Day 284/365 (April 27, 2015)

It was a long day at work, then I headed to the gym. I like that the "Penn Station" location is above ground so there are windows. That helped, but man the locker room sucks!

Then I popped into Trader joes to get cauliflower and headed home.

I made cauliflower pizza tots... yummy! Sadly it takes way too much time and effort (and dishes) to make this more often so I am done for a while. I did also cook some mushrooms and onions and wring as much moisture out of them to add to the tot mixture... this turned out very well! Charlie is a lovable jerk and decided to stop me from looking at my computer.

Day 283/365 (April 26, 2015)

Day began by attempting a run with Sasha. I was not as successful. Then I made an omelette that was super yummy!

Lola came over and we went to playing right away. She brought spring window clings that we played with on the mirrors. When it was my turn she said that my art show was "not what I was expecting, the flowers should be on the ground but was nice" and then she played with the window markers. She told me that everyone is an artist "all you need is a brush, paint, and imagination" then she cleaned it up. Since Karen was not there she had me play the role of myself and of Karen. SO i would have to pretend to be angry with her for cleaning it up then pretend to be Karen telling me it was okay, and back and forth like that... she was cracking up! She also asked if I missed her and then told me she missed me very much! She made a matching glove to replace her missing one for dress up.

Then it was story time/dress up. We took another girls vs. boys vote (this time the boy was on fire) and then she read me 3 stories. Then it was time for a tea party with the friends and she was very said when Ellyn came to take her home.

After Lola left I made chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and ate way too many of the giant ones! Then I made a card that was next to normal themed I was quite proud of, and Also throughout the day i did so very much laundry! I changed my bed sheets and my room looks neater than it has in a long while!

Sasha and I also had a lovely conversation with our neighbor Chris.

Charlie was sleeping in my underwear drawer and Lola really wanted the batgirl cape... glad I could find it! Fred is a cutie.

Day 282/365 (April 25, 2015)

Got up and Sasha and I headed to Pick up Pip because she wanted to take him on some errands. Then we went to Michael's and Wal-Mart and Trader Joes, Then dropped off some Playbill Flowers for an order she had. Pip was a very good car buddy and did very well in the stores.

Then we went back home... so much traffic. Sasha let Pip come inside for a tiny bit and Charlie wanted nothing to do with him, his tail swelled. At first Fred and Pip sniffed each other and then Fred hid under my bed until he was gone... then Sasha took Pip to pick up Ben David and I unpacked everything. Thankfully thanks to my smarts our frozen stuff stayed frozen despite being out of cold for over 2 hours!

I finally made pizza crust out of cauliflower and then Sasha and I went for a run. It turned out very well... I was impressed!

Day 281/365 (April 24, 2015)

What a day. I went to work for a few hours then headed downtown to meet up with Michael, Lauren, LeiLani, and her friend Abbey only to turn around and head right back to midtown! Did you know you can only swipe 4 people on one metro card at a time? That is so stupid! it should be 5! While on the train uptown I noticed Thomas Kail getting off the subway and he was talking to the person next to me, so i looked and it was Lin-Manuel Miranda! I said hi and asked for a photo and then my people asked who he was so i explained and then Michael was like I want a photo and Lin was all you don't even know who I am, then the others wanted one too and I was like guys leave him alone we have to get off... but he posed for a picture and was of course his super sweet self an told me to tweet the photo... so I did. He also told us about Hamilton and I was like oh I know!

They wanted to eat someplace "new york" and I can't think of things super fast so I went with John's Pizza since i knew where it was and people sing its' praises. After there we went to the evil cookie place and began our whirlwind tour. (also Lin Retweeted my tweet and less than an hour later I was twitter famous and ha like 45 favorites) We passed by the Richard Rogers because Michael wanted a picture of something with Lin's name on it. Then they got a photo op in times square, took a picture with a ghetto minion that tried to get aggressive for a payment and I was like TIPS ARE OPTIONAL I WILL CALL THE COPS so he left Michael alone. Michael kept getting stopped by people, then popped into the M&M Store and took Michael to the Deli David Letterman I guess shows on his show, so he got a picture with the deli guy and a sandwich. Then I took them for a photo op at Radio City and the Rockefeller Center. Onward to a quick stop in Grand Central, then we made our way downtown towards their destination. We made a quick trip to the World Trade Center because they wanted to see the memorial. Then went to take our place in line for the book signing they came for. Some guy named Connor Franta (I am calling Connor Fratata) who is a "youtube personality" and just wrote a book. No clue who he is but let me tell you he is LOVED by a gazillion pre-teens and young teenage girls. The line was wrapped around an entire block and we were far away. The kids made friends with the girls in front of us and I hung out with them for as long as I could but I was cold and tired and hungry so I left when I found out Sasha was heading uptown because I was close by where she works. We took a cab uptown and then I walked home from her destination. Got some food and finely got to relax!

Day 280/365 (April 23, 2015)

Got up and took care of the boys' litter boxes and all the garbage, then showered, and headed to work.

Then I headed out to New Rochelle for Dennis' birthday. It was nice to visit with them and get a little Penny love. Penny and I went for a walk/run and by the end of the night I was in an emotional wreck for reasons unbeknownst to me. Got home and watched Scandal with Sasha... glad Jake survived!

I didn't make the cake,  but am trained to take pictures of them!

Day 279/365 (April 22, 2015)

Woke up early and headed to my appointment uptown and ended up having to go through the park again with all the steps! Had my appointment which was super long and then headed to work. I had ripped off an emotional band-aid and ended up on the verge of tears most of the day.

I left work after a few hours and went to Studio 26 to meet with Travis. He had made a scheduling mistake that worked out in my favor. I didn't really feel like training today so i ended up only being able to do it for about 30 minutes so it was a compromise! I did a really good job on the scary box jumps and I was proud of myself! I want to talk with Travis about my feelings in the over eating department but never am sure if I should, i think he could be helpful but it is hard to express that and also there are other people around. Plus it is hard to bare your soul while trying to do squats and planks and what not.

Then I headed home and made cauliflower tots and watched some stuff on the DVR. When Sasha got home we watched Criminal Minds which was a messed up episode and I watch Nashville... KDM had a lovely part on the episode tonight!

Charlie also accidentally gave me a major cut on my arm that hurts like crazy. I was able to wrap gauge and neosporin on it at least. Charlie is frisky and Fred is cute.