat.
Well.....with that said, i'm bout to put a towel in some boiling water, ring it out with rubber gloves on and put it on my foot as soon as I can stand the heat.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
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
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
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