It's been a while since I updated. That either means that my life is so exciting that I don't have time to blog, or that I'm a big loser and have nothing exciting to write about. I'll let you guess which one explains my long absence from blogging ;)
Many of you already know that I checked off one more item from my wishlist this past week. Finally got my white Vespa. I've been eyeing it for a while so imagine my excitement when I hear on the radio that HWP (the Vespa dealer) was having a huge sale last Saturday. Nobody in Bermuda ever has sales. I'm thinking I'm going to get this Vespa for a crazy deal. Why else would I hear ads for this HUGE sale at least 5 times in 30 minutes? Jim was still in Taiwan so I emailed him about how I was going to go to the HWP sale and I was so excited. He's been against me getting another scooter so I was pretty shocked when he didn't really give me any trouble about going to the sale. Finally, Saturday comes and I hit up the farmer's market first (my new favorite Saturday spot). Then walk over to the HWP sale next door. There stands a shiny, white Vespa. I ask the salesperson if they have any white left of the 125cc one. They only have 1 more....it's fate! So of course, I tell him I'll take it. Oops, I forgot to check the price but surely it's going to be a great deal because it's a huge sale. So I walk over to the price tag while he gets the other guy to do my paperwork. Wait for it...it was a whopping $200 off. Yep, big sale indeed. Oh well, it's better than nothing. I finish putting down my deposit. When I get home, I email Jim to let him know that I bought myself a new Vespa. He's shocked. I thought I told him I was going to the sale?! Turns out he didn't remember what HWP was and thought I was going to go buy a computer or something at the HP sale. Silly.
I finally experienced the Bermuda night life while Jim was gone. Nothing too exciting to report. Guess bars are the same no matter where you are. Not much else going on over here. Why we moved to Bermuda is a puzzle to me because all we ever do is try to get off the island. We already did Vegas, Vermont, Chicago and Taiwan in the past 2 months. We're going to Breckenridge for some more boarding this weekend, which I'm super excited about because we get to see my family and my cutie pie niece. Then probably a trip back to Chicago in April for a conference I might be attending. Then off to Kenya for our first safari in July. Watching the food network today made me miss all of the good food back in the states :(. Must stop watching the food network. Although, my husband is now a master chef because he learned to make some Chinese food when he was in Taiwan. Yum...
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Home and fat
After almost a month away, I am back in good ol Bermuda. Went for a long run this morning? Why? Cuz I've gained 16.5 freakin pounds! I am 2.5 lbs away from 190. That is freakin ridiculous. I wouldn't even believe it if I didn't have this massive blob of fat oozing over my sweatpants. Yes, I am now one of those disgusting fat ppl that can't fit anything besides sweatpants. At least I don't have the sweaty ass crack...at least I don't think. I dunno, the dogs aren't trying to lick me or anything.
How do you even gain so much weight so fast?! (It's become so bad that I just typed "fat" instead of "fast") Oh yeah, by stuffing your face every meal every day for three weeks straight and doing zero exercise, unless you count walking to the park with my grandparents. My grandparents are 89, so no, I don't count that as exercise. At least they weren't doing laps around me, I guess. My grandparents didn't like me eating out all the time, and I wanted to hang out with them, so I'd eat at home with them. But I also didn't want to miss out on any of the delicious food out there, so I'd sneak out AFTER I already ate. So it'd basically be 2 sittings for one meal.
My plan to workout while I was out there was just a sad failure. The big gym up the street actually had a free 3 day pass, but I was too lazy to go. Cam and I talked about it more than once, but we never made the attempt to go workout. We'd go somewhere to eat instead. I thought about running at the park we'd go to, but that didn't turn out so well either. I figure I could just follow the exercise routine my grandparents used. I actually thought about running up and down the stairs at home. They lived on the 16th floor, so it would have been pretty good exercise. I can't say for sure tho cuz I never ran it. Hell, I never even walked it. Closest I got to working out was walking during a round of golf. Even then, I only walked a couple holes, and that was mostly because I was looking for my ball.
I'm like the greedy, fat kid in Willy Wonka who wants to eat absolutely every thing in sight. One night, Cam and I went out for steak. I ended up having four orders of foie gras. FOUR. I ordered an appetizer for each of us, which was basically two for me cuz I knew he didn't want it. Then I had foie gras on top of my ribeye. Yum. My mom asked us to bring home an order of foie gras for my uncle. Turns out he didn't even want it, so I ate that one too.
One of my new favorite foods out there was intestine. It's cut up into lovely, fatty pieces. Once I said to my mom..."This kinda smells and tastes like shit." Oh, I wonder why that is! Maybe that's cuz it used to hold shit! Didn't really bother me. Still tasted delish.
I have no idea how I'm going to lose this weight. I'll hafta run every single day. I'm going to not shower until after I've worked out. That will either help motivate me to get off my ass or cause Sandy to sleep in a separate bed. Since I'm not that fond of showering to begin with, I'm not sure this is the best idea. We shall see.
How do you even gain so much weight so fast?! (It's become so bad that I just typed "fat" instead of "fast") Oh yeah, by stuffing your face every meal every day for three weeks straight and doing zero exercise, unless you count walking to the park with my grandparents. My grandparents are 89, so no, I don't count that as exercise. At least they weren't doing laps around me, I guess. My grandparents didn't like me eating out all the time, and I wanted to hang out with them, so I'd eat at home with them. But I also didn't want to miss out on any of the delicious food out there, so I'd sneak out AFTER I already ate. So it'd basically be 2 sittings for one meal.
My plan to workout while I was out there was just a sad failure. The big gym up the street actually had a free 3 day pass, but I was too lazy to go. Cam and I talked about it more than once, but we never made the attempt to go workout. We'd go somewhere to eat instead. I thought about running at the park we'd go to, but that didn't turn out so well either. I figure I could just follow the exercise routine my grandparents used. I actually thought about running up and down the stairs at home. They lived on the 16th floor, so it would have been pretty good exercise. I can't say for sure tho cuz I never ran it. Hell, I never even walked it. Closest I got to working out was walking during a round of golf. Even then, I only walked a couple holes, and that was mostly because I was looking for my ball.
I'm like the greedy, fat kid in Willy Wonka who wants to eat absolutely every thing in sight. One night, Cam and I went out for steak. I ended up having four orders of foie gras. FOUR. I ordered an appetizer for each of us, which was basically two for me cuz I knew he didn't want it. Then I had foie gras on top of my ribeye. Yum. My mom asked us to bring home an order of foie gras for my uncle. Turns out he didn't even want it, so I ate that one too.
One of my new favorite foods out there was intestine. It's cut up into lovely, fatty pieces. Once I said to my mom..."This kinda smells and tastes like shit." Oh, I wonder why that is! Maybe that's cuz it used to hold shit! Didn't really bother me. Still tasted delish.
I have no idea how I'm going to lose this weight. I'll hafta run every single day. I'm going to not shower until after I've worked out. That will either help motivate me to get off my ass or cause Sandy to sleep in a separate bed. Since I'm not that fond of showering to begin with, I'm not sure this is the best idea. We shall see.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Pigs get fat...
Been in Taiwan for 8 hours now. Since then, I've had 3 meals. When we got home around 12:30AM, we had the beef noodle soup and fried pork w/ fried rice that I asked my mom to get for us. Went to bed around 2, woke up 4 hours later. Proceeded downstairs with Sandy for some Taiwanese breakfast. I had a egg/"oil stick" wrap, 3/4 of Sandy's egg wrap, half an egg/"oil stick" wrap in a bun and soy milk. We didn't think that was enuff, so we then walked 2 blocks for a bowl of noodles. Delicious.
It was great seeing every one in Chicago. Special thanks to Jim and Leslie for letting us crash at their place and use their car. Guess I kinda do miss having friends. Hooters Friday night when we landed, Portillo's for lunch (2 jumbo chili cheese dogs and large cheese fries. We actually ordered an extra beef and cheddar croissant, but we were both too stuffed to touch it) with our only blog fans and then dinner at our favorite restaurant, Wildfire. By the end of Wildfire, my stomach was absolutely killing me. I don't think my stomach's used to all the greasy food. Hopefully I broke it in.
I weighed in at 171 when I left the island. I'm pretty sure I'm at least +3 already.
It was great seeing every one in Chicago. Special thanks to Jim and Leslie for letting us crash at their place and use their car. Guess I kinda do miss having friends. Hooters Friday night when we landed, Portillo's for lunch (2 jumbo chili cheese dogs and large cheese fries. We actually ordered an extra beef and cheddar croissant, but we were both too stuffed to touch it) with our only blog fans and then dinner at our favorite restaurant, Wildfire. By the end of Wildfire, my stomach was absolutely killing me. I don't think my stomach's used to all the greasy food. Hopefully I broke it in.
I weighed in at 171 when I left the island. I'm pretty sure I'm at least +3 already.
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