Sickly

I used my first sick leave time since I started this job in September of 2001. I just needed some rest yesterday and could feel this cold coming on. I knew I had to come in to do some phone interviews with Brian so I did those and then took off. I had to stop by THF for my weekly weigh-in with Tyson. I was down half a pound which isn't all that much. I told Tyson how I have been unmotivated to keep up with the program lately and so he told me to take the week off from workouts and to design my own eating program for the week. At first I was horrified that I wouldn't be working out, but the more he talked about it, the more it made sense. So I'm not pumping the iron this week and letting my body recover. Although I would like to hit a yoga class this Saturday or something.

After stopping by Taco Time for a couple of chicken & black bean burritos without sour cream, and cheese on whole wheat tortillas (my life has come to this to keep the gut off) I headed home and napped. At some point KTC was taking a nap with me, but I'm fuzzy on the details. I finnaly got myself up and puttered around for a bit until we went grocery shopping. I went to Albertson's where I practically cleaned out their produce section. Everything from spaghetti squash to apples. It's nice to eat better, but it involves a lot of those little plastic bags. KTC went to Costco for our usual items there. We met back at the house to see Abby there and we fixed our dinner. Abby was over to watch more of season three of 24 with us. While KTC was cleaning up, Abby and I caught up on the latest episode of The Office and we laughed heartily. I love that show. We finished disc one and then wished Abby farewell and headed for bed.

This morning my throat was still a little sore and I slept in a little, but I felt better. All that sleep seems to have done me some good. It seems that if you'll just take some time and sleep, the cold goes away a lot faster. So I got in at about 10:00 this morning. Eating ice cream is what I'd like to be doing right now though . . .