Day 24: A Day of Doing Nothing

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5 Thoughts I’m doing absolutely nothing today. Except for making breakfast… …picking up my car (yay!)… …getting a massage… …and watch LOTS of TV. Hello, my Netflix list. It’s been a long time! Today’s Photo Robin Hood is finally returned to me whole, and with new shoes! There were scratches on the bumper for over a year that has bugged Brandon so much. Since his car was fixed up beautifully at the body shop, he dropped mine off to get fixed as well. So we had been a one-car household for almost 3 weeks. I got my car back from...
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Day 23: X-Men is My Harem

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5 Thoughts Yay Long weekend! Yay I’m getting my car back and we’ll be a two-car household again! X-Men: Days of Future Past! Great movie. Good times fun, and man I need a private moment every time McAvoy and Fassbender has a scene together. Seriously. My personal dream harem is this cast: Jackman, Fassbender, McAvoy, Hoult, and J-Law. Even Sir Patrick! It’s perfect. Hugh Jackman’s naked backside! #HereHaveMyPanties Hugh Jackman’s naked backside! Today’s Photo A few minutes before this, he got out of bed butt naked, man. Glorious. Glo-ri-ous. Breakfast A few little scones and a shot of cough syrup....
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Day 22: Thailand Coup and Food Trucks…it must be Thursday

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5 Thoughts Thailand has a coup. It’s also a Thursday. My family’s fine. I’m fine. Nothing to see here, folks. Really. It’s not what you think it is. See my friend Greg’s post from the middle of the action. I realized today why I have been feeling a little bit stuffy-headed and a little woozy about the same time at work everyday since I’ve gotten the cold. I should stop taking extra strength cough medicine on empty stomach first thing in the morning. Whoops. Kogi truck went past me when I was coming home from work. So I checked twitter...
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Day 21: Goodbye MyFitnessPal

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5 Thoughts Being sick threw me off my eating schedule horrendously because I didn’t want to eat anything, let alone seven times a day. Now I’m trying get back in the game. Being sick also got me off track with tracking my meal on MyFitnessPal…which wasn’t good for my morale anyway. I decided to drop it all together and just keeping track of what I ate on Evernote. Being sick is working out my abs. All this coughing is giving me some definition. Neat-o! I realized I haven’t worked out in a month. My schedule has been all messed up...
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Day 18: Tea for Three

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5 Thoughts Waking up coughing in the middle of the night is no fun. My throat is a little sore and I feel a little feverish but that’s not going to stop me from heading out to the Huntington Library with great friends! What a glorious day to be out there! Oh sheesh…the fever is really kicking in now. GODZILLA!!!!!! Oh my god. You guys. Find the biggest theater near you and see it in 3D IMAX. Don’t think about the plot or the story line. Just go for the monsters. It’s AWESOME. Jeebus, I think this is turning into...
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Day 17: Rest and Restoration

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5 Thoughts For those of you who are new to this blog, and to my life. Here’s a little background about my post-stress decompression. After a period of high stress, once everything is done, like this past week, my body gives up. It crashes into a heap of low fever, utter exhaustion, and major case of the munchies. Blog. Eat. TV. “Are you the Keymaster?” Nap. Today’s Photo As tired as I was, cooking does make me happy. So I made the braised chicken recipe I tested for work on Day 1 of this challenge. Delicious! Breakfast English Breakfast tea....
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