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• Succulent lemon bars, lightly powdered with confectioner’s sugar
• Rich Magic Cookie Bars, a mixture of that delicious trio of butter, sugar, and egg combined with chocolate chunks and other goodies.
• Bronze-colored Donut holes, rolled in granulated sugar
• Pert little brownie bits, a rich dark brown chocolate fudge color
• Strawberries (only because they were on the same dessert tray as the rest of the things above, and I thought that if I reached for a Strawberry I’d accidentally grab a Lemon Bar)

Day 2 of the diet. I registered for my classes today, including a Weight Training and Conditioning course in the spring time. I was up late studying last night so I didn’t wake up early enough to take Bowie for a jog. My diet has been a lot more balanced. I eat just enough food that I’m not hungry until the next time I eat food. If I get some  hunger pangs in the meantime, I just drink water, and that seems to help.

I DID eat today:

Breakfast: 2 egg-whites fried in 1oz of Olive oil, 1-1/2 cups Kashi cereal with 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup cranberry juice.

Mid-morning snack: A large orange and some celery with natural peanut butter.

Lunch: Left over Tofu / vegetable stirfry and couscous.

Dinner: 5 Turkey meatballs in tomato sauce, a baked potato with cheddar cheese, and some romaine  lettuce with a glass of water.

In retrospect, I realized that the tomato sauce were enough starchy carbs that I didn’t need the baked potato. I should have just made it sans-potato. Maybe added some more romaine lettuce or something, for extra fiber.

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1. Delicious, moist, leftover Anniversary cake*
2. Some deliciously round and powdery donut holes in the break room
3. Hot, rich, Pizza or Garlicky Seasoned Breadsticks
4. Decadent and chewy looking Chocolate Chip Cookies during a meeting with the Library administrators
5. Delicious, moist, leftover Anniversary cake*
6. Cookies, candy, or ice cream while food shopping for healthier food

Yes, I am indeed determined to be healthier. There seems to be constant temptation to eat shitty foods, and I notice it all the more now that I am abstaining from such yummeries. I literally deliberated for 10 minutes this afternoon about eating ONE of those cookies, but ultimately decided it wasn’t worth it.

I’ve been taking Bowie for a walk / jog almost every morning. Last week was kind of an exception because I was sick (and then Melissa/Sullivan were sick and I was on vacation) but the past two mornings I’ve done it. Up at 7′ish a.m., find clothes, put shoes on, grab leash, and go. It’s about a mile around our usual route; Up the hill, around the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Back down past the high-school-formerly-known-as-Hibberd. It’s getting a little easier. I just started with situps / pushups last night too.

Once I get going with this and get to the point where I can jog at least halfway through my route, I’m going to start doing weight training again. I’m determined to get back in shape and return the spare tire to the trunk of my VW.

* “Anniversary cake” is actually the topper from our Wedding cake a year ago. It’s been in the Freezer for a full year. Believe it or not, it was still totally moist and delicious, in spite of its age. Just like me!

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This past Tuesday, while Melissa was at home writing an English paper, I took Sullivan to Indiana University East’s first volleyball game as an NAIA team. I’m not one who usually frequents sporting events at all, but I made an exception in this case because, as part of External Affairs and Marketing, we’re supposed to make a big deal out of this.

Our team played AWESOME. While I wouldn’t say the girls played as good as professional / Olympic teams, they were pretty well coordinated and talented players. There were quite a number of serves that would just BARELY scrape over the top of the net (that’s a good thing — low serves hit the ground sooner and are harder to return. Especially if they’re fast). They played 3 games altogether, and only two of them did their opponents accrue more than 15 of the 30 necessary points. So, Go Lady Pioneers!

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Another year come and gone.

Yesterday, I celebrated my 27th birthday. I am now officially as old as my mom claims to be.

This whole birthday has been a rather bizarre one. For starters, it’s the first birthday I’ve had where I’ve celebrated it in the company of my progeny (See picture). But there’s other things going on as well. I was excited about my birthday, as usual, but when Friday rolled around, I felt a bit frustrated. In a bizarre coincidence, 4 of my friends all picked this week to do out-of-state travelling. Two flew to Florida to go to Disneyworld, One went to Oregon to see family, and one to Ohio to go to a wedding with a girl he’s about to break up with. Honestly, I really expected my birthday to blow by with no visitors and no fun and games.

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1. Links that read “Click here to _____”. I suppose it’s because I entertain the reality that the Internet is so ubiquitous that people inherently understand the mechanics behind a hyperlink. It would be like a book that said “Open this and start reading the pages to ____”. Why not just say “______”?
2. When people use the unnecessary prefix “quick” to describe links or a searchbar. (”Quicklinks” or “Quicksearch”). How is using a “quicksearch” any different or faster than using a regular search bar?
3. That sound that thick liquids (like smoothies) make when you pour them into a glass. It’s kind of a hollow “hcwooooosh” sound that rises in pitch as it nears the top of the glass.
4. The phrase “new look and feel” or just “look and feel”, particularly in reference to websites.
   
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