song of the road

Went through my entire blogroll. Almost no one had a new entry. So here comes my day.

The day started good. I checked my weight when I went to gym. I am down again a bit. 69.3 kg which is about 0.5 kg/1 lb down. Not so bad. The day I enrolled for that weight loss challenge, I was at 70.5 kg that day. So per them, lost quite a bit by the first week alone. I know that’s not the whole truth. Anyway, need to work harder next week. Should not squander it away. This week I did nothing extra to lose weight.

Next week I need to do more cardio. I am planning to follow round’s example to make a walking/cycling goal. I noticed that between the cross trainer and the treadmill, I managed 6 km today. I think I will have a goal of 200 km by Dec. end. I think 150 km can be doable. So let me try 200. Let’s see how that goes.

S has got into some trouble with the relatives he is staying. He has to move out to a new place within a couple of days. It’s a stupid mess. One of the kids in the house, had stolen S’s cell phone which is quite a costly one. Surprising that he has splurged so much on that phone. Anyway, S kind of caught her and got the phone back. Now the whole family is embarassed and wants him to move out. Here we need to pay ten months of rent in advance as deposit money with the landlord which often works out to be a hefty sum. I am loaning part of it to S. So may go gymwards again tomorrow. Maybe should work out a bit. Though when S suggested that today, I told him that working out on Sundays is a sin.

Oh ok, I went out to meet the new guy. This one was not the one I talked about earlier. I talked with him on phone quite a few times. Something sounded very phony about him. He sort of had the tendency to run over everything with his ideas and preferences and seemed a bit manipulative too. Maybe I am over-reacting, I don’t know. But planning to stick to my gut feeling.

So this is another guy that I went to meet. Mom is working hard. Anyways, this one is nice too. I think he makes less than me which is ok by me though I am not sure of that yet. Designation wise he is way ahead. It’s just that not all professions pay same here. He has a long navy background. Now in private sector though. What I liked in him - he is confident, seemed kind of balanced too. not so good - too much talking (insecurity? may get better later), a bit hyperactive. not good - well, he is not R and he doesn’t drive. I know that’s silly but I always wanted a boy friend/ husband who drives very well, so we can have many long drives. What my mom won’t like is that he is short, I am ok about that. Anyway, let’s see how it goes. I hope he doesn’t try to change me a lot. Poor guys - they will often sound so enthusiastic and I am often not even half there. This is why I want to wait. Anyways let’s see.

After that meeting was over, I roamed about in a smallish shopping mall for a couple of hours. It was quite nice. I bought a nice notebook and some crazy pencils for work. Then went to the food section. Bought a wine bottle opener - have lost one somehow. Planning to make risotto tomorrow. So have to open the bottle of white wine in the fridge. I picked up a couple of Pringles pack but somehow got bored after a while and kept them back. I surprised myself so. I guess I am thankful I lost a pound without doing much - don’t want to screw that up. Bought bell peppers colored bright red and yellow. May make a colorful pasta salad tomorrow with the whole wheat pasta I bought. Got myself a nice lip gloss too. Even roamed near the purfume counters and almost bought one but stopped myself in time.

The perfume counters drive me crazy. I have hardly any make-up stuff, much skin and hair care stuff which lies neglected, but quite a lot of perfumes. Love the bottles - both inside and outside. May treat myself to chanel no 5 once I lose 10 kgs. At least I will lose my head sniffing and trying many of them. Like wine testing, there should be something similar for perfumes. Maybe there is!

Everyone have a great weekend! I love you!