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Hi!
I have decided to seperate my blogs....this one will remain my heavy fighting blog,while my fitness and weight loss blog will be at www.livejournal.com/~bodvildr/
In the blog you are currently reading, I will post pell work, fighter practice notes, armor making progress and notes and general feelings about heavy fighting in the SCA
The first project on my list is to make a new pell......
Bou :o)
Again it has been too damn long! I have lots to blog about too!
My weight has stayed fairly stable...not so good if you consider that it is staying stable at 224lbs....and I have been working at a very physical job, 8.5 to 13 hours a day, with a 15-20 minute lunch break,
My body is so sore that I feel like I must be 100 years old! Actually I know some folks who are getting up to that age who probably hurt less than I do!
I am so tired at the end of the day that I have no energy for fun, family or anything else.....the couch in the computer room is permanently set up with a pillow and some blankets, cause that is usually where I land when I get home. My day (sometimes days) off are not enough time to recover and as a result, nothing gets done at home. Paul is valiantly trying to keep on top of the housework, but his idea of clean and mine differ quite a bit and as a result I tend to be more critical than I should be...in fact I should just be thankful he is doing anything at all!
I ***MISS*** SCA heavy fighting.....sigh......but with being so tired and sore and busy, I haven't picked up a stick since Fighter School and that depresses me.....I haven't made a new pell yet, didn't even bring my armor to Thatsa Mare....too busy cooking feast, on top of all the other reasons....
Work....well lets just say that a love of cooking isn't all that is required to be a good chef.....I am not fast enough, organized enough, I can't remember enough, and I suck at multitasking!!!!! I like to do one job at a time, uninterrupted, slowly, methodically and PROPERLY!!!!! My faults are listed at length daily, but if I do something right.....I never hear a word.....I give them 125% and they want 200%......I am tired, sore and disillusioned and I wonder if I made the right choice in careers......yes I love to cook, and I daresay that I have some talent for it....but there is sooooo much more involved......and I suck at alot of those parts.......I really don't like working as a pastry baker.....I HATE GETTING MY HANDS ALL STICKY!!!!!!!!!! I am forever wiping my hands and the counter and then I get shit for it...... ARRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH!
So...I am leaving Good News Cafe in 1 month and I am going to work full time for Dr. S. at the Chiropractic clinic....one of the girls is pregnant and is going on Maternity leave around the middle of August....so the job is for at least 1 year....maybe permanent if she decides not to come back......The job is less strenuous, and less stressful plus it pays better! In this year I am going to do some soul searching.....get my body healthy again, start training to heavy fight again, figure out what it is I really want.
That leaves the only really stressful thing on the horizion.....Feast Stewarding Coronation in Sept.
I have a tentative menu together......(no pork Solies!!!!) I just have to get ahold of Tim Matthews at the college and discuss plans with him.
Well, that is all for now!
Hopefully I will post sooner next time!
Bou :o)
To anyone who has no clue what Victoria Day is about....here in Canada we have a long weekend to honour the late Queen Victoria (for whom the Victorian era is named) this is also usually the first weekend that people usually go camping, fishing season starts etc....so anyways...
I have had 3 days off! Wheee! I have cleaned my kitchen, added more shelves (yay!) and sorted through and packed away a whole whack of pictures that were gathering dust in the livingroom, Paul had the day off and has been cleaning and doing laundry all day. James has been mostly a sullen grumpy pre-teen and now he is out at his friends house. I went to see Nana for a while today, she will be 86 in a few weeks and she is doing great! My Dad has been driving me CRAZY!!!!! He is insisting that I bring him clothes to the hospital because they are going to discharge him any day now.....they are not...I spoke with the nurse tonight and she says they want a "family meeting" to *discuss* his discharge....so if I bring him clothes he will just try to run away again!
Back to work tommorrow, I am seriously flirting with going vegetarian again. I felt so good and so healthy and I lost so much weight without really trying to , and all the while eating really well...the reasons not to are gradually losing their power and the reasons to go ahead with it are becoming more compelling..stay tuned on that one...
I am in the process of making pizza right now, just waiting for the dough to rise.....mmmm pizza! :o)
later,
Bou :o)
......since I posted, so I am posting now!
I just got home from work and I am tired and sore....my diet lately consists of 3 or 4 cups of coffee for breakfast, a few trimmings from squares and brownies etc. as I cut them and box them up for our catering jobs, a vegi wrap of some sort for lunch around 2pm , more coffee or coke, and then a late night snack at home when I actually have enough energy to eat. Currently I am working on "wench" garb for Thatsa Mare for the Saturday night tavern, "The Crimson Tortise" It'll be fun! I am also starting to think about garb for Coronation in Sept.....I have some red wool that I think I will make an apron dress from and some light yellow linen for an under tunic.....anyways...my hands are really sore!
I will post again soon!
Bou
in my diet, and starting to exercise again...slowly but surely.
My weight 227.5
My goal for Sunday....225lbs
The plan: to decide before I put any food in my mouth if I am really hungry or just bored, tired, depressed, angry etc.... Also improving the quality of the food that I eat, and reducing the quantity of the more fattening items. Exercise will come in the form of Combat Conditioning and Combat Abs....done first thing in the morning, and also walking or riding my bike to work instead of bussing it.
We may have found a home for Snoopy, my Dad's cat....Paul's Grandma Audrey has said she will consider taking her...as her dog passed away recently and she is lonely without a pet. Keep your fingers crossed!
well I will report tommorrow......
Bou :o)
Hi!
I've been pretty busy, with work and school and running back and forth to the hospital and all...so I haven't been posting daily...so here is what is going on in my life!!!
School...I am so close to finishing I can smell it!!! Doing well, the test in Purchasing that I mentioned in my last post....94% ;o)
Work...lots! I have been working about 22 hours a week at Good News Cafe and 4 hours a week at the Chiropractors office, as soon as I am done all my classes, I will be full time at the Cafe. The extra money will be great and I am liking it there! There is a faint glimmer of hope for WW.....since most of the senior staff are really wanting to go to the Winnipeg Folk Festival (the same weekend as WW) they are toying with the idea of just closing the restaurant for that weekend...keep your fingers crossed on that...I'll keep you posted :o)
Home....okay I guess...a big lump of chaos really.....good and bad. James and Paul are well and so are all the kitties.
Dad....well he is in surgery as we speak to remove either fluid buildup in his lungs or dead tissue from his lungs....the former is preferable to the latter....as the latter involves more invasive surgery.
Diet ....not much to report here right now....just eating what we can afford to buy right now...I do try and eat a big green salad for lunch whenever I am at work.
Exercise....been doing more walking, my achilles tendon is still inflamed though...so it is painful going. My boss at the Cafe says she has a bike I can have, she is going to bring it in from her camp next weekend. So I will be riding a bike to work and all over instead of bussing it.
Fun...I get to go to a new restaurant this Friday!!!! All the staff from the Chiropractor's office are going to The Sushi Bowl....a new...you guessed it...sushi restaurant that recently opened...I LOVE SUSHI !!!!!!
I was recently at the Liquor Store and decided to buy myself a bottle of wine...I saw a bottle of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc with a name I couldn't resist...it's called "Cat's Pee on a Gooseberry Bush" !!!
It is actually very good!
Well, that is all for now!
Hope you are feeling better soon Soly!!! :o)
Bou :o)
It is 8:30am and I have been at school for an hour now, trying to figure out whether or not I cook today for the luncheon as the schedule is all screwed up. It looks like I am serving (yuck!) I phoned the hospital last night (I was too exhausted and sore to go anywhere after work) they told me Dad is alert and is trying to mouth some words (he can't talk due to the tracheotomy) This is good news! They just have to try and wean him off of the respirator now. Dad's girlfriend called us at 3am this morning and talked to our answering machine for about 15 minutes or so...woke Paul and I both. We didn't pick up because A) she was drunk , and B) we would have been on the phone for at least twice the time. So we were both kinda tired and grouchy this morning. But I have my coffee now! :o)
We are trying hard to catch up with our bills, I am working more, so that helps. I can't wait till school is over! I have a test in Purchasing today, wish me luck!
Hope today finds everyone content and well
later,
Bou :0)
....two more projects to hand in and present, a practical exam, a few more tests and then I am done! Then I will be working full time at the Good News Cafe and part time on the menu for Thatsa Mare.
As soon as I know who wins Crown, I can start planning the menu for Coronation in September...Wheeeeee!
Dad is pretty much the same, I now have Power of Attorney over his financial affairs and will try to clean up some of the mess he has left me in that department.
I am at school till midnight tonight....(I got here at 7:30am) as we have a Gourmet Dinner. At least I am cooking this time and not serving!! :o)
I also have to be here at 9am Saturday to help one of my teachers with a class he is doing for the general public...Seafood, Italian Style! That should be lottsa fun!!!!
James is doing really well, he has made alot of friends this school year! His report card is good too!
Paul is working hard on his novel, I think he's working on the third draft...perfecting it and getting it ready to send to a publisher. I am keeping my fingers crossed! :0)
Well, that is all for now!!
Bou :o)
....please don't plague me more today!!!
I'm currently at work at Dr. S's. I will get an adjustment before I leave to go to work at Good News Cafe.
I should probably go and see my Dad today...I really have to force myself to go...I love him, but I really HATE hospitals!
Gotta get a bus pass today, as mine has expired...in another month, I am looking at picking up a bike instead and then riding instead of busing. Good exercise too!
Put some clear tape on my glasses to hold them together, so I don't look as geeky :o)
Couldn't get an eye appointment till April 18th, but the good news is that my College health care plan pays for the appointment (now $60..thank you Ontario Liberals) and up to $80 towards new glasses!
I guess I should unlock the doors soon so patients can come in! :o)
later,
Bou
.....due to killer migrane :o(
Took a half of a T3 and went to bed when I got home from school (about 5:30ish), got up at 9pm, ate a little bit, took a whole T3 and an ice pack and went back to bed, woke up at 3am and then had to get up for school at 6am.
If I feel better when I get home from school I will exercise....
Hope everyone's day is going well!
Bou :0)
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