Day 139: Trashy Tuesday !

 

Today is day 139 of Nutrisystem 2.0. It's nice waking up to blue skies and sunshine, along with the promise of a warmer day ! The forecast is calling for 75 and sunny, which is perfect ! I was awake shortly before 6 and had visits from both Minnie and Abby, before I finally got up around 6:40.

Breakfast was 150 calorie pancakes with sugar free syrup and an 80 calorie yogurt. I didn't have a morning snack. Lunch was a chef salad & 220 calorie pepperoni pizza melt. Afternoon snack was 80 calorie cottage cheese & 90 calorie oatmeal cookies. Dinner was roasted carrots and 260 calorie roasted turkey medallions. Evening snack was a 140 calorie chocolate cupcake. Total calories for the day are 1020.

Today was trash day so I cut up a head of lettuce for salad this morning and then settled in to relax with my breakfast before work, since I was up early. I didn't put the trash out last night and panicked a little when I heard the trash truck before 7 am. Turned out they were picking up on the main drag, which is their usual route. My trash isn't usually picked up before noon but every now and then someone new must be on the truck and deviates from the route. That's how I missed pickup a couple weeks ago. I had planned to put it out last night but I forgot and put on my nightgown. Lucky for me they didn't come early today ! I was so happy to roll out that bin with that giant bag of trash from the garage ! During lunch I cleaned up the laundry room and that means litter boxes ! They hadn't picked up the trash yet so I was able to add a bag of used litter to the bin. Once they picked up the trash I wheeled the bin back to the garage and dumped in another giant contractor bag of trash. It had room in it so I added some of the flimsier styrofoam that I could break up. With the big bags gone I'll be able to start getting rid of the styrofoam coolers next. I also took the lawn mower out for a few minutes during lunch as I saw I missed an area at the bottom of the driveway. That only took a couple minutes. I didn't use the treadmill during lunch since I was trying to get other things done.

Work was busy but since I'm on vacation next week my boss isn't adding anything new to my worklist. It's a good time for a break ! I spent the day working on one of the really complicated projects I have and was able to get that moved to the next step. Tomorrow I have a couple more to start working on. I spent the day working from the couch again, with the tv on. I guess it's just a source of comfort that I need right now. 

After work I decided to rake the leaves at the back of the yard. I got that done and immediately hit the shower, just in case I was in contact with poison ivy. I avoided anything that was green but it could be in the leaves. I hadn't taken a shower since Saturday so it felt good to be fresh and clean again. It was after 7 by the time I had dinner.

Three more days and I'll be on vacation. It couldn't come at a better time ! The uncertainty with my job is still weighing on me. Change is hard but I keep telling myself it will all work out in the end. I really believe it will ! I don't have anything planned for next week. If my mom were alive I'd have a casino day planned, but I'm done with the casino. I have plenty to do at home. I intend to get the spare room organized. That will allow me to bring my Dept. 56 Christmas items in from the garage and free up more space on the workbench. There is also still plenty of work to do in the garage. I'd like to shampoo my downstairs carpet too and that will take some time. Needless to say, there is plenty to keep me occupied ! 

It's after 9 now and I'm tired, so I'm heading for bed !