Some Excess Removed

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Loving the morning walk.  It truly is the best hour of the day.  I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do on Friday - the forecast is for heavy rain Thursday night into Friday.  I will be disappointed if I can't get my walk in.  I wonder if I have sufficient rain gear to go anyway...

Getting back in the routine.  I'm struggling a bit at work, not highly motivated.  Crisis mode is about to engage, though, so I'll push through.

Edit:  On the personal front, today is proving to be a milestone day -- I washed up a brand new shirt the next size down this morning and it not only fits, the neck is actually a little loose!  Hooray!  I cannot wait to banish my assortment of bigger and biggest shirts to the trash and/or Goodwill!

Also, I had an eye exam and decided to get contact lenses for the first time in more than 15 years.  Wearing them right now, in fact.  It's a different look, that's for certain.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz salami, 1 slice cheddar cheese, coffee

Aside from the coffee mug, this could be yesterday...

Ho hum.  It's not great but it is quick.  I could still use to be about 10 minutes faster getting through the morning stuff and to the office.

Lunch:  Bowl of leftover vegetable beef soup, 2 Bubbies dill pickles

I mean, I could have had eggs...

Confirmed that this was a good batch.  Yum.

Dinner:  CF pastured pork chop, pan fried in a bit of butter with rosemary, salt & pepper; leftover spicy beans with 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, chopped

Pork + beans = WIN

This was quite good.  I totally winged it on the chop, browning it over medium high for about 90 seconds on each side and then cranking it down to medium low.  Came out just about perfect.  The addition of the jalapeno kicked up the beans a bit, all in all a delicious meal.

Also:  1 glass pinot gris.  Not a real big glass, either.

Exercise:  Usual morning walk of 3 miles.  Clocked at 3.33 on the pedometer, one hour and three minutes.  Felt very good the whole way, no aches or pains.  Also did 20 girl push ups and 20 sit ups, so-so form on the push ups.  An all around pleasant workout.

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