Having a Meeting of the Minds

I was originally going to take today off, but something popped up on Friday and I promised that I would take care of it on Monday. Blah. Oh well. I'm working from home this Wednesday and taking Friday off, so it's all good.

The spin instructor was so apologetic for the doors being locked yesterday. Apparently one of the staff used some superhuman strength to open the doors. I had left before that happened, but that would have been a cool sight to see. That and I imagine everyone that was outside cheered for him in relief. Anyway, the instructor brought in bottled water and some clementines for everyone. I took a clementine, which was nice, but got a good 45-minute workout (I did a mile on the treadmill before class too), which was even better.

Please don't sleep on my pillow when I'm at work. Ok, whatever you say.

More Dumplings and Gym Time

This morning hit a little snag when I went to the gym for spin class. The key to open the doors apparently wasn't working. The staff went to another location to see if she could get another key. I waited around for about 20 minutes and since they weren't able to fix the problem, I went to my parents' and uncle/aunt's houses to drop off some dumplings Robyn and I made last night. Blah, well, at least I have another gym location I could go to.

I went home to do a load of laundry and make the rest of the dumplings from last night (about 50). Then it was time to head to the gym: 2.63 miles in 30 minutes, 2000 meter row, leg press/extension/curls and then did some strength training with FitnessBlender's Total Body Strength Training with Dumbbells - Challenging Dynamic Superset Workout.

Currently watching "Best of Me" on Netflix. Hello, James Marsden. :)

Gym Time, New Library and Dumplings

I headed out this morning to do some grocery shopping, mainly supplies for dumplings because Robyn was coming over tonight to help me make them. Then I headed out to the gym: 2.57 miles in 30 minutes on the treadmill, 2000 meter row and some leg weight machines. I'm slowly inching my way into that part of them gym, even if it feels a little like the man cave. Fortunately there weren't that many people there at the time.

While I was running on the treadmill, I was watching the new library opening ceremony across the street. It was so cool to see such an outpouring of support. The old library was old, so it was nice to see it moved to a brand new location, what was once a giant hole in the ground. Once I finished my workout, I went to the library to see what was up. It was really nice inside, but I didn't stay too long because it was so crowded with people. I borrowed a few books, one of them was a cookbook from Skinnytaste.

Robyn and I cranked out about 100 dumplings and caught up on about 2 months worth of news. I still have some meat leftover so I'll be cranking out some more dumplings tomorrow. :D

Wedding Card and Photogenic RJ

Julie's attending a wedding this weekend...a friend from her graduate school program is marrying his longtime sweetheart.  They've actually come to my parents' house for BBQs before, like this time in 2013. She asked me to make a card to give to them.

I also had some Etsy orders that came through yesterday and today: an origami elephant card and 2 sets of origami dress thank you cards.

With buying the Jurassic World tickets via Fandango, Fandango gave me a $20 gift certificate to Shutterfly. Oh, yay! I'm on my last sheet of address labels. I ordered 3 sets of the address labels and also used a code to get a free card. I used a picture that Julie took of RJ when he was staying at my parents' house recently. He's looking pretty photogenic in this picture, if I say so myself. Of course, I have a bias...
Since Julie was going to be away this weekend, we decided to do a Father's Day sushi dinner at my parents' house tonight and invited my uncle, aunt and cousin to join us.

After coming home from dinner, I cranked out Kelli's Superset Total Body Strength Workout: Calorie Torching, Muscle Building, Fat Burning Workout and 50 burpees.

Favorite Coworker Award

My friend Michelle was very happy that I brought in banana pudding to work today. She had some help since the pan had maybe 6 cookies worth of pudding by the time I went to the kitchen to do a status check. The cookies that I brought in were all gone too. Great, none for me to take home. Less temptation for me and coworkers are happy. Win-win in my book!

This dress that I got from JCPenney got many compliments from members that came in for a workgroup meeting today. Someone even called me "sharp."  Ha ha.

It was raining like crazy after work today, so I wasn't sure if I was going to make it to spin class. Fortunately the rain let up and it was actually sunny on my drive. The bad thing that happened on the drive was that some pebble flew and hit my windshield so there's a tiny crack in it. Nothing that would require a replacement windshield, but ugh, my baby! My poor car! :(

When I got home, I did some weighted arm exercises (no FitnessBlender tonight) and 30 burpees. Whew!

Trying Out Falsies

I went to the bathroom in the wee hours of the morning and of course, RJ thought it was breakfast. No no no, too early! Go away. I closed the bedroom door after going to the bathroom, but didn't realize that he was on the bed.  Because of the navy sheets, I couldn't see him since he's mostly black. He charged at me and gave me a heart attack.  And then after breakfast, when I was getting ready for work, all he wanted to do is sleep on my pillow. After the third try of getting him off, I gave up. So he won twice today...before 9 AM.

Julie says that I'm too much of a pushover.

A cool thing happened today at work. One of the members that I work with was in town for a meeting that'll be happening tomorrow. She came to the office today to sit with me so she wouldn't miss the committee call. She said to me, "You've lost weight." It wasn't a question. It was a statement. Mmm, not really, but I've toned up since she last saw me in March. It was cool that someone noticed! :D

I took a rest day from the gym, so when I got home, I decided to try the falsies that I bought last weekend out of curiosity. Wow, they definitely kick an eye look up a notch. I dunno if I'd ever wear them to work though because they feel fancy fancy. And these aren't even the fullest lashes available.
I made a batch of cookies for another member who is leaving my committee and a batch of banana pudding because I needed to use up some milk. Hope people at work are hungry!

In order to balance out the homemade goodies that I did quality assurance on, I did 2 FitnessBlender workouts tonight: At Home Cardio Workout to Burn Fat and Tone (High & Low Impact Modifications) and Fat Blasting Booty Builder - HIIT Cardio and Strength Training Workout.

Finally, FroYo!

After our teleconferences today, my coworker from across the aisle and I went to get some FrozenYo. I haven't had any for over 3 weeks and since I had 2 coins for free ones, it was the perfect opportunity. I made sure to only eat half of it and put the rest in the office refrigerator.

To make it up, I went to the gym early and cranked out 1.25 miles on the treadmill, did a 45 minute spin class, came home to do Kelli's Superset Total Body Strength Workout: Calorie Torching, Muscle Building, Fat Burning Workout and then finished off the night with 30 burpees. It was totally worth it!!! And the burpees weren't as bad as I thought they would be.