Wow, what three days of antibiotics can do for a girl! I am finally peeled myself off the couch and started doing chores again. Yesterday I wasn’t much better than Friday. I laid on the couch all day. It was sad to waste a weekend doing absolutely nothing, but I really needed another day to heal. My boss did email me an assignment that needed to be turned in today, saying that if I hadn’t been well enough to come in Thursday & Friday, that I probably was still sick enough to be laying around doing nothing. Luckily he was definitely right!! Also the negative of working for an Israeli company–their weekend is Friday-Saturday and their work week is Sunday-Thursday, so things are due on Sunday’s if they are being sent to Tel Aviv.
My appetite was still off and I didn’t eat anything (other than drinking a Dan Active light and having a 40 calorie frozen fruit bar) until the afternoon. By then I wanted something fairly hearty because these antibiotics are TEARING my stomach apart, so I thought if I got something hearty in there that it wouldn’t hurt as much (which was true, but it still did ache/cramp/hurt.)
I grilled 2 slices of whole wheat bread with a bit of butter. Then I put some olive oil mayo on one slice and some provolone cheese on the other slice. Then I topped with turkey, tomato, spinach and avocado. This thing was SIMPLY divine!
I think I could eat this daily.
I am sure I ate other things during the day. I think I consumed a thing of Activa yogurt when my stomach started hurting and maybe ate a oats & honey granola bar. There are no photos and my drug filled brain doesn’t have a great memory.
I didn’t really want anything for dinner, so the husband went and got me some soup and bread. To be honest, I think all I wanted was warm, toasted, soft, buttery bread.
I had 2 hunks this size with a bit of butter. (Apologies for the crappy photos–I will have access to my nice camera again tomorrow!)
I had a bowl of Campbell’s Savory chicken soup. This stuff was not that good and definitely not what I would call savory. But I wasn’t too picky/choosy anyway.
After I finished this, I basically laid on the couch and watched Pride and Prejudice (Kera Knightly version) and then went to bed. Justin went next door and hung out with the neighbors. I was so jealous–I wanted to go!!! It is ALWAYS a blast when they have people over. Apparently Justin asked the wife if she would give Justin and I salsa dancing lessons (she and her husband are Columbian) and she was really thrilled about this. Oh no, this could get ugly!
This morning I felt better from the moment I woke up. I didn’t feel like I had to stay in bed. At about 8AM, I already was antsy to get up and start working on all the chores I had piled up. I woke up, put in a load of laundry, and then did a 60 minute power yoga vinyasa class. It was tough! I definitely was sweating…hopefully the rest of this nastiness left. There is no way I could do cardio quite yet…any harder breathing than the slow, methodical breathing of yoga would be too much.
Then I headed to the grocery store, Target and a few other places (Had a small little Dan Active light yogurt thing). I stopped and had a tall skim Rooibos vanilla tea latte. It was fabulous. You definitely could taste the vanilla. It was a nice little pick me up.
All I can say, do not go to the grocery store on Super Bowl Sunday. Sheesh, was it crowded! But I didn’t really have any choice if we wanted to eat this week. I did get some exciting new/different things for me. Can’t wait to create and eat them this week!
When I got home I made myself some lunch. I started with a small side salad with spinach, wheatberries (mmmm!), baby carrots and a little cucumber dressing.
Then I had the leftovers from Thursday night–the quiche/frittata concoction. I had it with some salsa on the side and some sour cream on top. (This is a appetizer size plate.) It was okay…not as good the day I made it.
And then I decided to try make my own boiled beets. I think I have only had canned/jarred beets my whole life. WOW!!! What was I thinking all these years?!?! While yes, these take awhile (1 1/2 hours to boil) they are incredible.
Okay time to head back to my chore list, which includes taking my car in to get looked at/fixed. Fingers crossed that it won’t be too expensive!!
I don’t really think we are doing anything for the Super Bowl…a.) I am still only functioning at like 50%, b.) I don’t really care about the Steelers or Arizona (sorry!). I am cheering for Arizona though…and good commercials. We were invited to stop by another neighbors for their party, which we probably will (still meeting the neighborhood, so it would be a nice thing to do.)
Hope everyone has a great Super Bowl night!!!!! Enjoy (but don’t forget tomorrow is Monday…)
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