Dragging Along (with trivia!)

Earlier this evening, my sister told me that Jessica Simpson was a virgin bride. I told my sister that that was a bold-faced lie. Later, doing the usual ignoring of my lesson-planning, I looked up Jessica Simpson on Wikipedia to find that her father was a preacher and she had a strict religious upbringing that might suggest that she remained a virgin until her early twenties. So, my sister is probably right and now you’ve learned a very important piece of knowledge today!

Short of breath after taking the stairs…munching on Starburst, Snickers and Doritos…getting left in the dust by a 5′5″ guy on the basketball court…these were my experiences over the past week. I’ve been swamped with classwork and work-work and I haven’t found time to run at all. Kids starting selling candy at school and I’ve been all too happy to support them. Also, I had 3 burgers this weekend: a Jumbo Jack with fries on Saturday, a 1/3 pounder with sauteed mushrooms from The Counter later that same day, and another 1/3 pounder from Barney’s on Sunday afternoon. This piled onto the Sausage Biscuit with Egg I ate Friday morning, despite that the kitchen is stocked with oatmeal and a fresh pineapple that’s been sitting on the table for a week looking back at me like a troll.

It’s incredible how, less than a month ago, I was talking about having completed serious jogging just on a whim and now I feel hella dumpy. I never saw Super-Size Me, but I suppose I’m experiencing a miniature version of that right now. Anyway, this week it’s time to get my act together. Part of me wants to be strappingly fit for my 5-year college reunion this weekend and part of me doesn’t give a shit what those pretentious-ass people think. Regardless of the reason, I’ll be making more of my own food this week, for certain.