Heat…

Well folks, the padding is melting under all of this heat. The lack of activity on my scale is rather alarming, however it is counterbalanced by loose-fitting clothes and one hell of a great fitting wedding dress! If there was ever anything to help me lose weight, it’s the crushing heat we’ve had this summer. Nothing like writing about the weather but truthfully, we’ve been rendered a savage beating by Mother Nature this year. Ah, if that wasn’t enough, I’m about to leave for my tropical beach wedding. Hello beach, goodbye appetite!

The only thing weighing more heavily on me than the air is the staggering amount of work I have left to do in the next two days. Minor detail! I will get it done and I will survive another fabulous work crunch.

Wow, the Gods really are smiling upon me today. My computer just crashed and the draft of this post was miraculously saved! Better not push my luck…back to work!

Bring it on the cake! Uh, I mean protein bar…

Spring is being completely obtuse in my neck of the woods. All I want to do is run. Run outside with the wind in my hair and dry ground beneath my runners. Of course, Spring has other plans.

Yesterday was the most glorious day. Went for a long walk and basked in the sun all the while. Today? Grey, gloomy and rainy with a 100% chance of snow overnight (at least 10cm/3″ of it). I’m a big skier and all, but there is plenty of snow still in the mountains where it belongs! We don’t need anymore in the city. I was even getting so excited about open-toed shoes on Saturday that I started primping my tootsies, only to shove them unceremoniously into thick socks this morning.

With my impending nuptials less than six months away, I have some serious running and weights to do. I have been staying relatively on-track with my clean eating and have managed to lose a few inches. Since “the dress” came home, I steeled my resolve to not be the blushing butterball on my special day. However, my love for chocolate cake did prevail yesterday and I enjoyed a gorgeous piece on my non-cheat day.

My attempt at using the fitness room at work today in lieu of being outside was pitiful. I lasted about 15 minutes in the dust-infested, non-ventilated, cramped room in the basement of my office. That dust-hole is too unbearable right now, so unless they send the cleaners in there I think I’ll have to scrap that plan. The best part was the fumes while someone was moving palettes with the forklift. Fan-*!@#&%*-tastic. Not to mention that I’m not sure when the shower room was last swept. Even better. Really, it’s not that I don’t have any other means of doing cardio. It simply would have been so convenient to workout at lunch.  Oh well – I tried. Time for a piece of cake…

Stupid people

I just about lost my mind on Friday. Since I was having a not-so-stellar week to begin with, the way Friday went was almost unbearable. I must admit that I did have the pleasure of meeting some really enlightened folks….perhaps I appreciate them a little more because of the severe contrast.

First off, I can’t stand self-righteous I-am-better-than-you types who seem to believe that the whole world should be filled with clones…of themselves, of course. Quite frankly, there is one jackass in particular (oh, yes, there is more than one in my midst) I’ve nearly had it with. I am usually diplomatic and able to brush certain things off. Not this time. Let’s just say that I’m ready to speak my mind because it’s interfering with my daily activities.

Second, being short-staffed does not entitle ANYONE to be rude and uncooperative. A friend of mine had a new one ripped for him for no reason other than the dirty, rotten b-hatch was short-staffed and had her knickers in a twist. Bad form, I say. Perhaps “going commando” for a day would solve the issue with her skivvies. There is no cure for b-hatching other than beheadding…and a really big shot of good Tequila.

The whole entitlement thing is really what’s getting me down. Some folks just don’t get the fact that acting like a big shot does not make you one. It takes a whole lot more and the real big shots usually fly under the radar. As for me, I’m just a girl trying to get through some serious stress without going SuperNova.