Day 92: LABOR DAY!

It's labor day and I'm looking forward to a FLAT run today. Oof!

Two days in a row of running Manazanita Park. I mean, I COULD go today since I'm at work and the park is on the way home . . . maybe I might go. I still have a few hours to decide.

What's putting me in mind of actually running it is that these last three days have not been ideal as far as following the 4 hour body recommended diet. Friday, Saturday AND Sunday have been horrible, horrible cheat days! It was only supposed to be one day!

But . . . I've given myself the excuse that it was my birthday Friday and that I might as well make a full weekend of it. Since I don't like drinking myself into a stupor any more, I may as well make it carb hangover instead of a alcohol hangover. Either way, I was going to regret it.

And today . . . not so much regret.

I don't feel to bad about screwing up the diet. The end goal is to reduce the bad food intake and I have to say that I did fairly well compared to what I would have done a month or so back. So I'm making psychological changes as far as food is concerned. I kept the bad stuff barely tame because I remembered how I felt last weekend and I didn't want a repeat. Though I did enjoy myself.

Friday and Saturday were good. Yesterday was another matter.

There was some excitement at work that involved one of the test facility supervisor to lose it and have a nervous breakdown. He completely flipped out and scared five grown men to run up to our lab and hide out. He wasn't threatening anyone, he just freaked everyone out with his paranoid rantings. He thought some of his employees were out to kill him.

Some more shit happened where he shattered a toilet, messed up some of our trials and then proceeded to jump onto the back of a tractor trailer ladder and hang on for dear life for about 6 miles and run from police once it stopped at an intersection.

We always joked that this place would get to us and lose it . . . we just never really thought it would happen to anyone.

Live and learn.

Why do I bring this up?  Because now we are having to shift schedules around to accomodate the absences left behind our once former colleague. I had Friday off because there was no way in hell I could come in on my birthday. But Saturday and Sunday I was here at work. And today, too.

I didn't get a chance to plan Saturdays meals well, so I had relatively bad food from the taco truck for brunch (no breakfast, so lunch was breakfast/lunch). Manzanita Park run. Dinner was shrimp cocktail, Mexican style! Relatively healthy, except for the Clamato. But awesome.

Sunday started out bad. Stopped by McD's and grabbed their number 2 (sausage muffin/egg/cheese, hash brown and medium OJ). Lunch was taco truck carne asada tacos and a glass bottle Coke. Went to Manzanita Park for the run (felt ok). Went to the daughters football game to support her girls for cheer (they improved). The Steinbeck Cubs blew out the poor Watsonville Jr. Wildcats 54 to 0.

Dropped her and the boyfriend off at her moms and headed home because my parental units had said they were going to take me out for a birthday dinner. And they did take me out . . . to the back yard. We had a barbeque. And boy . . .  did I stuff my face! My moms home cooking is deadly for me. There was rice, mashed beans with Cotija cheese, macaroni salad (gobs and gobs!), and avocado salsa (Oh. My. GAWD!), chicken, carne asada. And the weird item, beef shish kabobs. But they were tasty.

But I tell you, that salsa was incredible! I ate so much of that stuff, and I couldn't stop! I almost put it on top of my cake and ice cream. Dude, I was rollin' from that dinner table after. And to add insult to injury, I wiped out a six pack of Sierra Nevada Torpedo's. No bueno.

I woke up a bit groggy, but no real hangover. I guess I had enough food to stabilize alcohol absorption. Though I do have to say I am feeling a bit of the carb hangover. Stomache isn't settling too well today. I don't have to worry about bad food for this week until next Sunday.

Can't wait!

GD

p.s.
too stuffed to check. run smiley :)