"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

Eleanor Roosevelt

I stressed for a long time before choosing this quote, which will be featured on my name plate at my new job.

Falling off the diet wagon.

I have been going through some personal, stressful issues recently and totally blew my diet last Friday. And I have continued to eat crap since then - chips, queso, chicken fingers and lots of wine…I feel guilty. However much I needed comfort foods, I could have made better choices. I also haven’t been to yoga in over a week. I should have gone. It will probably help me clear my head and relax.

Tomorrow is a new day. I am going to start tracking what I eat again, making healthier choices and planning my meals. I am going to go to yoga at least once this week and this weekend. I was doing so well and I could see the results, so could other people. It made me feel good and proud of myself. I like that feeling.

This is how my day felt. A five day weekend meant I came back to a billion e-mails, a bunch of changed plans and scrambling to get ready for a week-long work trip.

Photo recap of a client event I worked on in NYC. This is what was consuming me for the last few months, but the end result was pretty darn amazing.

Steps.

The good thing about being stressed out and having a head full of things that are distracting me, is that I feel motivated to get up off my couch after work and on the weekends and walk around my neighborhood.

The 30, 45 or 60 minutes that I am wandering through the streets, turning a corner or finding a street I haven’t walked down before, is refreshing. I like that I can either let my head wander or whatever is playing on my iPod consume my thoughts. I have even found myself singing out loud a few times, when no one is around, of course. And the fact that I tend to pass cute, shirtless guys with their perfect 6-packs running down the street next to me…well, that is a perk too.

On Sunday, I walked 5,034 steps. On Tuesday, 5,412. And today, 6,954. I am pretty darn pleased with myself.

“Public relations specialists make speeches and give presentations, often in front of large crowds. Because it is a highly competitive field, specialists must work quickly and creatively to meet deadlines. In addition, some PR officers are required to interact with potentially hostile members of the media,” says CareerCast.com.

I don’t give speeches often, but the rest of that description sums up my job pretty well.

Did your job make the list?

Crazy.

It’s only Tuesday. It’s been a crazy week. And it’s only Tuesday. Seriously?!

Work is insane right now for many more reasons that I can disclose.

I screamed my head off at Allstate today. If you have a car and/or home insurance company with reasonable rates and good coverage that you recommend, please let me know as I am now looking for a new insurance company.

I ate pizza and indulged in an adult beverage for the last two nights.

And….it’s only Tuesday!

It’s been a hell of a week.

I definitely could have handled this week with more composure, but the stress got to me. I snapped at a few people, freaked out about things I had no control over, worked too many hours and ate too much junk food.

But today, a big weight was lifted off my shoulders as things started to fall into place. I feel so much better. I am really looking forward to some dinner and drinks with my friend Lenora tonight, sleeping in tomorrow, dinner with the family to celebrate my mom and dad’s birthdays tomorrow night and a nice relaxing Sunday.

Cheers to a good weekend!

Tomorrow’s Horoscope.

Is not looking so good…

Various obligations that you have to others are likely to be dominating your agenda right now. And this could end up producing a few conflicts and tensions for you to have to deal with today. Some things might be a little hard to sort out at the moment. And you might be wishing that you could just escape from your troubles for the day.

via California Psychics

I started today off in a foul mood. I didn’t sleep well last night. I woke up with a headache. Work started out crazy and got worse throughout the day. A small issue was blown out of proportion (it was a simple misunderstanding) and it made me look bad to my client. My normal 8 minute commute home was more like 45 minutes since I had to work off-site in Richardson today.

Today was one of those days where I thought, screw my diet, I want a damn cheeseburger. But, I stayed strong and ate something healthy for dinner.

Now I all I can think about is sinking my teeth into a Jake’s hamburger with American Cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and pickles with both mayo and ketchup with a side of Jumpin’ Jake fries. This meal is going to be the one meal I eat on my cheat day very soon.