Yesterday

I'll blog yesterday now, before today gets all mixed up with it in my head.

But before I start, I got a new stuffie friend! My work friend (the same one that stabbed me in the finger and took me on my Costco adventure) knows how crummy I have been feeling lately and she got me and her little stuffed penguins! Mine is bright pink and I have chosen his name. (Yes, he is a boy) I name my stuffies after why I got them if they don't have any crazy characteristics (for example, the giant T-REX I got with my first postal paycheck is named Patrick (the first name of the Postmaster General) but my moose with the earflap hat looks like he is from Minnesota and has been named Olaf)), and since I got this one because I haven't been feeling good, he has been named Nelson, after my trusty medical practitioner. I also have a Narwhal named Spencer after Dr. Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds. I love that show. One day I should catalog my menagerie and why they have the names they have. It might be an interesting trip down memory lane.

But back to the recap of my day:

As I mentioned the day before, I had agreed to go into work in the morning to do a parcel run with the understanding that I was going to be able to come home and get some rest afterwards. That didn't happen. There were three call outs and he really needed me to carry a route. Please note: I feel less nauseated but still weak and dizzy at this point, but I agree as long as I think I can safely operate a mail truck. As we are finishing casing, the room begins to do the fun spinning thing that I loathe.  I take a break, eat some food and reevaluate. I think I will be okay but it is better to get me out on the street ASAP, so I pull down half of the mail and agree to come back and get the rest when I get to a good return point (I also timed it so I could have my outgoing mail back in time for the last truck) I am told that if there's any way I can get some help, they will send someone out with the rest. Yeah. That also didn't happen. So, I come back and get the rest of my mail and finish delivering. It is almost 8:30pm by the time I get back. I figured I would certainly be dead last to return. But wait... there's a missing truck. Am I really not the last one out?! Nope, I am not. There was another RCA out and he was carrying a route that he knows better than I know the one I carried, and had help, where I didn't. I felt a lot better after that. I hate being late, and in general want to go home at a decent hour, but I appreciated that I am doing okay, my boss would occasionally text me to check how I was feeling and my progress (the cell phone they can use to track my location died by 5 pm) and she decided that I could finish it without being out too late, so she let me.

I didn't make the best dietary decisions, but am working on remedying that situation today (hooray for payday) because I am basically out of groceries, I have been eating out too much (dinner with my love doesn't count as a too much, it was good for the soul)

Breakfast: Was yummy! Whole wheat bread and Avocado with tomato and black pepper (my avocado really needed to be consumed) cup of tea. (should have had a source of protein in there, but I was kinda in a rush)

Lunch: Chicken Strips and cream of potato soup. (not the best choices) The chicken strips by themselves aren't too many carbs, but combined with the soup I am sure I went over. The soup was pretty good though, I will admit that potatoes are my second favorite carb (after bread and right before sugar) and although I CAN eat them (in limited quantities) I don't necessarily trust myself with portion control yet.

Side note: I just ordered my list of carb love in my head. Bread, potatoes, sugar, pasta, beans, fruit, rice in that order. I like them all but it is so much easier for me to say "no, thank you" to rice. I also like fruit, and it and beans are good sources of carbs for me to eat according to the dietitian because they contain fiber. But seriously, I am not going to write a love sonnet to some cantaloupe any time soon.

Snacks: 2 clementines (1 in am another around 6pm) And another bad choice, gumdrops. I figured I had about 30 carbs worth spread out over a few hours, but still not my best decision. (I am trying to figure out ways for me to still enjoy holiday favorites while maintaining good dietary choices) I am still buying my bag of pfefferneuse from the local bakery (best ones I have ever had), but if I don't think I can ration them out myself, I may have to have someone help me.

Dinner: McDonald's. Definitely went over on carbs, did choose unsweetened iced tea over diet coke though and that's a good choice, and have done some research to ensure I make even better choices in the future.

My goals for today are to finish my antibiotics (they really hate me, so I am glad to be rid of them!) Get groceries and do some meal prep so I don't end up eating as much fast food as I have been lately, and clean my house. These will all be easier if the room will stand still (thank goodness I am almost done with these stupid pills)