This morning was a total clusterf**k, but things started looking up as soon as I got home (you’ll see…).
I needed to meet my landlord, a seemingly simple task that devolved into me waiting at the wrong location for 30 minutes – driving to and having to locate the correct location – having to locate parking – backtracking from the car to the office – and then finally having the meeting.
I spent every last cent in the car paying for parking downtown which meant that parking at my campus and driving to Wegmans was out of the question. What I ended up having to do was park at my house – walk to campus – gym it – walk back to my house – and then drive to Wegmans. Whew!
While I was at campus I completed a workout for the study I’m participating in. Treadmill at 5% incline for 60 minutes and 2.9 miles.
While I was at Wegmans I replaced the peanut butter Adam finished even though he knew we need it for dinner and bought myself an iced coffee with skim milk.
I’m done with errands for the weekend minus one this afternoon that will lead to an exciting announcement, whee!
For lunch I ate an Angel Hair Marinara Smart One.
I don’t generally eat a lot of frozen meals and I pretty much hate angel hair in anything else, but I’m totally obsessed with this frozen meal. The pasta isn’t mushy at all and the veggies taste very fresh. Plus it’s a super filling serving for less than 300 calories.
I was keeping lunch on the lighter side because I knew what was waiting for me in the oven.
S’mores Brownies! Am I evil or a genius? An evil genius?
A buttery graham cracker layer topped with gooey brownie and a toasty marshmallow on top? Hells yes!
I ate one for dessert and was pretty much dying. Click here for the recipe.
I’m going to end this post on a low note by talking about feet. Foot blisters to be exact. Since I was a teen, something about the way I walk has caused me to get fin-like blisters on the bottom of my ring-finger toes. My right foot has always been worse than my left, but recently it’s gotten out of control; probably not helped by my 7 miles yesterday.
Notice the super hot blood blisters. I’m okay when I’m barefoot but every step in tennis shoes feels like knives. I guess I can finally relate to Hans Christian Anderson’s Ariel. Does anyone else get toe fins?!?
Embarrassing side note – do you remember the scene in “The Little Mermaid” where Ariel gives Ursula her voice?
When I was in 2nd grade I would corner my teachers – daily – and make them listen to me sing that song!








Have you tried some barefoot shoes? They take a while to work into but they are super comfy!
There’s the vibrams which are ugly but supposed to be comfortable, or the less obvious ones like nike frees. I would guess that (since you feel fine when barefoot) barefoot shoes would really help.
another random: i kind of hate my (NEW! ugh!) running shoes. maybe we should check out fleet feet some time for a recommendation. as weird as this sounds, i think the corrective shoes (i overpronate on just one side of my body) are making things worse. major hip pain! maybe a barefoot shoe would be better… but the doctor told me to get motion control. hm. once i start adding miles again i’ll know for sure!
bahahah i love the little mermaid! i know every word of every song on that movie. too funny. sorry for your ick blister, once it heals your foot will be that much tougher though! (until you get a pedi!) also those brownies look so yum!