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My Life Thus Far
2011-05-01 02:46:18 (UTC)

The Sleep Will Be Welcomed

I made it through the day! Strangely enough, I'm not even that tired... maybe a little, but less tired than I usually am on any given Saturday (that I work at the Y). I'm not going to say waking up at 5:30am was awesome and I plan on making a habit of it, but getting up early wasn't as bad as I've always convinced myself it was. I feel accomplished, where as there's always a twinge of guilt (for wasting time) when I sleep until 8am. I should make myself get up early! But, who am I kidding? If I don't have somewhere to be (and people are expecting me to be there), I'll hit snooze and roll right back over. I've never been a morning person and I know it would be hard to change that. For the sake of challenging myself and reaching goals, starting Monday I'll set my alarm for 6am and see what happens...

The early morning meeting (i.e. reason I woke up at 5:30am) was good. There's always a sense of pride and inclusion after a meeting is done. I love working for Victoria's Secret. I always have, even when times were less than ideal. There really isn't a company that's more understanding of woman and our needs as employees and people above all else. Maybe that's different in other stores, but in our store it's true. The warm fuzzies wore off pretty quick when we had to stay an hour after the meeting to straighten the PINK panty bar. Standards require that it's recovered inside and out every evening, but I don't think that's ever happened at our store. So, today we got it up to par and now we have to keep it that way, which means closing just got a whole lot suckier. Fantastic.

I came home after the meeting with enough time to make myself a good lunch and change my clothes, which was fine. I had planned on napping, but that probably wouldn't have been a good idea anyway. I had a simple salad, grilled Tilapia and chipotle sweet potato fries. It was so good. I was dragging before I ate, but afterwards I was full of energy! I love eating healthy. It really is it's own reward. I feel better, I look better. I can't imagine going back to my old way of eating. I'm a food snob and I love it!

I was waiting for the crash. I was sure once I got in the weight room and it was quiet (as it is most of the day on Saturday's), I'd lose all energy and want to curl up behind the desk and nap, but that didn't happen. Actually, my shift went by pretty swiftly. I got my workout in (even burned 300 calories on the stationary bike) and chatted with one of the regulars whom I've ascertained has a crush on me. He's old enough to be my father and I'm not at all interested in him, but he's nice enough. Which is a good thing, since it's not like I can get away from him (we're not allowed to leave the weight room unattended and we work alone most of the time). He called me a goddess tonight, which I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not considering the state of Charlie Sheen's goddesses :)

After my shift was over, I put on my bathing suit and spent 30 minutes in the sauna and 15 minutes in the steam room. What a fantastic way to end a workday! I'm telling you, my life is amazing right now :) I showered, came home and was greeted by the best surprise; Snookums made dinner! Taco night, complete with Spanish rice and pinto beans. I had a taco salad, but it was the most awesome salad ever (okay, maybe not. I was hungry and happy that my husband showed initiative)!

We're getting ready to take Tanner on a walk together (I wrote way earlier tonight. 8pm instead of midnight). I'm pretty sure I'll fall asleep easily tonight and the sleep will be welcomed :)




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