Reality Bites

Ahhhhhh…I’ve been putting off this post because if I post the last of my pictures it means that the GTG weekend really has ended!! :(

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Sunday and Monday were certainly much calmer in comparison to the previous days and nights.  Unfortunately Jen and Danny had to head for the airport on Sunday morning so I had said a teary (and drunk!) goodbye when we left Angie’s at the wee hours of the morning.

I was feeling ROUGH when I got up Sunday morning.  Like…I got up to call Amy back and decided after only 3 minutes that I needed to go back to bed.  So I did.  Thankfully Amy, Andrew, Cat and Mike had Angie’s car with GPS so they did some adventuring around town on their own.  Mike got his East Coast Chowder (apparently The Coast was right and Esquire’s was tasty!), they got to enjoy some fun in the brisk sun at Point Pleasant Park, and they took another trip to Pete’s Frootique to stock up on treats for our night in at Farm Girl’s.

I stayed in bed all day.  :)

Another PSL to get me through the evening…

Then met the remaining gang (minus a couple of sickypants) for cheese, chitchat, and comfort.

Amy and Cat picked out a variety of cheeses, fruit, bread and crackers.

And a veggie platter, which FG made three dips for…

And another FG treat…layered dip…deeeeelish.

FG and Big Jay also made a batch of Jambalaya (for which I’m patiently waiting on the recipe post!!)…

And if that wasn’t enough, FG also made the world’s BEST freaking strawberry daquiris…I had a virgin and it was fan-effing-tastic.  There’s something to be said for a strawberry farmer working her magic with real strawberries and a blender.  :) 

(How do I NOT have a pic of this?  Gah!!!)

I guess that’s when I stopped taking pics at all…cuz I don’t have any more.  :(

Monday we met for a final brunch at Cora’s (Lynn and Lex have a group photo!!) and just hung out for a bit until it was time to take Amy and Andrew to the airport.  I hate airport goodbyes!! 

Monday evening Cat, Mike and I opted to just grab some East Side Mario’s for dinner and curled up on the couch to watch Knocked Up.  We were all nodding off by about 9pm, so they hauled themselves up to bed and I tried to last a little longer but caught myself half asleep and trucked it on upstairs too.

The next thing I knew it was Tuesday morning and time to drive them to the airport too.  Booooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

COME BACK, COME BACK, COME BACK!!

This is not “THE END”.  Only “TO BE CONTINUED”…   :)

Wolverine!

Excuse me...let me just go pick my jaw up off the floor. Holy moly people...have you seen Hugh Jackman lately? Excellent action flick by the way...totally worth the price of admission if you are in the mood for some crazy fighting, big explosions, and angry men.

Working backwards from the movie....

I didn't buy any treats at the theatre!! Wooooo. My friend had a pack of Twizzlers, but I only had three and for me that is awesome. Usually I would eat the whole bag and hope no one wanted to share. I'm soooo off candy right now...hopefully I can keep that going, but I do have a flight across Canada on Saturday so that is a bit of a danger zone.

The key to not wanting a treat was the late dinner I had before the late show. I met a girlfriend at Jack Astor's where we were planning to share a few appies. She'd ended up having dinner with her hubby and wasn't too hungry so instead we decided to share the appy chicken quesadilla and I just got a small house salad to go with my half. Perfect little meal and since I'd thought I was going to have a more calorie laden feast I opted to have real Ranch dressing on my salad instead of the boring vinagrette. My fave.

Instead of boozy drinks I started with a pineapple juice with soda, but when my friend ordered her second bevvie I wanted something more fun so I ordered a Astor Blastor....haha...I think that might for kids...but it was really good!!! Bright pink and fruity, with coconut milk. :)

Before heading out for the eats I made sure to hit the gym to work out some of the stiffness that had started to set in from yoga yesterday. I guess I spoke to soon in this morning's post because my lower back was starting to ache a bit.

Treadmill: 2 minute warmup, 18 minute run, 5 minute cooldown = 230 cals, 1.7 miles, 25 minutes

Quick lower body workout: I was super pressed for time.

- 2 sets x 15 reps: ball squats with 15 lb bar, stationary lunges holding 2 x 8 lb weights (each leg), hamstring curls on the ball

Before the gym, I raided our cereal cupboard for a half serving of Organic Daybreak with light vanilla soy milk topped with a few Cinnamon Puffins. Our cereal cupboard is really full and I'm dying to break into one of these new boxes but promised myself I'd eat up the open stuff first.

And last but not least, lunch. I had to eat while sitting through the weekly conference call. I opted for leftover homemade cauliflower & cheese soup, with a side plate of Kashi honey sesame crackers & White Chocolate Wonderful PB.

So now, due to the late movie I'm up way past my bedtime yet again. I will be aiming to get my arse out of bed when the alarm goes off. Wish me luck!!