Thursday Roll Call

Hello Everyone

Well I had a surprising evening.  After work I went home to pick up my canvas bags (I use instead of plastic)....and then I was going to do groceries.  And who was sitting there waiting for me...Chris.  He took the day off work (well for him its 1-9pm) and came over to surprise me and spend the evening with me.  When I told him...you should have told me I could have taken a 1/2 or something.  He said he spent the day with his boys...had some father/son time.  How can you argue with that.  So needless to say I was very surprised to see him there.  We we went out for dinner and went for a walk in a forest preserve by my house.  But it started to rain so we had to cut it short.  So we came home and watched TV together.  It was a nice evening. 

So it's groceries and laundry today after work.  What are you guys doing today??? 

I am going to complain yet again about all of the eating and snacking that goes on at work here.  What's worse it's all paid for and free of charge.  At least before if I wanted to avoid candy bars...I just didn't bring cash to work to put in the vending machines.  Now its right there in the bowls all over the place.  And not just candy bars...it's chips of all kinds, crackers, cookies (like grandma's brand and oreos), every kind of candy bar and hard/chewy candy you can think of.  This Skinny Cow crap...which is nothing but sugar and chemicals.  The only thing remotely healthy they have is these bags of trail mix...but I still have to pick out the M&Ms.  Then they bring in brownies and cookies and donuts.  I am constantly being bombarded with junk food!!!  Now add to that the fact they also frequently buy us lunch.  Is it healthy lunch...rarely.  It's usually pizza or BBQ.  At least with the BBQ I can have the chicken minus the BBQ and eat that with my cottage cheese...it makes for a decent meal.  Theres also the Italian meal...manocotti, fried chicken, potatoes, rolls.  When we have that, I have one piece of chicken..minus the skin.  But I sooo want the manacotti and rolls!!!  Today they are ordering Panera....I hate Panera.  I want the mac& cheese (love it but oh so bad).  I am trying to be good...but there are times I give in and take a handful of hershey kisses and pig out!!!  I feel like this place is like having an alcoholic work at a bar, for me!!!! 

Well I better get going...I will see you all later.  Have a good day

Good morning Crystal and the rest of Illinois!

What a nice surprise!  He sounds like a very nice young man.  Good for you!  I am looking forward to spending some time, just Todd and I, tonight and tomorrow.

I hear ya about the food and I get the analogy.  I have been fighting this cold and find it really hard to get up in the morning, making me late, which makes me not grab a lunch, then finding something healthy at lunch is challenging.  I usually go to the grocery store and get smoked turkey and cream cheese to roll up.  The Beef-a-Roo down the street has a new "skinny" menu that is just right but that gets expensive after a while.

Have a fantastic day!