Today is Sunday, and I have completed my Sunday rituals of arguing to myself about when I should get up, debating what to wear, going to church followed by a Walmart run and a turkey sandwich for lunch. Usually my ritual from that point involves housework or cookie baking. I really should be baking, I've got a lot of cookies and bars to make before the end of the year (remember, my years run from August to May. June and July are outside of my year. They're kind of an added bonus of time.) I did decide to wash my sheets and dog towels. Unfortunately, my washer is not working properly, so I'm not going to do any more laundry today. So now I should probably be vacuuming, or exercising, or giving Shiloh a bath. Instead, I chose to add a few songs to my facebook late birthday concert and blog about my thoughts today.
It is Palm Sunday, and we heard about the Lenten sacrifices and the last stretch of time to Easter, and I have to admit to the world that I failed with my Lenten commitments. I'm playing Angry Birds as much as ever, and, except for the Lenten Devotionals from church, I haven't been reading the Bible. I do have a cup of change to give to the homeless when I see them on the intersections while driving, but I haven't seen any since I got the cup. And now I've read a book about two men who chose to become homeless for a summer, and the author recommends not giving money to the homeless, but give gift cards for meals instead. Which makes a lot of sense. So I need to now invest in some gift cards to keep in my cup. But anyway, I've failed yet again when it comes to Lent. I'm going to add that to my bucket list: keeping a Lenten commitment for the duration of Lent. I suppose I should actually create a bucket list too.
I'm watching Cupcake Wars on the Food Network. It makes me want to start cupcaking instead of cookie-ing. But my hands aren't very steady, the frosting would be a disaster. I get it all over when I'm just slabbing it on, no way could I decorate or make designs or anything. I love baking, I don't know why. I'm known for my cookies, it's my specialty. One of the few things that I'm actually good at. I think the main reason my staff likes me so much is because I make them cookies in celebration of their birthdays and as a thank you for going above and beyond. I love having time to bake again. This summer will be a challenge because I have to move to a residential room without a kitchen. I'll have a kitchen down the hall, but I've done the temporary summer move game before, and I know that packing and unpacking and packing and unpacking again is a pain in the rear. So I don't unpack anything that I don't have to, which includes my kitchen utensils.
I'm hungry! A couple of months ago my doctor discovered my thyroid hormone levels were low again, so I started taking thyroid pills again. This time around, I can actually tell the difference, and my metabolism has skyrocketed. The good part of that is I haven't had much trouble keeping my weight off. The bad part is that I can't function on my 1200 calorie diet anymore. It makes me very lightheaded and dizzy. So now I have to figure out how to increase my calories in a good, healthy way. But it's so much easier and delicious to just chow down on ice cream and giant cookies and bagels...
OK, well, I'm having dinner at Texas Roadhouse with my "Lead Staff" team for next year soon, I should probably take Shiloh out and stuff. I hope you enjoyed my random blog for today.
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