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Project one is done, yay! In about two hours I'll drizzle the chocolate sauce on top and tuck it back into the freezer until I leave. And in an hour I'll whisk together the salmon quiche, bake it and be ready. First time recipes are always a little scary, so I hope it turns out okay.

Back (you know, a whole month ago) in my salad days, I kept considering giving up cable. I wasn't watching a lot of tv back then and it seemed like a crazy thing to blow money on every month. But I'm so glad I didn't get rid of it. I love TLC. I love Saturday afternoons spent watching While You Were Out and What Not To Wear. As much as I sometimes want to slap Stacy and Quentin, they usually produce such astounding results.

It was so cute to see this guy talk about how much he loves his girlfriend and wanted to do something really special for her and have her space redesigned. So sweet!

And this woman on What Not To Wear is beautiful. She's 40 and gorgeous. And her family is sooo cute. Also she works for Unicef, for god's sake. So maybe life doesn't have to end at 33. I thought I'd be freaking out more as I approach 35, but you know, it's okay. There are a lot of really cool women who are 35. It's getting less scary or I'm just giving less of a damn.

I love tv some days. Where's my damn cat. Cuddling needs to happen.

I also need to figure out what I'm going to cook for next week. If I'm going to train seriously, I need to prepare meals ahead of time. Not having meals prepared ahead of time = me stuffing whatever I feel like down my throat.

Had a funny talk with Stace last night. Stace, who says that when I call her Stacey it gives her a mild heart attack because she's afraid that I'm going to say something terrifying.



Me: So I signed up for that triathlon. For August.
Stace: WHAT!? Shut UP! That's awesome.
Me: Hee! I know. So I start training on Monday.
S: You gonna do it alone?
Me: Nah, Judy's doing it with me. And I think Jeanne and Ellie. Maybe KC.
S: Cool.
Me: I figured I lacked motivation in my life. And needed a good thing to obsess about for a change. Anyhow. You want to do it with us?
S: Uh. No.
Me: Hee. Come on, you could fly up and do it.
S: No. Way. I wouldn't do it if I was up there. I wouldn't do it if I was your neighbor.

Hee. Maybe you had to be there. It was her tone of voice. It was completely flat.

I have to admit I'm nervous about the triathlon. I don't mind swimming in the ocean, but lake swimming freaks me out so much. Judy says we'll start practicing in Kim's lake in May. Eeek. Also, not a fan of cycling. Jeff has bullied (well, suggested) me into trying an Intro to Spinning class. It's on Friday nights at 5:30 though. Mrh. By the end of the week, I'm usually ready for the couch. But there's also a class at noon on Tuesdays. My gym is minutes away from work. Hrm. Possibility. I think for this coming week my short term goals are:

Eat right: Cereal for breakfast, salad for lunch, pre-made thing for dinner (like vegetarian chili maybe, hrm).
Work out three times: Monday/Thurs treadmill/Amanda's class + spinning

I know it doesn't seem like much, but I tend to get excited about things and start out too strong and immediately lose steam. I've been moving faster on the treadmill, I want to start recording my times/distance on the treadmill because I know I've been walking faster. It'll be good to see.

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[artemis77.livejournal.com]

Triathlon. You're a very motivated person. Have you done them before?

I love tv some days. Where's my damn cat. Cuddling needs to happen.

Did Hobbes oblige? (she writes as Mercedes kneads her jeans with ClawOUT!)

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I have never done a triathlon before and am usually only very motivated when it comes to chocolate :)

Hobbes was accosted and cuddled. He tolerates it well!