The Dirty (Snowy) Jerz.
That’s right. I am back in NJ for a few days. I have a client event tomorrow and my rule of thumb this time of year is to fly in the day before the event in case their is inclement weather, such as their was today.
My 7am flight out of DFW was canceled, but the nice lady at American Airlines was able to get me on the next flight out at 9:35am. We even landed in Newark 30 minutes early…so take that Snowpocalypse 2011.
I spent some time in my company’s headquarters office in East Rutherford this afternoon, which brought back a lot of memories. I can’t believe I started here as an intern in 2004. How time flies when you are having fun. *Cough, right, cough.*
I am meeting up with my good friend John and his girlfriend Kate for dinner tonight (I hope we have Italian or Chinese!) and having breakfast with my uncle in the morning at a real NJ diner.
It’s time like these when I come up here, visit friends and family and then head back home that I miss it. That feeling usually goes away a few days later though, so don’t worry DFW, I have no plans to come back to the dirty Jerz.
One of my really good friends, Lenora, is about to head off on her journey across the U.S. She leaves this week for who knows how long. We have become really close over the past year or so. She gets me. She knows when I am annoyed or really happy or stressed out (i.e. right now) and we have a lot in common. It’s not often you find such a close friend when you are in your late 20’s. I am going to miss her and hope she makes her way back the Big D after her travels.
Here are some pictures in Lenora’s honor.
Back on track…for now.
For not going grocery shopping for a couple of weeks, day one of getting back on track went well. Thanks to my well stocked pantry and freezer, a pineapple that my mom gave me over the weekend and a 6 inch turkey on wheat from Subway for lunch, I was pretty much set for all of my meals.
I had every intention to go grocery shopping after work today, but after being out of the office for 10 days, catching up on hundreds and hundreds of emails, client calls and stressing out and the rain and cold, I just wanted to come home and crawl under the covers.
I even found some staples (corn, black beans, diced tomatoes and chicken broth) in my pantry and freezer and was able to cook up a pot of mexican-inspired soup for lunch for the rest of the week.
I cleaned out my pantry and threw away a sad amount of expired snacks and stuff, so I might have to run to the store to pick up some staples, but I am going to try and eat what I have. The fact that I am going to be traveling next week for a week, it’s probably a good thing I don’t stock up now.
The one thing that is on my mind though is New Years Eve and the amount of food and alcohol I will probably consume. And what’s even worse is thinking about Las Vegas…again, all of the food and alcohol I will probably consume. Every day is a new day.
Getting back on track.
I have been feeling rather plump lately. All the holiday goodies, drinks with friends and eating out have really gotten to me.
Over the last couple of weeks, I signed up for two yoga classes - one from Groupon and one from Living Socials. Both at 30 days of unlimited classes, so I plan to start up after the new year.
Today, I took a big step, in my opinion, and signed up for Weight Watchers. I have always just done it on my own and wrote down my meals in a notebook. Now I bought the new books and signed up online to track my points and activity. I am going to try to start tomorrow and get used to the new points system for a about a week or so, but then I am off to Las Vegas for a tradeshow for my client (CES, for those of you interested).
Traveling for work, when I don’t have too much of choice on meals, have the opportunity to eat expensive dinners, drink nice wine and stay out into the wee hours of the night, is very difficult for me. I know I won’t be able to stay on track while I am in Las Vegas, but I need to try to make better choices. And I need to learn how to keep the mentality that every day is a new day and if I eat bad, drink too much or don’t exercise, I can always start over the next day.
I haven’t been home the last two weekends.
And I am not complaining, just stating a fact. I spent October 1-2 in Austin and October 9-10 in Napa. Not to brag or anything, but my life is sort of awesome sometimes.
This weekend, I am looking forward to spending it at home, in Dallas.
I am not a baseball fan by any means, but I am really into the team spirit for the Rangers right now, so tonight will likely be spent watching the game with friends somewhere. Tomorrow, more bathroom renovations and finally painting! I am almost done! Sunday, watching the Cowboys game (come on, we need another win!), possibly at the Nodding Donkey, a new bar in the State & Allen neighborhood.
Ahh, the weekend.
Packing.
For Austin this weekend. For San Fran next week. For Napa next weekend.
My suitcases (one small one for this weekend and one large one for next week/weekend) are going to be a whole mess of clothes for every possible weather scenario.
Headache (and life) update.
My lack of tumblr updates probably makes all of you out there think that I am off jet-setting to some event or work-related function. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. In my last post, I wrote about my four day headache…which turned into a seven day headache, followed by a day of relief and then a headache so bad, I thought I was going to vom.
I have been chasing doctors, trying to get referrals, self-diagnosing and attempting to take it easy. At happy hour last week, I drank water. I have been keeping my computer off a night. Trying to eat somewhat better and cutting out Diet Coke. I did go to the Black Keys/Kings of Leon concert last week, but only because I didn’t want to give up my ticket or lose my money and I really wanted to see them (too bad KOL sucked…Black Keys, however, we badass).
I am feeling better, but it is so frustrating not knowing what is going on with my head. According to my self-diagnosis, it is likely one of three things: 1) migraines/cluster headaches, 2) a sinus issue or 3) something to do with the dilated blood vessels on my optical nerve in my right eye, which my eye doctor told me about last year and told me to keep an “eye” on. I have two doctor’s appointments in October to try to figure out what is going on, so now it’s just a waiting game.
In other news:
- I will be jet-setting over the next two weeks…Seattle, Austin, San Francisco and Napa Valley.
- The weather in Dallas is finally starting to feel like fall. I opened my windows this weekend to let some fresh air in. The cooler weather makes football season so much better too. I have a sudden craving for chili too.
- I am making some serious progress renovating my bathrooms. Slowly, but surely.
- So glad Glee and Grey’s Anatomy are back on. TV is finally good again.
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.
