Weekend In Review

Friday - Flew back to Atlanta from Houston. Ate too dayum much. Like seriously. To the point where I was just in pain. And I've got an out of wack digestive system and was out of town. You piece that together. It equals extreme discomfort. I was not even in control while eating...there was a serious disconnect between my brain and taste buds on my tongue. Taste buds won every single time. I've got all sorts of heartburn STILL.

At night I went to CaliSlim's birthday party and had a ball. Good people, good times. I don't go out as much as I used to, so it was fun to get a lil' dolled up and be amongst folks. Although being out reminds me how I'd prefer to be in a relationship than subject to the dating by numbers game. Dudes are can be so grimey. At least a handful of dudes.

Saturday - Despite a slight hangover, I drank a lot of water, took to Excedrin and got my @ss to the gym. I haven't forgiven myself yet for the gluttony of Houston, so I went to the gym. Oh yeah...the main reason I went to the gym was not to burn fat per se. There was a yoga class. I'd really like to start a yoga routine. To do a proper yoga routine is rather costly, so I'll stick with the elementary LA Fitness classes for a while more. After the yoga class I did 40 minutes of cardio. Felt good. Got my ipod shuffle and jammed out. Then I still wasn't feeling quite right and decided to attempt two day detox. Arden Garden (if you live in ATL - this is by far the best non-yogurt based smoothie place EVER). Anywho - they make this http://www.ardensgarden.com/cleansing.html, which is simply distilled water, grapefruit, orange and lemon flavored juice. That is all you can drink for 48 hours. You get 2 gallons and they suggest drinking 8 ounces an hour.

After Arden Garden, I headed to the mall. I realized that I had no energy in the mall. I have this outfit concept and I found the perfect sweater dress to work into my outfit vision. lol - sounds weird? I saw this outfit on a chic one day and came up with a variation or two and thought it'd be a good look on me. This recession is GREAT if you still have a job and are making decent money. I'm still on the hunt for the perfect work pants. I'm not quite a size 6 nor am I quite a size 4. I do not wear ass huggers to work and I can't find the right cut. I guess I should get stuff altered. I REFUSE to pay a bunch o' $ for some pants AND pay for altering, but since things are so heavily discounted, perhaps I can go out on a limb and get some pants and get them altered. *RANT - Express WTF do you get off charging $78 for unlined pants?* ATL folks - suggest a good alteration spot! I had more ambitious shopping goals for Saturday, but as I mentioned I had NO fuel left, so I had to take it to the house. I chilled out. Which is what I really needed.

I just counted how many times that I've been on a plane this year and the answer is at LEAST 30 times. And I have 2 trips, potentially 3 before the end of the year. I skipped out on the Company Holiday party. I was just feeling crappy. Plus, the gym ruined my hair. The top part was still straight, but then the part that was in a scrunchy was wet/curly. Not a good look.

Oh and HE called. Thought he was slick. Called my house phone. Only a handful of people have my house phone #. Not because I'm trying to be uber excluxive with it - I just don't use it. So if folks do have the house #, it's because my cell died or is lost and I gave out the house phone as an alternative. So he had that #. Only telemarketers call, so unless I specifically tell somebody to call, I don't answer. BUT I do answer in the middle of the night cuz it might be a family emergency. So it's 3 am phone rings and I instinctively pick up. WTF. Him: wimper wimper wimper Me: I'm going back to sleep. (Oh this is Friday to Saturday night)

Sunday - 7 amish - phone rings again. Between my house and cell it rings 6 times. Anywho. I can't quite go back to bed immediately, so I watch a lil' tv get online watch Obama on meet the press (what'd y'all think?). While lying down I decide, to hell with this detox! What I need is to be in better control what I put into my body and how much I put in. I wanted to take it easy with food this week, so I decided that I was going to cook a hearty veggie soup. And I wanted it as fresh as possible, so I went to Whole Foods Overpriced grocery store and got the ingredients for a delicious soup! I based it loosely off of a recipe that I found online; however, I made it FOR me by ME. Random it was: Green pepper, red onion, tomato, jalapeno, mushroom, cabbage, garlic, okra (yes okra) all mixed together in some chicken broth. It was honestly good. I didn't have to add much flavor to it. Actually I cut up the green pepper, tomato, jalapeno, garlic and onion first and put them in a bowl. I realized I had too much for the soup and scooped some into a seperate bowl. Can we say DELICIOUS salsa? Which I ate without chips.

Then I hooked up the Wii - Shame on me for not having hooked this up for well over a month. I played Wii Tennis and realized that I've got quite the potty mouth when playing. I mean who yells at a cute cartoon character tennis opponent named Patric and yells, "Suck It," while grabbing their crotch area? Oh yeah...I do. (and yes, I'm home alone).

I might go to a holiday party in Richmond next weekend.
I got an invite to go to Charlotte again with my cutie guy friend. Cutest white guy ever. I dunno. January is a busy month for work. He is so country tho! lol.

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