Productivity compromised

Okay. Today's productivity was compromised by a long morning nap. I probably didn't have to nap, but it took me until past midnight to fall asleep and then I was woken up at 2:30 a.m. by a random phone call from someone in Uganda. In addition to waking up every hour or so after that, I had a 7:00 a.m. breakfast meeting, which meant being up early anyway. By the time I'd left the meeting, I was pretty pooped and came home, tried to study for a bit, and promptly decided napping was better. And then I slept for 3 hours. Whoops. 

After my nap was over, I ran back to school to do some stuff for letters of recommendation. And before I knew it, it was coming to 2:00 p.m. and I hadn't eaten lunch. I didn't go to the gym either. And showering? Um, nope. So basically it was a struggle day. I didn't get much studying in either. I decided to tackle hematology today and let me tell you, blood is difficult. So many disorders and they're all so similar.

After finally having lunch, I studied some more and headed to the gym for a session with the elliptical. I read some Harry Potter while cardio-ing it up. Near the end of my cardio sesh, I got real gassy. Like squeeze the buttcheeks together lest your bowels betray you gassy. And of course the man on the elliptical wasn't wearing headphones so I couldn't just let myself go. Womp, womp. Totes uncomfortable. And so when I got home, making dinner was not exactly high on the priority list because of my stomach.

And now I'm going to try to get my sleep schedule back on schedule and get my butt back into making meals properly.

Wish me luck!

Breakfast?

Rainy day blues

Kitty in the window likes rain

Kitty in the window creeping on me

Pre-gaming my lunch

Reheated lunch (not so delicious)

Delicious

Snack before the gym

Post-gym fuel

Today's positive: getting my butt to the gym despite not being able to go in the morning.

Cat anger, outdoor naps, and home pedicures

Giving pills to a cat is worse than packing a lunch. And you guys know how I feel about packing lunches. In short: it's the fucking worst. Bailey just won't do it. He's basically like, "Oh, this is supposed to be good for me. FUCK THAT AND FUCK YOU AND FUCK EVERYTHING." Yes, my cat has a lot of pent up anger. Stop judging me. I inherited him at age 6 - these behaviors were already ingrained. 

Anywho, I reached out to facebook and was told a few helpful things: pill pockets, peanut butter + pills = cat that focuses on swallowing PB and not the pills, and compounding. My vet asked me how Bailey did with pilling and I was like hmm, Idk cuz I've never had to do it. She should have taken that opportunity to tell me that giving cats a pill is the fucking hardest thing ever. I didn't anticipate this as I grew up with dogs who took pills like it was no big deal. You just take the pill, wrap it in turkey, and voilà! The pill disappears! Fucking dogs. They're way better than cats.

Enough with my cat troubles. Today I arrived to work on time. I slept in pretty late which meant breakfast in the car (I made a bagel and ate some grapes), and then got out at 1 rather than 4, which was much nicer. When I got home, I made English muffin pizzas (which I forgot to snap a picture of), I finished making my fruit pizza (photos to come tomorrow), tried giving Bailey his pills like 1000 times, and then decided to head outside to study. I went to this track/field nearby with a blanket and started reading my EKG book. An hour later, I woke up to my phone beeping at me. Apparently, I was tired. I came home, gave myself a pedicure (because these stupid new flip flops I bought are ridiculous to break in and my feet hurt), and then watched a movie and did some studying.

Soon I'll be emptying my dishwasher and packing up some snacks for the beach tomorrow.

Photos for today (sorry, I forgot about taking pics until later):

Soak the feet first

Polished!

Half ass dinner: home made cheese biscuits - I needed to use up some cheese and my stomach was being an asshole, so I didn't have much of an appetite.

Today's positive: Having friends who are more knowledgeable about giving pills to a cat than I am. Thank you. And if anyone else has any suggestions, please leave a comment!

Also, so you don't think I'm completely useless, I did do some arm exercises at home with some weights I have, but I didn't hit up the gym. I will tomorrow though - right after my weigh-in! I'm putting the camera in the bathroom now!

Cheers. Good luck to me on my weigh-in tomorrow. Fuuuuuuck. Hooray!

Narcissism at its finest

Today was a rough one, you guys. Now, really, I recognize that my life is not that hard, but I let some things get under my skin today. I was made late after going out of my way to help someone else out, and I didn't get to talk to some people that I really needed to talk to. I, of course, let my frustrations build until I got to lecture this afternoon and just felt like crying. I know it's stupid, but on top of being late [twice due to someone else] and not being able to have the conversations I needed to have, I forgot my lunch. The very lunch that took me forever and a half to decide on last night. So, I was frustrated, hungry, and dehydrated. Not a good combo.

Fortunately, I did have a fiber plus bar, an ounce of almonds, and a serving size of animal crackers in my bag. So, it wasn't like I was starving, but man oh man, do I wish I had had more to eat before finally getting home at 4:45 today.

Plus, once I got home, my replacement phone had arrived and of course, I need to spend a bajillion hours configuring it exactly as I wanted it. I'd almost forgotten how hungry I was, but not quite. I heated up some enchiladas for a quick bite to eat (see how handy leftovers are!?):

I put some light sour cream on these before inhaling them

And after some more tinkering on my phone, I opted for some more snacks.

Cheese full of protein!

Banana bread and baby almond milk

Subtle, almond milk, subtle.

After completing everything, I was still a bit keyed up, so I decided to watch some Jimmy Fallon to get some giggles going, make dinner, and dance around as I was prepping:

Mediocre fries - they put waaaay more herbs than garlic (first mistake)

Chopped

Layers of goodness

Noms

I vented to my Mom and Lisa on the phone tonight. But while on the phone with my mom, I forgot to mention to her that my official medical student photos are in! There are 7 and I have to pick one for the yearbook and all the shiz that my school uses them for. So, being the narcissistic person that I am, I'm posting them all here and you can help me decide which one I should choose!

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#7

And lastly, today's positive thing is brought to you by my friend Anna and cats. Thanks, Anna!

Speaking of cats, here's mine:

He sleeps in his "ashamed" pose every so often.

And today's other picture is of my breakfast. So, here you go:

Catch you guys tomorrow!