Friday, September 30, 2011

Cupcakes and cat pee

         Today was a glorious day of working smart.  I...well, I suppose I did get up at 0640 to go to pilates. But that is just because I like to eat, and my husband and I are going out with my pilates instructer and his wife tonight to the Zig Zag Cafe.  It is actually way too cool of a place for me, but it's dark inside, so I can kind of  blend into the shadows.  They have drinks with names like "Champs Elysees" and "One Legged Duck" - clearly out of my league considering my most sophisticated drink order is a dirty martini.  Unfortunately, as wonderful as my workout was this morning, I don't think it even begins to cover the amount of calories about to be consumed.
Extra Dirty
        I later had a perfectly romantic idea that I would come home at 3pm, blog, and eat a stupendous red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting.  Maybe I would even have a cup of afternoon coffee- who knew? The possibilities were endless.  Then I smooshed cream cheese frosting all over my e-brake.  Some people might have considered licking the frosting off the e-brake...not me, just some people.  I then couldn't get the cupcake box shut, and the blasted thing was staring me in the face, taunting me.  I ate it right there in the parking garage, and got red velvet cake crumbs all over myself like  a disgusting human being.  I'm not sorry, either.

        Needless to say, my picture perfect blogging session didn't pan out when I got home, since half of my plan had been eaten.  Also, the apartment was- and is- a total disaster.  Eric and I watched a movie on the fold out couch last night, and it was still undone.  I thought I would start sprucing things up, so I started to put the couch back together.  That's when I saw it.  Cat pee on the hide-a-bed mattress.  Balls.

Kittles, you asshole

How can something so cute, ruin my life so much?  Now all I can smell is pee.  I guess it's time for a drink I can't pronounce at Zig Zag.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The first Blog

        Working smarter not harder became a life motto for me when I got my first job as an RN.  If you go to nursing school (as opposed to, say, medical school) you are off to a great start at working smarter.  I'm not saying nurses don't work hard- we do! I am simply sharing what medical professionals have known for years: nurses are smarter than doctors.  Duh.
This is me disgruntled because I am working harder not smarter



 The only problem I have encountered with my life philosophy thus far is that I never seem to be the best at anything.  Don't be fooled; I am well above average, but I wasn't the valedictorian in high school- obvi.

Smart, right?

        Of course, the smarter not harder philosophy applies to health and fitness as well.  Basically, I love to eat.  I work out so I can eat tons of food, yet not weigh a million pounds.  I don't work out because I like it.  I like a work out once it's over!  Imagine my surprise when I signed myself up for my first half marathon.  That doesn't just sound like working harder- it sounds like working a lot harder.  I'll be honest, I sort of hate myself for doing this.  In my defense, however, the race is in Leavenworth, WA...during Oktoberfest.  Hello! Beer and bratwurst are the only two motivators that could get me to run 13.1 miles.


        If you are a slightly above average Joe (or Josephina) then this blog is for you!  Join me in tales of food, work, and exercise as they relate to a daily dose of working smarter not harder.