feeding schedule

this week i've started an eating schedule and so far it's helped keep my energy level all day. i don't feel all 'starved' and then feel the need to stuff my face with whatever until i am in pain. though i am still having trouble stopping before i'm full at dinner. mainly because i enjoy my time cooking at home that i just want to keep enjoying the food i made! so i have been getting post dinner drowsiness which lately has also resulted in a nap. i nap also while i'm waiting for pattycakes to finish his online gaming. the nap doesn't really interfere with my sleeping pattern, though. and i can still wake up the next morning without an alarm clock. it just makes my evenings less productive because i've slept for 2 hours instead of doing something.

and for my information, i am posting my eating schedule. because i am sure the interwebs is not all the interested :)

7:30 am: some random healthy hot oat cereal with flax and stuff. hot water.
9:30 am: half a turkey sandwich with cheese and a handful of cashews. more water.
11:30 am: lunch: usually leftovers, a chicken and sausage casserole i made, or canned soup. agua.
1:30 pm: snack: one day it was hot cocoa. the next day it was 4 lil cookies. or strawberries.
3:00 pm: fruit and a cheese stick. as agua.
4:30 pm go home. 5:00 start dinner.
dinner= free for all. one night we ate at a mexican restaurant. the night after that i had dumplings. last night i made fried chicken. most nights i'll have water. but sometimes i'll have juice or a small gatorade. just 'cause it's tasty.

not necessarily the most healthy choices, but i feel like i am eating less. and the regular breaks in my day to eat keep me sane at work. i've been eating my lunch at my desk, which frees my actual hour break for later in the day where i can go outside (even if it is in my car because let me tell you the pollen count here is insane. i tried going for a walk one day but had to take cover inside after only 5 minutes.)

normally, i'm a morning workout person. but it's still dark at 5:30am when i get up. and i would have to get up at 5 am to get in some decent workout time. i'm sure i could do it, but for now the easiest idea seems to get my workout in before dinner. or after instead of taking a nap! i think today i am going to try getting home and instead of changing into my comfy clothes, change into something suitable for taking a walk. and then come home to make dinner. if walking turns out to be allergy disaster, i'll have to resort to in-house workouts which are not as appealing.

housekeeping

domestic life is pretty uneventful around here. we're making a little more progress every day and patrick is getting to see the nazi/ocd/everything must be in order side of me. at my parents' house i was very lax and lazy about things. but now that i'm in my own space with my own things, i get kind of fanatical about everything being just perfect. the fact that i got up off the couch to rearrange a pillow kind of scared him and turned him on at the same time.

here are some other thoughts rattling around in my brain:

1. i'm getting more comfortable with the idea of setting a date for our wedding next year. my initial thoughts are sept/oct somewhere on the west coast, maybe hawaii, maybe even mexico.
2. that in mind, we're gearing up to start our actual wedding fund. i have 1 more high interest rate credit card to pay off, but once that's done, i think i'll start paying just a little bit over the minimum on my student loan and one remaining card and dump the rest into our wedding fund. i've heard that money market savings account can build more interest but i haven't done the research on how they work and how much we'll need up front just to reserve a place and date. we are planning on funding the wedding ourselves. even if our parents can offer some help, we would rather do our very best to keep it within our own means and use the extra help for things like buying a house and paying down my debt.
3. my car is leaking coolant. boo. just because we have money saved for these kinds of things doesn't mean i am too keen on spending it. i can't complain too much though because my car is 8 years old and hasn't had a thing wrong with it in that time.
   
4. i really really really want to start running again. but holy effing chr!$t! i am so ridiculously out of shape. that and my allergies are kicking my ass right now. i tried to go on a walk on my lunch hour today and within 5 minutes i was a teary eyed, sneezy mess. we're also allergic to our new apartment complex. we love all the shade the big trees provide (yay for not using the A/C!). but we hate their pollen. the thought did occur to me today though to bust out my workout dvds and get my sweat on in the living room. i also have until june 5 to use my old gym. and it is on the way to and from work. so i have no excuse.
5. i much prefer cooking in my own kitchen. in fact, i love it. it's relaxing.
6. our fridge is not nearly big enough. it's like we have to choose between whether we want to store beer or the brita.
   
7. did i tell you we got a new bed? a KING sized bed! a glorious simmons beautyrest black. our bed is like what the beds are like in heaven. i have no idea how in the world a bed could satisfy me, who wants firm support, and patrick who wants to sleep on a a marshmallow. but it does. oh, it does. and it's so ginormous. i not only want to have seks on the bed i want to have seks with the bed.
8. i so very much want a vacation. i want to plop myself in the sand under an umbrella, cool off in the ocean, drink beers and mojitos, stuff my belly silly of really good food i can't get at home, and not worry about how much it all costs.
9. patrick has some very good leads on a couple of jobs. he even had an offer for a position...in LAS VEGAS. too little, too late. vegas seems to have never been in the cards for us. but please continue to send the good mojo our way. he really needs this.
   

i think that's all for now. happy friday jr. to you all and if i don't log on before sunday, happy mother's day!

home sweet home

whew! pattycakes and i are all moved in and slowly getting settled. we started moving some things over friday after work, then on saturday morning/afternoon. but sunday was the large haul. so we're sore and recovering from a weekend of high pollen counts. yet my handsome house husband has been trudging through the boxes to get things put away and organized. i suspect that by the end of the week, it will be in decent enough shape for me to take and post some photos. even though nothing will be on the walls and such.

it's funny the compromises you make when fitting 2 people's things into 1 home. i got the bigger closet. he got to put his desk by the window. i am most certainly not used to seeing so much sci-fi paraphanalia. and i'm sure he doesn't quite understand why i take up so much bathroom storage. it's the first time either of us is living with a partner, and we're excited that this big step has been reserved for each other.