Day 283

Ok, it's blog time, once again.  I am in a really chatty mood tonight, not sure as to why, but very chatty.  So, if the blog is a little on the rambly side, it's probably due to the fact that I had a really great day,  It started in the morning and carried on to my evening and I am sure that I am not stopping once this blog is done.

I was awake at 5:15am and came downstairs to get ready for work.  I had my breakfast by 5:50 and was headed into the shower by 6am.  I figured that I might be able to leave just a little bit earlier today but, as it turned out, I wound up leaving about 15 min late.  Who would have thought that getting up earlier would result in being late?  Usually it means that you are going to be early.  Oh well.

As today we were on the phones all day pretty much by ourselves, I was feeling pretty nervous last night and therefore it resulted in me not eating anything for supper, and going to bed late.  Having a text conversation until 11pm doesn't help either but, meh, the conversation was good.

I got to work, and wound up getting on the phone pretty much right on time.  I was pretty impressed that I wasn't late and continued on to have a really good day.  The first call that I got was a little bit intimidating and it was almost like I was a lost and confused little puppy dog, but, with the help of one of the people on the floor, I got through and went on to the next one.  As I was carrying on with the calls, it was really starting to become a little bit repetitious and I felt a bit more comfortable by the afternoon taking them.

At 3, we had a fire escape meeting where they showed us the escape route that we should take without doing all of the stairs.  We went down to the second floor and went up a flight of stairs and then went back down to the exit.  I love doing the stairs!  Thanks Jeremy!

After work, I took the stairs down to the churchill station, and then once I got to clareview, hit the stairs again.  I am hoping to maybe keep this up every day as it really does make me feel good to do them.  I got to the gym at around 4:30, chit chatted with Jeremy for half an hour as well as Francois for a couple min and then I got shooed away to go and do my workout.  I sulked for 10 seconds, and headed over to the eliptical.  In the main room!

I can't remember the different variations that I did with intensity but, I do know that I did a level 8 for 2 or even 3 min twice, a level 4 for about 5 min, a level 6 for 2 min and the rest of the time in between, a level 1.  As my feet have gone through complete torture with the treadmill for the last 2 days, and the fact that I have been in high heels for 8 hours a day in 3 days, my feet were killing me.  I stopped the eliptical at 21 or 22 min (can't remember which one it was) and called it a day.  I did wind up burning 241 calories in that time, so I am thinking that if I am better on my feet tomorrow, I might actually get close to Carmen's 391 calorie burn in 35 min!  :D

Another thing that I am really happy about is that I was able to talk to Sara finally for quite a bit today.  We are fairly close together in the call centre so, I know if I have an issue or if I can't remember how to do something, I always have her nearby.  And the best part is that we are good friends and we can possibly finally do things together!  :)

Now that I am at home, in the comfort of my crocks, I feel like doing more stuff.  So once I am done with the blog, I am thinking I will go downstairs and get some lunges done, as well as some squats and dumbell exercises.  I am thinking maybe 60 squats, 40 lunges and at least 4 of the dumbell weight lifts 15 times each.  From in between each rep, I shall do the stairs and then when finished, come upstairs and get my stretches done as well as 80 ab crunches to 100 and if I am still feeling up to it, 50 lower ab crunches.  I think that will be a sufficient enough workout!

Once I am done this workout, I am going to get part of my lunch prepared for work tomorrow, and then head off to bed early for a change.  Hopefully I can sleep good tonight and get to work either early or at the very least, on time.  Tomorrow is the last day of the week for me and I am very very excited!

I forgot to mention!  I now have a session on Saturday at 1, as well as my session on Monday at 11 and the following Monday at 2.  I am so ecstatic to get going on it again!