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Started like this: alarm buzzes, hit snooze, alarm buzzes, hit snooze, snuggle next to hubby, finally get out of bed. Lil Seal, as we’re headed out the door starts to complain that he’s getting itchy, I can’t give him benadryl because that will knock him out and he won’t be able to go to school, so some Cortizone it is. When we get to school the nurse has to check him out to before he’s finally cleared to go to class. When I finally get to the office I realize I’ve forgotten my snack and meal bars! So of course I get hungry before it’s time for lunch (which I still had from yesterday since my parents surprised me with Atlanta Bread Co.) and I pay a visit to one of my co-workers who’s so evil she has a bowl full of Snickers, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Almond Joys at her desk! And I walk away  with a Snickers and a Cup. Here’s what my plan should’ve been:

• Milk Chocolate Protein Shake
• Chocolate Peanut Protein Snack Bar <---I did have a Reese’s Cup  and a Snickers (snack size) :)
• Chocolatey Delight cereal
• Chocolate Delight Protein Snack Bar
• My Choice

Well 2.5 out of 5 isn’t bad right? I finally figured out I need to add my meal plan to my calendar so I have a reminder and then I can put my snack bars with my lunch. It would be nice if I could add my plan straight from the app or even the website, but alas I can not. I also had a #duh moment today, as you know, I rarely have breakfast, but I then realized I could have my Milk Chocolate Protein Shake for breakfast, so that’s what I’ll start doing tomorrow. Breakfast time here I come!

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‘cuz that’s what this place should mainly be about anyway.
So here’s what my meal plan should’ve been for the day:

• Chocolatey Delight Cereal (have I mentioned I rarely eat breakfast?)
• Chocolate Peanut Protein Snack Bars (this I had)
• Milk Chocolate Protein Shakes
• Chocolatey Pretzel Cereal Bars
• Dinner – My choice

So like I said before, I’ve switched up my plan to have My Choice meal at lunch instead of dinner. My parents decided to take me out to lunch today so we went to Atlanta Bread Company. I love that place! I had the turkey sandwich on honey wheat bread and a chocolate chip muffin. So my plan was to have the protein shake for dinner, which I was looking forward to because, hello, it’s chocolate! And then things started going downhill. First, Lil Seal’s school called because right after lunch he broke out in hives! Twenty minutes and a trip to Walmart later we had picked up some Epsom salt and Cortizone and Lil Seal and his grandma were off to the house for a soak in the tub and a slathering of Cortizone. Things seem to be on the upswing…until I got home. The hubby had decided to give our Boxer a different type of dog food last night, and yep you guessed it he didn’t like it and the kitchen looked like that scene in Stand by Me (if you haven’t seen it go rent it/Netflix it/stream it) right after the pie eating contest. I waited for my hubby to get home to help me get Andre out of the house and then clean up the kitchen, needless to say after that it was time for some Sonic and that’s exactly what we had. Sonic burger, fries and a large coke baby! That was my order anyway.
So to end Day 2 I figured this photo would be perfect.

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Why do I keep this job? Luke has told me we could run the bookstore together. Maybe because I still want some independence, maybe it’s the approaching wedding, but really I don’t know how much more I can take. Here’s what I'm talking about. I started a new job a few months ago to help pay for the wedding and I love most of the people I work with, but there are a couple of people who seem to think that if I’m gone (including when I have to call in sick to take care of Clary) that my desk somehow turns into a trashcan. Exhibit A:

Oh yes that would be the outside wrapping of letter sized paper left on my desk while I was out sick for one day, waiting for me when I came back to work the next day. The printer happens to be next to my desk so I guess for some people it’s easier to drop the trash on my desk instead of the actual trashcan.  And the rest of the paper? Faxes and mail that some think belong in a pile on top of my keyboard instead of my tray. I tell you some of these people make most Downworlders look like girl scouts! And the actual trashcan’s location?

On the other side of my desk, about two feet away! Oh yes. So I have to visit another office this week and decided to leave a reminder at my desk…

I think Clary’s rubbing off on me.

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