Sistah Pat

I was in a crappy mood yesterday. It started with being irritated with DH and then having to sign the RED sheet at work. It’s gotta be better today. Yes, Feathers, I agree. They treat us like a bunch of 5 year olds sometimes. There isn’t even a “comment” section on the red sheet where you can say, “Hey! I’m not really late!” Talk about destroying morale. I was so angry, they lost at least an hour and a half from me yesterday because I usually work through lunch and stay after school to do things after the kids leave. Lest anyone think I’m super dedicated or something, this is what teachers do. You can’t do much of anything when you’re dealing with a bunch of kids and routinely work long hours after school is out and during the breaks. There are meetings and trainings and teachers generally do a lot of work “off the clock”. It’s the only way to get it all done.

No, I’m not going to the dark side…I am not on a Nutrisystem diet. Phyllisann’s husband is, however. He wanted to lose a little bit and start working out more so he ordered it and Phyllisann brought a bunch of it in to work for when we get in a crunch and don’t have anything to eat. I thought I’d try it yesterday since I didn’t get to pack my breakfast or lunch. The breakfast bar was actually really good although a lot of calories but the pizza I had for lunch was pretty bad! Phyllisann stocked us up with a bunch of soups and breakfast bars and entrees so we won’t starve if we ever get snowed in at school. I think she may have brought in the things he tried and didn’t like. Better to have an emergency stash than throw them out, I guess.

I was totally bummed out yesterday afternoon and evening. Ate the dinner that DH fixed, a croissant, and a bowl of ice cream. No telling what the scales will say today. Guess I’ll head for the shower and find out.

6:10 - Mr. Scale is being kind to me. Either that, or he’s waiting to spring a surprise in a couple of days. At any rate, I’m still weighing 166.5 which makes me happy. At least for now. Pam and I didn’t set up anything but today is Tuesday and the gym has water aerobics. Guess I should email her and make sure we’re going so I won’t miss out on exercising today. I should be able to ride my bike before long but the temps are still kissing the 90s so I can’t count on it yet.

5:45 - What is wrong with me???  It’s not like me to be so bummed out and negative for such an extended period of time.  Maybe I’d be having TOM except that I don’t have TOM anymore.  Nor do I miss him.  Work was on my nerves today, the kids were on my nerves today, and the staff meeting after school was really on my nerves today.  It seems our new principal is pretty fond of faculty meetings and we had yet another one today.  That’s three after school faculty meetings in three weeks.  This one ran until 4:00.  They’re not supposed to run over an hour per week according to our contract but it’s political suicide to walk out on one before it’s over.  After yesterday’s RED sign-in fiasco, I’m not feeling particularly charitable about putting in extra time this week.

I was looking forward to going to the gym but Pam cancelled and I don’t feel like going by myself.  It probably would have been good to go and blow off some steam.  As it is, I’m feeling hungry!  Since I got home, I’ve eaten a cup of popcorn that didn’t do the trick, a Lean Cuisine that tasted like crap, and two bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup with extra noodles (that might actually work).  Now, rather than commit diet suicide, I’m going to go shopping for mascara.