A Simple Night

Nothing uncomplicated . . . Other than our getting our son to do his homework. Now, he's practicing piano and is doing nicely. His new teacher is inspiring him and he's doing well.

I are modestly tonight-- leftover rice pasta with a little sauce plus some broccoli and edamame. Dessert was Greek yogurt and a little granola.

I'll probably make it an early night after being up late watching the boring debates last night and waking too late to do a run at the gym .

A Nice Night

We had friends over for dinner last night. Served chicken from the BBQ (no bbq sauce). done with Braggs Aminos, quinoa and salad. The chciken breasts were great (using chicken on the bone leaves it tasting more moist), and then some dessert of lots of little tasting items from Earthfare. I had lots of calories left over so I took a few little tastes of some.

Best of all was time to talk with them about "stuff." She has been suffering since her Mom died and  giving her a place to talk with some understanding folks seemed to do the trick for her. I suspect they will be back soon. Sharon and Jack both enjoyed it, he enjoyed playing with friends, she enjoyed a social evening, something she is not prone to having usually because her nature is to be isolating (as is mine).

We had spoken earlier in the week about how our son wanted to get together with a particular friend who was a grade ahead of him and wasn't part of the texting circle (we have chosen not to get a cell phone for him yet). We realized in talking that it was hard for him to be social with his friends because he never saw us being social with ours.

Breaking from the routine for the night was nice; we'll do it again.

Friday

Do you understand what I mean when I say I am both slightly anxious and tired at the same time?

One part of me is tired (my mind) another part is kinda perky (my body). The perky comes from a  hard run I did at the gym; it left me mentally tired . . . well, truth be told, I was mentally tired before the run and nothing is different. At least my body has some spirit to it.

I have a busy day ahead . . .a full work day plus we have friends over tonight with their kids. I will be interesting to see how I manage with my calories. Interestingly, I originally wrote, "cope with my calories," like it was a kind of punishment or struggle. It really hasn't been. I just record what I eat in the Livestrong app, stay under the calories and lose weight.

At least I don't have to think about staying up late to watch the Yankees in the World series.

YAWN!

How am I going to wake up???

Tempted

When our plans changed and an evening walk at Biltmore Estate became a short ride to pick a pumpkin nearby, I now needed to make do with calories without picking up more from the walk.

So I had a little chicken and some leftover vegetarian chili, some yogurt and granola.

I am still hungry but I will make do until tomorrow. I have spent a day with little anxiety. Waiting for a job offer to come any moment.