One Week Til Graduation...OMG

I cannot believe that in one week I'll be graduating and finally have my degree. I'm slightly scared to enter the "real world" and get a big girl job. Actually, I just don't want to. The longest job I've held was 3 months during the summer and it was part time at the mall. It was hell. Never again will I work retail. I'd kill to work from home and not be bothered by people and being able to work on my own time would be a blessing. I have a hard time having people give me orders and telling me what time I have to work. I'm praying I get to take over my mother's job at my dad's office. She's getting too old for it and her methods are WAY outdated and inefficient. That or I'd be happy being a receptionist at a doctor's office.

This past weekend Jeff and I went to CoMo to get my tassel for graduation and we got my new computer! It's a graduation present but, shockingly, my parents didn't say anything after I set it up when we got home yesterday. I LOVE it!!! I'm definitely a Mac girl ;o) I love all the artsy fun stuff on it. PCs are too boring for me and they all look the same.

Anyways, we had an amazing time in Columbia! It was really good for our relationship. Since we no longer have a place of our own and are not able to have total alone time without anyone butting in, it was a great time to really focus on each other and us as a whole. Friday after we got there and checked in (our suite at the new Hampton Inn was fabulous!) we went downtown to Main Squeeze. It's this adorable natural foods cafe that has amazing food! I got a burrito with tofu, carrots, tahini sauce, spinach, cabbage, and green onions in it along with a vegan coconut chocolate chip cookie. Jeff got a fruit smoothie and a cookie. Little did we know when we went back to our hotel that they'd have free cookies sitting out. We took a few :o) I figured I've been dieting pretty well the past few weeks and this little treat would be good.

I used to be able to eat the burrito, cookie, and chips and salsa it came with. I got done with half the burrito and thought I was going to explode! I even got it without rice and extra veggies. I couldn't imagine eating it with rice also. I was very proud of myself for not eating the rest. I used to continue eating even after my stomach told me I was full. It was huge progress step for me.

We hung out in the room for a bit while Jeff closed the deal on his new Acura RSX he's getting and I read my book. Then we headed to the bookstore and got my tassel and my computer. We came back, set up my computer, and we played around in it for a bit. My back was really hurting and stiff from the drive up there despite having done Tae Bo that morning. It was really nice out so we took a 90 minute walk around campus. When we got back I had an itching for Gumby's pizza so we showered then headed out to get it. We used to get a large pizza and each eat half, which was about 4 slices each. We'd also get an order of Pokey Stix which are like cheesy bread sticks. We got those, too, this time. And again, we used to each eat half which was equal to the size of 4 slices of pizza. Fatty, carb laden foods? Oh yes. Was it worth it? Oh yes! lol

I got down 3 pieces of pizza and 2 regular size Pokey Stix and two small end pieces and thought I was going to explode again. How I used to eat so much I don't know. I was proud of myself for stopping once again. Needless to say when I woke up Saturday morning I felt awful! My stomach hurt so bad Friday night when we went to bed that I tossed and turned for a few hours and only got about 3 good hours of sleep.

Our hotel offered free breakfast in the morning so after I got online and checked my mail and made some coffee in the room, I went downstairs to see what they had. Luckily they had some very healthy choices of omelette's, English muffins, Yoplait fat free yogurt, Special K cereal, and oatmeal. I wanted to enjoy this weekend though and not worry about everything that went into my mouth so I got a bowl of Special K with skim milk, more coffee, some sort of strawberry crumb muffin, and a banana for Jeff.

After we got dressed and checked out we went to visit a former co-worker of Jeff's from the cycle shop he worked at in Columbia while we went to school there. He and his wife just had a baby two weeks ago so we went to visit. After there we went to find Mizzou Arena where I'll have my graduation ceremony on Sunday. We decided to get lunch before heading back home and I decided on Quizno's. I've eaten there once before with Jeff. It's so good but very high calorie and high fat. I got the same as before, the Tuscan Turkey. I knew I should have ordered it without the red peeper sauce because as much as I love peppers, they hate me. And this sandwich was rich to begin with and the sauce just made it worse....or better. However you want to look at it lol

Jeff drove the first hour home and thank goodness he did because I thought I was going to get sick. I had one too many carb laden meals within the past 24 hours and thought I was going to vomit. I was burping up the meal all the way home. By the time we got home it was time for another meal....if I would have been sticking to my normal food plan. But the last thing I wanted to think about was food. It was hard enough to drink water without feeling sick.

Of course that didn't stop me from saying "okay" to stopping at Spanky's Frozen Custard 5 hours later to get a sundae with hot fudge, caramel, and a mass amount of cookie dough. Again, I couldn't eat all of it and it was small to begin with. I really don't know how people eat fast food and unclean foods all the time.

Today I'm back to my normal eating routine and boy does it feel good! I never thought I'd be so happy to eat plain food. And now I know when we stay at Hampton Inn this up coming Saturday/Sunday I can get healthy, plain(er) food for breakfast on Sunday. I also know I can use their workout room on Sunday morning to work off my anxiety and stress before graduation Sunday afternoon. I saw a treadmill and an elliptical in there so I'll probably get up early Sunday morning to hop on the elliptical before getting ready for graduation.

Today I was going to do Tae Bo but I had an urge to get on the treadmill and do a run/walk workout. Warmed up for 3 minutes at a brisk walk then did 2 min jog/1 min walk 10x and cooled down for 4 minutes. My exercise induced asthma kicked in and I couldn't do more than jog but it felt good to get a different form of cardio in for a change.

Off to study for my accounting II exam on Wednesday. Wish me luck!!!