Winner Winner!

Remember my little announcement/push to vote for me being nominated for two bootlegger awards for 20-Something Bloggers?

Well…

I won “Most Interesting” blogger!

Sadly there was no red carpet…. no fancy dress… no Jason Segel as my date…

But hey- I’ll take it!

And not pretend an unusual amount of time was spent sweat pants doing absolutely nothing this last weekend. Because interesting people don’t do that. Nope…

You know what? I bet the sweatpants thing may explain why I didn’t win “Sexiest Female Blogger”. Makes sense.

What a kick in the pants. We don’t think you’re hot… but hey… at least you have a nice personality?

Just kidding. I’m still very pleased to be acknowledged in any way, shape, or form for being the constant interwebz dweller. So thank you to 20 Something Bloggers and all who voted! Not sure how this  happened, but I’m excited to slightly amuse each and every one of you. At least on occasion. Hopefully.  Fingers crossed.

Moving on…

In efforts to continue on the path of half marathon excellence (and maybe kickstart my campaign for ‘sexiest blogger’ next year?), I headed to the gym after work for a run as called for by my non-plan plan. The days are a little switched around already, but hey- this is why it’s a non-plan. Life happens.

3.7 miles ran at an 8:20 average pace next to the dude who wouldn’t stop peeking at my stats. Back off, dude. I may or may not be running faster than you. Deal with it in your own time. Thanks.

Whew. Sorry kids. Just a mild annoyance of mine… And yes, I do feel better now that I said that.

Another annoyance? How quickly I’m getting through The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.It’s way better than expected. And I’m kicking myself for not jumping on the bandwagon sooner. But most importantly, what am I going to do when I’m done with the other two?!?!

Nevermind the weird and uncomfortable dreams I’ve been having. Surely it’s not from the book about catching a serial murderer/rapist. It’s probably from the chili overload. Heartburn does crazy things to people.

At least I have coffee to fight my sleeplessness. So there’s that…

Teaser Of What Is Yet To Come

The snow began to fall at approximately 10:00 yesterday morning.

This means I was complaining about it by…. oh…. 10:05.

Now, before you call me a scrooge, hear me out. It’s not so much the snow on the ground I have the issue with. It’s pretty. It’s the falling snow part I have issues with. Because every year it’s like people forget how to drive. And every year I get stuck in the the most ridiculous traffic ever.

And I think we’ve gone over my lack of patience.

So instead of “how pretty!”, I proclaimed, “the drive home tonight is going to blow”.

And I was right. As usual.

My lack of creativity in the kitchen has really been astonishing. But when you don’t get home until much later than usual, you want a quick meal that’s proven effective.Along with scrambled eggs being one of the 4-5 things (salad, soup, oatmeal, eggs) consumed all week, breakfast is also a comfort food of mine. Since I was pouty, it only makes sense.

But check out the semi-successful omelet stuffed with black olives, spinach, mushrooms and feta! Usually it ends up a scrambled mess, but my roommate was cheering me on. And I used an extra egg white. One of those things surely was what did it.

As much as the snow fell, though, I was determined to make it to the gym for my “Free for all” day (as according to my non-plan plan). This required me to lay out everything and dust off the good ol’ snow boots.Not awful by any means, but a feeling in my stomach says it’s only a teaser of what is yet to come.

One benefit of this lil’ snow fall we got?

The gym was VERY quiet. Sure, us die hards were there (yes, I’m a hard core gym rat these days). But there was no issue getting the machines I wanted, and the perfect magazine from the rack to keep me entertained during time spent on the elliptical and stairmill.

Did you know Kim Kardashian is getting divorced?!?!?

Sadly the magazine wasn’t 3 months old, but yet again outlining the details.

Seriously? I’m bored, guys.

The workout went swimmingly- 20 minutes on each machine, which was a good start to my “free for all” day. And because there is this little rule about strength being somehow incorporated, I’ll be chillin’ with Jillian after work tonight.

Unless 10 minutes of shoveling snow off my stairs/sidewalk counts?

Have a great Friday, kids! I was skeptical at the beginning of the week, but it looks like we made it!