Finally...I update my blog

It's tempting not to update my blog, because I still have to go and make a second dinner for my husband, and my bed, a snack, and the tv are calling, no, shouting my name. Or maybe screaming. Or maybe it's my body that's screaming for the bed, a snack, and the tv. Yes, I think that's it. Because screaming is usually a present continuous verb associated with animate objects, or at least vocally capable animate objects, and my bed, a snack, and the tv would not be one of those things.

I've been going to the gym four times a week, getting there sometime around 7am. (Maybe that's why my body's screaming for my bed, a snack, and the tv.) I've heard for a very long time that if you exercise, you have more energy during the day. I'm not sure who did that research, but I find it to be quite, quite untrue. So I've thought to blog about how exercising every morning actually makes a person very, very exhausted the whole rest of the day, but then I might deter or discourage anyone who might be thinking of exercising, and I wouldn't want to do that. Also I've thought about blogging on the topic of instant gratification and how exercising does not get you any of that. Because I'm not seeing any results here on this body that's screaming for bed, a snack and the tv, and that's downright aggravating. Mind you, I'm not a food nazi. I did count my calories for a few days here and there, but then gave up and just decided to "watch" what I eat (and I do, for the most part). I can have pretty good discipline if I'm not starving. For example, right now, in my kitchen, just a few feet away, I have a huge stock of pastries. But I'm not tempted to have any. Well, I'm not tempted to eat all of them. But I may be tempted to have just one. Or two. And now you must be laughing at me and thinking "aha! that's why she's not seeing any results from working so hard at the gym!" To which I would reply, "may I reiterate, I am not a food nazi, and I have cut down, truly I have, but I would also like to be happy, which is my American right, to pursue happiness, and food makes me happy, so of course I would pursue it!"

Also I've thought about blogging on the topic of my children driving me nuts. I thought that as they grew, they would mellow a little bit and not bounce off the walls so much. I wonder why I thought that? It seems that these days they are particularly energetic and as they race around and jump and twirl and make vocal noises (singing, animal noises, baby noises, and just plain nonesense noises) endlessly, all day long, I stare at them in a daze and ask "don't you just want to lay down on your bed with a snack and the tv and take a little nap?!" And then I remember that they aren't the ones going to the gym at 7am, doing several loads of laundry a day, making one or two meals from scratch every day, folding and putting away, picking up, paying bills, answering emails, making calls, running errands and constantly washing dishes. I'm not complaining about my tasks, don't get me wrong! I'm just saying...

I'm off to my bed, a snack, and the tv. Oh, after I make another dinner. And tomorrow I'll download a picture of tonight's dinner and I'll give you the recipe - an excellent suggestion from a friend and a great way to update the blog! :)