The day after Labor Day, the 8th, Daniel started his new job. He had a 2-day training in Irvine; so he got up and left ridiculously early in the morning and stayed in Irvine that night (he was trying to avoid all that awful driving). He said his training was nice. And he stayed at some random place he found on airbnb.com, which he said was way more expensive than it should have been; not a super-ideal place to stay.
Our air conditioning went out that day that he left, which was terrible, because this week there has been a really bad heat wave. Unfortunately for me and my foolishness, it was just the breaker. I tried flipping the switch, the inside one and the outside one, and apparently didn't do it right. So then, when the air conditioning guy came to look at it, he just flipped it and it started working again. Not only did we suffer needlessly for 2 days, we spent $188 for him to come flip a switch. Pretty expensive mistake! I am still mad at myself for it.
Anyway, during the afternoon of the 8th, after naps and such, we girls escaped the heat. We went to the library and to sprouts, and then had a long dinner at Chick-fil-A, where I let the girls play on their playground for a while after eating, putting off the time when we would have to go home to our hot house. Brooke had a grand old time, though, playing on that playground with the kids there. I'm glad she enjoyed herself.
That next hot day, after the HVAC guy came to "fix" the A/C, there was this awesome thunderstorm. It was raining so hard and thundering so loud that it woke the girls up from their naps. It was really cool! I love summer thunderstorms like that! And, unfortunately, we don't get them much here.
The last few weeks, aside from keeping the girls happy and well, and taking care of my house, I've been really hooked on Once Upon A Time. Netflix uploaded the 4th season, and it was just ever so exciting! I really love that show! It's pretty clean, and it's just so fun and intense. I keep trying to get Daniel to start from the beginning and watch. I think he'd really like it and get into it. But ... he refuses, of course.
For 2 weeks, I've also been doing the Fast Metabolism Diet. Diane and Houston have done it a few times, and it was really good for them. They lost weight quickly on it. I've been plateaued at the same weight for months, and I was hoping that this diet would help me lose the last 10 quickly so that I can go back to maintaining. Mom brought the book with her when she came to visit, so I thought I'd give it a try. I'm almost done with the 2nd week of the 4-week program. But ... I hate it. It's really hard, and apparently, I've never dieted before. It's split into 3 phases, all of which, you go through in one week, and then start over at the beginning of each week. And for each phase, there's a list of items that you can eat, and it's different for each phase. The first week almost killed me. I hated it so much! This week has been better. But I haven't really lost that much weight on it so far, and it's been interfering too much with my marathon training, that after I'm finished with my 2nd week tomorrow, I'm done with it. At least until I've done my half marathon. That is my main goal and priority, when it comes to my health and fitness.
*Brooke and Camille spilled some cheerios, and Brooke pulled out the broom to help clean it all up. She's the cutest!*
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