Good morning everyone!
Jed and I had a really great time at Avenue Q last night. It's humor is derived from material that might offend those who offend easily (with songs like Everyone's A Little Bit Racist), but if you're not one of those people I would highly recommend it if it comes into your area. The puppeteers are amazing at portraying the emotions of the puppets.
Before that we had a really nice dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, Rock Creek (the one in Bethesda, MD. There's another one with a different menu I haven't tried yet). We like this place because it prides itself on "mindful dining", so on the last menu page they include the nutritional information and everything is very low calorie without tasting like it. For example, last night I got the sweet potato gnocchi that comes with wild mushrooms, dried cranberries, broccolini, pistachio, and a vegetable demi-glace with truffle oil that came in at 276 calories, and wasn't a dinky portion either. So if you live in or ever visit the area, I'd highly recommend them for a nice meal out if you don't want to break the calorie bank.
Last night after we got in we had an incident with the people across the hall. He was apparently having another of his parties, which happen quite frequently and stinks up the entire hall with the smell of marijuana, but we usually just ignore it because he isn't bothering us enough with noise or anything to call the police. However, last night as one of his friends was leaving me made a comment to Jed and I with something to the effect of "Aw yeah, man! I ---- fat chicks all the time!" (pardon my French, I hope I didn't offend anyone) and then proceeded to try and give Jed a high five. Jed, shocked, just quickly tried to get in the door. I wasn't sure who to be mad at, quite frankly. I was mad at the idiot, for sure... but idiots are plentiful and I've dealt with them before. However, I was also ticked at Jed for not reacting at all or asking the guy to apologize to me or anything. I'm not saying he should have slugged the guy, no reason to get arrested or anything, but the fact that he retreated made me feel like the guy was getting away with it. I managed to give the guy the finger as he was walking away and honestly wanted to chase after him and give him a piece of my mind, but I was really upset. Jed apologized and said that he was in shock and had never come across anything like that so he didn't know what to do. I forgave him, but I still felt the need to do SOMETHING so we slipped a note under the people's door from across the hall saying that if his friends were rude to me again that we might be forced to stop ignoring what goes on at his parties and call the police. Am I overreacting here or was this the straw that broke the camels back? I usually don't do anything when someone's rude to me... so why now?
It sucks that one jerk had to ruin the evening. *sigh*
However, today I'm doing great because when I stepped on the scale this morning it read 280.6 which officially means I'm past the 100 lb mark!
Enough babbling from me, let's get on to all of you!
Catherine, I think I'd be okay with not eating Tootsie Pops and Tootsie Rolls (except for the fruit flavored ones)... they've just never appealed to me for some reason. I hope no one would egg my door for giving that away... haha. Congrats on finishing that paper.
Johnnie, WELCOME!!! That's great about putting away the groceries yourself.
Battle, that friend of yours definitely sounds like she's in denial. I had a friend that was still squeezing into size 18 and 20 stuff in the regular stores and she looked like a sausage. She was shocked that when we went dress shopping for her to go to the prom (at a department store, so it wasn't strange dress sizes) that she actually needed a 24. I think accepting the fact that they need to shop in plus sizes is really hard for some people. For me, before I started losing weight, it was having to move into the extended plus sizes and accepting that the stuff at Lane Bryant didn't fit.
Colleen, you CAN do this! From what I hear, Weight Watchers is a great program with lots of support and paired with 3FC, you'll be unstoppable I'm sure!
Xena, that Billy Joel concert sounds fun. That reminds me of the rerun of Frasier last night where Niles got tickets to see him for Daphne and Daphne got tickets for some mongolian throat singing concert for Niles and it turned out they were on the same night... haha.
Nancy, oh boy do I know what you mean about the water. With me I wake up needing to go potty, but I usually ignore it and try to go back to sleep and I can... for a little while. But it has been preventing me from sleeping in on the weekends which is probably for the best anyway! Haha
Sandy, wow! Sounds like you had a really busy day! I'm glad you had a great time with your daughter. Be good with that fudge...
Jill, glad to have you back! Sounds like you've really been busy... I think my head would be spinning. You should definitely post some pictures of the puppies! I'm so jealous! Haha.
Debbie, there was weird weather in Boston last week as well. Most days the high was around 35, but on Thanksgiving it was actually up to 66! Good luck with planning the big dinner on Christmas Eve. I know my family usually isn't too bad about that. They'll be ordering a turkey breast from somewhere and since I'll be home they're usually very supportive about letting me have free reign to plan the rest of the meal.
Annie, sounds like a productive day indeed! When you get your nails done do you just get a manicure or do you get acrylics put on?
Carol, lately I've been having problems getting in enough veggies and fruits. It helps me when I buy those steam in the bag frozen veggies, as the fresh produce at my grocery store has just been yuck lately.
Rabidstoat, Jeanne, Steph, Heather, and anyone else I missed, a big hello!
I'll see everyone later! Have a great OP day!