Eh, forget NyQuil, give me some codeine

NyQuil really doesn't cut it when you have a hacking cough. But cough syrup with codeine, now that's some pretty good stuff. Ok, not really. I still woke up about every 4 hours trying to cough up my lungs, but it did better than NyQuil. Last night was the first night in a week that I have slept straight through. I woke up earlier than normal because of the cough, but it wasn't 1.30, or 2.30 or, 3.30 or 4.30, like the past few nights, so I was pretty happy. Maybe tonight I can make it without taking any medicine at all. Maybe...

Today was supposed to be my big back to the grind day. And by grind, I mean gym. But with the stress of starting a new job, I decided I didn't feel like going. So I came home so I could blog. I'm not as freely able to mess around at my new place. So basically I made an excuse to not go. But this is the last one. I just have to make it through this week. I just have to go everyday from here until Saturday and I will be back in the groove. It's always the starting back up that's the hardest. So wish me luck.

Nyquil take me away....

I'm so sick. I've been sick since Thursday, and now it's getting worse. Now I have a cough that won't let me sleep, well, my favorite little red bottle helps me sleep, but in order to not cough throughout the night, I have to sleep sitting up. Yeah, it's as comfy as it sounds. So not only do I have a killer cough, stuffy nose, headache, body aches, but now my back is sore from my sleeping posture. UGH, I hate being sick. Oh, and the worst part... In the mornings I get to cough up all the nasty green phlegm in my chest, and that's fun. So needless to say, I have not worked out at all. Nor have I really worried about what I'm eating. I'm not eating horribly, but I'm not really paying attention. I'm just too tired and sick to care right now.

And I'm pretty sure if I keep coughing like I am, the other designers here are going to ask me to go home. I would love to go home, but I don't have any more sick time and I already took 2 unpaid days this pay period, so I can't afford to take another. Man, I hate this cold.

I'm baaaaack!

That's right ladies, I'm back from my lovely vacation to my parent's house in Southern California. While I was there, the same question kept coming back to me... "Why do I live in Utah?" Especially when the weather is nearly perfect in CA. We went to the beach on Christmas (we always do, but this year we didn't have to bundle up! It was perfect) We sat in the sun, went to Santa Barbara, slept, ahhhh, we had such a nice break!

Now, you might be wondering how my eating and working out went? Well, why would you ask such a stupid question?!! It was HORRIBLE! I ate whatever I wanted and didn't think about it. I went for a few walks, but when I really tried to go get some actually physical activity, my parent's pulled the old "You're only going to be here a few more days, don't you want to go to eat at that really good place instead?" Yeah, I fell for it. It's ok, I'm back. I'm back in my old routine and will be sticking to it. I WILL lose those last 20 pounds, even if it's 25 pounds now. (I'm too scared to check, I'm going to give it a week or 2 before I weigh).

As I am wasting time reading blogs, instead of working, I am noticing that many people are posting their goals for the year. I don't like making new goals for the year. I never have. I thinks it's lame (not that the goals people are making are lame, I just don't like doing it myself). So I'm not going to do that. But I do have a goal, can you guess what it is? Yup, lose the weight. I've watched those Jenny Craig commercials with Valerie Burtineli saying she isn't going to resolve to lose weight this year. Wouldn't that be nice. Maybe next year... hopefully!