Action 028: Get a Pedicure.

A friend of mine asked me to take her son to get a pedicure today (to help stop the growth of in-grown toenails) and if I were to do this, she would pay for me to get one for myself as well.  Do I look like a dumb-dumb?!  Of course I said yes!

Oh, but it was so nice to just sit back and relax.  I haven't been able to get my toes done in MONTHS and to be able to let somebody else deal with them was simply a delight.  They have been messy and gross and starting to in-grow as well.  All of this working out and running means my nails haven't been as with it as they once were and certainly not as easy to control on my own.

I was also reminded I am insanely ticklish on the feet.  I don't think I've laughed that hard in forever.  I seriously had the other patrons of the nail place staring at me, wondering how I'm actually an adult and not able to control myself better.

Hey, I never said I was normal...

Action 027: Enjoy the Show.

I was on the phone with a friend when I happened to decide to step out on my porch and enjoy the delightful nighttime weather, when it happened... LIGHTENING!  And then... more lightening!  And more and more and more!

See, in Southern California, things like that just don't happen, certainly not at the beach.  So when it does happen out here, I get ridiculously excited.  My friend laughed a bit at me and was curious as to the "so what?" of the lightening.  But, I just enjoy it because I never had it.  I loved it every summer when I used to visit Iowa.

I actually miss that sometimes.  The lightening and thunderstorms there were just epic, with beautiful purple rays of light stretching to the ground.  It was a delight to watch, with tendrils of fear at the power nature has and her ability to remind you that you are utterly inferior.

Suffice it to say, I enjoyed the show.

Action 026: Be the Bird.

I wrote on another web site that I'm on, "Today was a statue day instead of a bird day.  Tomorrow I WILL make it a bird day."  Then I asked if I really said that out loud.

What does this reference?  Well, you can either be the bird or the statue the bird poops on.  Clearly, unless you are a truly strange human being, you want to be the bird.

So... be the bird.  And if you do get pooped on, go take a metaphorical bath, and be the bird after.

I say this... now to practice it...

Action 025: Dealing with Rejection.

Dealing with rejection is hard, regardless of the circumstances. Male (or female), jobs... Whatever. I spent a year and a half of my life with a man who constantly and consistently rejected me and made me feel inferior. I pulled myself out of that quicksand, but now find myself in a whole new batch of it. This time? It's all about the jobs. Granted, there are some jobs I'm not 100% qualified for, but could potentially fit. Nonetheless, I'm not getting callbacks and I have outright been told no by two companies thus far. It just makes me want to go hide under the covers and not come out. Either that or go stuff my face with some sugar loaded something or other. But that's not how I roll. So it's just keep on trucking and trying to find a way and a means to that way. I have so much experience and so much education and to have all of it mean absolutely nothing right now is discouraging and demeaning. But I can't change any of it, so I have to keep trying to find ways to make it work. And not hide under the covers or stuff my face. (Sorry for the lack of spaces, my phone won't hold spaces for some reason!)

Action 024: Dessert?

This plan I'm on doesn't call for dessert.  It's a quickie five day shock to the system plan.  Although I have modified it to be within healthy ranges and up'd the protein for my workout benefit, I haven't changed the gist of the plan... I've just added a little to it.

That being said, I am kind of missing some sugar.  I'm waiting for all of those stories to be true, that once you've gone a few days without it, you won't even miss it anymore.  Then again, I did have a bit of jam yesterday, so maybe that counts as sugar and I haven't actually gone without it?

But I'm talking real sugar.  Like some ice cream.  Like, super yummy delicious vanilla bean ice cream coated with root beer.  Oh yeah, we're talking a big ol' craving for a root beer float.  I'm not sure if this is the lack of fattening sugar talking or the still presence of girly time of the month (that is absolutely wreaking havoc on my poor body).  Regardless, my lip smacking still remains.

I'm going to have to come up with some sort of plan post white dress to integrate even a little bit of a snack.  Maybe if I get the mini cans of diet root beer and ice cream, make it myself... things like that.  Where instead of going out and buying larges and the like, I do it myself, just on a much smaller scale.

Something to think about in a week and a half!  I shall keep you updated on how that goes for me.

Action 023: Remind Yourself.

I made an absolutely delicious dinner tonight, if I do say so myself (and ho boy do I).

I've been so lazy over the past few years and gotten myself into the, it's easier to grab food on the run than it is to cook rut.

Ok, so I hate to clean up the dishes, that part I'm not going to lie about, but...

The food is just so good!  I'm actually a pretty solid cook all things considered.  No, I'm not next in line to be Top Chef or anything, but I can make a solid plate of healthy food and not kill anybody.

Sooooo, woohoo!!!

Rockin' it.  I'm still feeling good. 

Action 022: Surprise Yourself.

I have a large welt on my inner thigh that is bugging the living daylights out of me.

I ran, very uncomfortably, with it yesterday. What this means is that I was whole-heartedly not looking forward to today's cardio workout, which was sprints. Well, not only did I get done the six rounds, I ended up doing eight! Sure, it was painful and annoying the entire time, but I pushed past it and managed to get it done above and beyond the planned workout.

BOOM!  Bring it on workouts!  Now time to get in some toning...  Or a lot of toning.