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October 16, 2007
Fall Night Dinner
Today's plan, as most day's plan, went wildly off course. Edward decided it was okay if I didn't go to negotiations the entire time so I could actually get my work done (calling fifty some nurses) and then came up with the brilliant idea to invite a whole bunch of people previously uninvited to speak at an event we're hosting in a few days, so I had to deal with the invites and follow-ups. Then I went home (the joy of living six blocks from the office) to lie down for forty-five minutes before driving forty-five more minutes to negotiations. It was very good that I had a little nap, since I slept about three hours last night. Went to negotiations, noted that management needs a good kick to do anything much (what else is new?) drove home, stopped quick in the grocery store as we were almost out of greens, jumped back on the phone with nurses.
Stopped for a half hour dinner break with MR. Even when I have go go right back to work, it's still lovely to be able to eat dinner with my partner. He had the dish I made last night. I had 200 g mashed cauliflower (tastes like very garlicky mashed potatoes) and a kale salad with Nancy's cottage cheese, flax oil, and salsa verde. Glass of pinot noir. Now I've just finished the evening's calls and am having 3/4 of an ounce of Jack Daniels in a glass of Coke Zero. Something about drinking Jack Daniels makes me feel like I'm having a real drink, even if it's a half shot and in diet Coke. Quite the little treat. I'd always rather have Jack and Diet, even if it's half Jack (maybe I should call it Jill) than a piece of chocolate.
Tomorrow we have a statewide Executive Board meeting, and I'm presenting, as always. I always follow Edward, which is always fun because as much as the nurses love Edward, I'm a lot more entertaining.
I'm packing my salad and cottage cheese and tea. There will be a catered in lunch but it's usually awful so I'm not taking a chance. I remember once it was Caesar salad covered with goopy dressing, pasta salad, creamy soup, an entree that was mostly pasta and beef, and four kinds of desserts. At least when it's the cold cut tray I can just get turkey over lettuce and tomato. But since we're not going to be far from home there's no reason to take a chance... people already know I'm weird, so one bagged lunch of salad and cottage cheese won't change a thing. After all this travel and wedding eating and such, I'm getting back to serious CR, and I don't feel like being derailed by cream soup at a catered lunch.
Calories today: 1329. Exercise: none. Between being out the door to get to my first meeting at 6:30 am, then heading straight into the office to deal with the stuff Edward wanted to get done, I didn't make it to the treadmill. Steps towards overthrow of capitalist profit-driven health care system: baby steps, but bound to pay off soon. Number of times I wanted to chuck it all for a day or so and lie around drinking wine and doing things that are not stressful: five. That's down from ten this time last week, so I consider it progress.
Maybe now while I'm in such a good mood, I'll go clean the bathroom. Nothing like shining the counter tops to really send one off to bed in a pleasant state of mind.
Don't worry, I'm not that crazy. I'm going straight to bed.
Posted by april at October 16, 2007 8:31 PM
Comments
Sounds like you've come to a reasonable conclusion. No sensationalist media. Only scientific ones. And even then, you have to know what their angle is. No point in making yourself a curiosity! You have way too much going for you for that. You don't need the grief and it's not helpful to the public anyway.
I am really looking forward to your CR presentation and the discussion! Luigi and Dr. Hollozsy were just talking to me about how there are few women on CR. Really, my results from WUSTL testing prove that you don't have to be really thin to be getting the benefit. I'll never be bony or muscular - that's just not my body type.
Have you heard about Luigi's protein test? I think I will participate.
Posted by: Little MR at October 18, 2007 10:17 AM