puppies

dogs

I feel bad thinking this, but as time goes on I realize how much easier/nicer my life would be without the dogs in it. It would be a hell of a lot cleaner at the very least. This week I have:

Cleaned the carpet twice
Lost a mop head (dub chewed it up)
Lost a doggie bed (coco chewed it up)
Cleaned up 2 Blount Todays that were strewn all over the yard (coco chewed up ours and a neighbors)
Bathed the dogs
Cleaned up puke out of Coco’s crate
Vacuumed about a bazillion times
Said “OMG NO!” about 5 million times
Mopped twice
Swept the floor twice a day, each day
Broken up 3 fights

This is all just to maintain my sanity and not drown in dog related filth. This is not including things that still need to be done like…scrub Coco’s blood off of my bedroom wall (don’t ask), hose out the garage (really, you don’t want to know), scoop the yard (my life is AWESOME), buy heart worm pills (god i hate our vet), and do flea treatments. I need a nap just thinking about it.

Then one of them will do something so precious and sweet it makes me gag. I will gladly continue to sweat and slave around my house just to have them do that a few more times.

work

work is, literally, kicking my ass. I was so tired the other night, I tripped over a curb that I KNEW was there and went straight down on both knees/shins on the edge of the curb/pavement. I was so tired I didn’t even try to stop myself other than putting my hands out to keep my face from hitting the deck. I’ve been taking glucosamine sulfate to help with my joint pains and they’re getting better but I really wish I could get motivated to work out a little more regularly. After we get this current project done, things will be way better. 16 hour days are a little rough.

veg

I’ve been experimenting with vegan lunches. So far, hummus and really sturdy crackers are the leader with walnuts and dried fruits at a close second for my favorites. I haven’t been able to even have a full vegan day yet, but I’m making the effort. Its becoming more and more challenging because Hugo is not interested in helping at all. The only animal proteins he eats is chicken and turkey and he doesn’t mind not eating them…they’re not essential, but apparently being vegan is impossible.

So I put on my “I’ll show them all!” hat and march around the house thinking of all the things I need to get straight before I start this. I bought a Muscle & Fitness: Hers yesterday to try and pump up my motivation and put me in the right headspace. The Sept/Oct issue has a lot of really excellent training regimens and cardio programs in them and I was stoked to see there was also a meal plan. I bought the mag, got home and read the meal plan. 6oz sirloin. Eggs. Turkey deli slices. Ground Beef. Whey protein powder. Tuna. Turkey breast.

They’re all rather decent portions and I am trying to figure out how in the world I am going to eat all the food that I need to keep going without being uncomfortably full all the time. Lots of people on the boards are all saying just eat any and everything that isn’t an animal and that doesn’t come out of an animal and stop when you’re full.

Like a lot of Americans, I don’t know how to eat without animal products. Its in a shitload of processed foods (which we shouldn’t be eating anyway, but we’re all pretty busy) and unless you want to eat salads and vitamins all day, every day, you’re going to have to learn how to cook food and cook it well enough that you don’t choke on your own fare. I also found it heartening that I was being wise to want to know everything I could know before I dove in…after listening to this podcast, I’m convinced that I’m going about this the right way. i would highly recommend vegans, vegetarians, and non veggies listen to this episode because it was simply frightening to me. Young man eats well, a whole foods plant based diet, develops diabetes and has high cholesterol anyway. How in the hell do you have high cholesterol if you don’t eat any!? You should listen to find out.

So I continue to study and study and study and study and study.