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Not Great but Okay I Guess

Wednesday was a good day weight loss wise.  I had a big dinner, but not nearly as much snacks as the previous couple of days.  Thursday was… eh.  I had the usual lunch and the usual breakfast.  Dinner was tiny.  Why was dinner tiny?  Because of all the between meal snacking I did in the afternoon.  Some fruit, but mostly little low-cal snack packs.  I had way to much.  Hopefully my small dinner evened everything out.

I mentioned the other day that I won’t be going to my normal early morning weight watchers meeting tomorrow.  I haven’t really looked for an alternative for this week.  I’ll probably just have my first post-holiday meeting next week.  Maybe two weeks of good behavior will wipe out the damage from two weeks of bad behavior.  Not likely.

We’ll see.

Music Discovery Update

My New Years resolution to find new bands to worship is well under way.  While I haven’t come across anything that is life alteringly amazing yet, I have found some really cool sounding bands.

I said I’d keep everyone updated, so here’s a couple of things to listen to.

This band is from Boston and I found them on the WMBR Pipeline! podcast.  Pretty cool, and just a little proggie.

Moniker

This band is from Scottland.  Pretty straight forward stuff, but really great melodies.

The Twilight Sad

I’m not sure what to make of this band.  I listened to most of this album (on spotify… I’m sorry) and it’s… weird.  In a completely chaotic crazy way.  This band apparently has been around for a while, or they date back to the 90’s but split up and reformed more recently.  Something like that.  The jury is still out on them, but they were the first thing I came across that I wanted to listen to a second time.

Swans

I will continue to keep the entire universe up to date on my search for new bands to get excited about.

Even though no one on Earth actually cares.

It’s a Miracle

Oh happiness!  It’s a miracle!  The Boston Bruins have won two games in a row!  They have points in six straight, although three of those six are unbelievably horrible overtime losses (Carolina?  Are you kidding me?).

But they beat Pittsburgh in overtime last night, and they completely dominated New Jersey tonight.  Has the corner been turned?  Will I be asking that same question again in the near future?  Yeah, probably.

We’re back in one of the wild card spots now so I am going to enjoy this while it lasts.  Which is probably just until Saturday.

Go Bruins!

Boston in 2024?

I have never paid attention to how cites are selected to host the Olympics.  However, I just read that Boston, Massachusetts is the US city that will put in a bid to host the 2024 Summer games.

I have a few thoughts…

First, I would rather the Winter games.  Can you say Hockey?

Second, logistically hosting the games here would be an absolute horror of a nightmare.  We are a small city with a ton of people packed into a really small area.  Think of the traffic.  Think of the construction.  It would be awful.

Third, I REALLY REALLY WANT IT TO HAPPEN!

Forth, if we do host the games in 2024 I will do everything humanly possible to see an event.  Any event.  If they have gum chewing in the 2024 Olympics I will try to get tickets.  How often do you get the chance to see an Olympic event in person.  Once in a lifetime?  Less than once in a lifetime?  I want to go!

Is it Cold Enough For Ya?

The word of the day is, Brrrrr.

There’s this from the weather channel app:
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There’s this from the dashboard of my car:

The kids school was delayed for two hours due to the cold. I’m not sure I get the logic there. The temperature was below zero at 7:00am. It’s still below zero just before 9:00am. Does the fact the sun is up change things in the school district’s opinion?

Anyway, when I went out this morning at about 5:50am to start my beloved’s car I saw that the sky was clear and the moon was looking cool. Of course I took a very cold picture.
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Here’s another one that I cropped a little closer.
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Stay warm, boys and girls!

Two Days Down

I did a little bit better on Tuesday than on Monday as far as eating better is concerned.  I had a slightly healthier lunch, and a much, much smaller dinner.  The snack situation was the same.  Peanuts… tons of them.  Way too much, although not as much as Monday.  I’ll take the wins any way I can get them, even if it isn’t much of a win.

There were two downsides though.  First, after lunch I had a soda.  A Coke Zero.  I needed caffeine.  I’m not happy about that, but it was necessary at the time.  I hope to do better today.  The other downside was again, no treadmill.  What the hell Rob?  You were sitting next to it as you ate all those damn peanuts!

Progress.

I also found out last night that I won’t be going to my usual Saturday morning weight watchers meeting.  There is a karate tournament that one of the black belt step kids will be competing in, and I will be taking her.  Maybe I’ll go to a Sunday meeting instead.  I wonder if there are Friday evening meetings at our branch?