It is official, I hate my group! Well, not all of them, but most of them. I was the only person who showed up with formatted text. This didn’t surprise me. The girl who had asked for something to do at least had done what was asked (wrote an introduction). Although I didn’t look at it, one of the other guys started working with her on punching it up (I did think it would need it). The fellow who has barely spoken offered to do the power point though, so this is good. We’re set to present that next Friday. The guy who was supposed to have the second half done is still sitting there with printouts and a few scribbles. He does say that he’ll have it formatted tomorrow and I suggested that he might take a shot at the conclusions/recommendations. And he says, not kidding, “I wasn’t planning on doing that much work over the weekend.”

Excuse me, what work has he actually done (that we can see). I think he realized this was not a good comment to make, and backed off a bit. I did let him off the hook slightly and told him to at least jot down some ideas, that I would flesh out what he started. I mean, sheesh. I’m definitely doing the extra credit project as well (this weekend if I can).

Our final exam schedule is up…. 6 exams over 5 days, although it’s pretty much confirmed that I won’t have to write one of them. So my last exam is on the 12th. Originally I was going to take a rest/maintenance week during that time frame, but I think my plans for that have changed. Assuming that I stay back on plan I likely won’t do one for 12 weeks. What I will do is take a few ‘relaxed’ days, which I’ll state here (to try and make me stick to them). They should be:

Dec 12th, if we go out to celebrate exams
Dec 13th, party/dinner at the neighbours
?? Xmas dinner attempt with some friends (not sure if that’s coming together)
?? Dinner with an ex co-worker, to commiserate over how busy he is (long story)

Anything else, I’ll likely just work into my daily plan. And those four days I’ll plan protein-heavy days and still keep them in check. That last one I’ll have little to no control over where we eat (as I’ll visit the town he lives/works in, and let him choose). Who am I kidding - the Christmas meal with friends will likely be in my city, and I still couldn’t pick a restaurant. I just don’t eat out much (that’s not really new).

Anyway, that’s me for the evening.

Food for today:

Total: 2003 (16% fat, 46% carbs, 32% protein, 3% alcohol)

Breakfast: protein shake with oatmeal and sour cherries (343)
AM Snack: fruit & nut square (98)
Lunch: whole wheat tortillas, mustard, turkey, apple (424)
PM Snack: honey oat scone, jam, jack daniels & lemonade (289)
Dinner: meat sauce, whole wheat pasta, parmesan cheese, salad w/dressing (612)
Late Snack: protein shake, fruit salad (237)