Sounds kinda contradictory, doesn’t it?  Hot+frozen=stays together into a presentable scoop?

Yes.  And let’s not try to get into the how’s and why’s.  Just let the chocolatey chip goodness melt right onto your awaiting and salivating tastebuds, and all the while, the crunch of the fried sugary and cinnamon shell is creating a rhythmic prononucation against each of your molars. 

I change my mind.  LET’S get into the details of how this phenomenonical concoction, came to be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_ice_cream

I made it to the gym last night, AND it felt really good after!

I think the worst (aka most boring) part about the gym is the stupid cardio/treadmill session of the workout.

The gym that I go to, has a line of treadmills that face a mirror that extends from height to width of the entire wall.  I don’t know about you, but staring at my sweaty self, while I wonder my face is so loose that I can see my cheeks move up and down (what’s up with that?), is not exactly a way to pass time on a device that is already boring and tiring in itself.  As if a treadmill is not deterrent enough.

So, my current sessions include walking a mile at an incline of 5.0 (but I lowered to 4.0 and then 2.5 halfway through..  My heart was palpitating, I’m really serious, okaaay?).  Then, I continue on and do various arm and leg workouts… which is my favorite part.  I haven’t sought the advice of a personal trainer, so hopefully I won’t become disproportioned in my muscle toning.  If I even get that far.

So, I haven’t really been keeping up with going to the gym/working out.  For months.  Many months.  But the turkey-induced bulge in my tummy, finally pushed me into the motivation to get crackin’.  So I worked out on Friday, and then did a huge-for-me workout on Sunday.. a three mile walk outdoors.. around town, and then lifted some measly weights (who knew 10 pounds of metal is so friggin heavy?), but I did those measly weights on almost every machine out there.  That’s what counts.  Endurance and not giving up, darn it!  Right?  Right.

Today differs from Friday and Sunday, in that I am utterly sleep deprived, and would be going after a long day at work.  And the sleep deprivation and work go hand in hand this week.  I am on-call, and boy do I despise the thought of being woken up by the stupidly annoying beep of a stupidly annoying pager.  Last night, it wasn’t just a thought.  It happened.  At midnight, almost on the dot.  I had been asleep for a little over an hour (and I conked out, man), but was awoken by the above mentioned noise.  After 15 minutes of getting out my laptop, turning it on, waiting for the slow-as-hell-when-you-need-it-to-just-hurry-up-already wireless to connect, trying to squint to read the numbers on my keyfob, and the quadrazillion passwords to type, until I can finally sign on to my work computer..  I realize that the page was triggered by mistake.  WHAT?!  Whyyyyyyyy?!  So, the guy apologizes, and of course I say “it’s ok!”, all enthusiastically and fakely polite (hey, ya gotta provide good CS.. because you know that the one time you don’t, they will call your manager in the morning and complain).  Not that that’s ever happened to me or anything.  Today.

So then, it proceeds to take me one hour to fall back asleep – and my feet were frozen.. which is something that will keep me awake foreverrrrrrrrrr.  And yes, I had socks on.  Finally.  Asleep.  Pager strikes again.  But it’s already 6 a.m. anyway, so I considered it just an early wake up call. 

But whether or not I get paid OT or not, on-call is something that is not worth the time or the money.  For me.  I mean seriously.  It’s not like a patient, a human being or a living thing, is in a life or death situation.  That would be worth it.  But it’s a computer.  A business.  Money.  All things corrupt.  All  things that can wait and nobody will die.

So, all this rambling to just say, I don’t know how I’m going to manage to make it to the gym tonight.  Whenever I blink, my eye wants to stay shut.  It has started fighting with me, and I don’t like that attitude it’s getting.  The only thing that’ll shut it up, is to shut IT up.  Ha hahahaha..  I crack myself up! :-b