Well its the third day of being completely iced in for what was projected to be a very action packed week. A week complete Super Bowl festivities, parties, and bumper to bumper traffic. After 3 days of constant news watching and anticipation of whether or not we would be off the next day for a snow day, cabin fever set in. I was determined to see if everything was as bad as the newscasters were insisting it was. So, yesterday I ventured out to see for myself. I went a total of 0.4 miles to my neighborhood grocery store. Let me tell you, my journey to the car was no walk in the park. I had initially debated walking to the grocery store, until I came to my senses. My condo has a front and rear door with really steep stairs on both sides. So after careful examination, I determined that the front stairs would offer me the best bang for my buck and not busting my butt on the icy stairs.
If ya'll could have seen me trying to get down those stairs. I packed all of my stuff inside of those little athletic bags, so keep my hands free. My mom would have been so proud of how well I bundled up. It took me about 5 minutes to get down 1 flight of stairs, but I wasn't taking any chances of becoming the latest victim of an icy disaster. I looked like a lil' old lady trotted down those stairs one by one. After I finally got the last step, I reached another obstacle. The doggone sidewalk looked like the ice rink at the Galleria. After the first step, I slid about 4 feet down the sidewalk. For a quick minute, I pondered on carrying my crazy butt back in the house, but I toughed it out. Walking to the store was definitely out of the question, so I skated on to the car. I felt like one of those cartoon characters who steps out in an icy pond listening to the ice crack beneath my feet. Fortunately, we have covered parking so I was able to skate under and walk safely to my car.
So I finally make it to the grocery store, not for anything in particular, well except maybe a bottle of White Zinfadel and fried chicken. I thought, since I'm out, I might as well, pick up the basics like milk, eggs, bread, etc. Somehow, alot of other people had the same idea, because the only milk options were Soy. Some brown eggs, not sure I've ever purchased those, and my low cal whole wheat bread was out. I felt bad for the employees of the store, because a few people were angry about the limited options, but one of the cashiers explained that they were suffering from the storm also, because their deliveries couldn't get to them. I didn't complain, because I wasn't looking for anything anyway. They had my wine, and that was alright with me!
I will say, it is really difficult trying to eat healthy and stay active, when the city is completely paralyzed during a storm. Despite the bear shelves and limited options, I managed to not over indulge. I did satisfy my fried chicken craving picking up a few pieces from the Tom Thumb deli. Its sometimes hit or miss on taste, but they were right on point this time. It's no Popeye's, but it was good enough without me risking my life slippin' and slidin' all over Dallas for some fried chicken. I did manage to get a little exercise in yesterday with Bollywood Dance on FitTV. I had on my DVR from another time. I imagine my neighbor below was plenty pissed when I decided that I would give the dance number 100%. I don't mind, she's not the friendliest neighbor anyway. I will say, that Bollywood dancing is no joke. It's almost or real close to being as bad as Zumba. It's constant movement for nearly 30 minutes. Thankfully, I did manage to keep up with the entire routine without passing out.
Today, after getting word that our district was closing for another snow day, I ventured out to 24 hour fitness. Of course, the usual workout fanatics were there hogging all the treadmills, exercise bikes, and elliptical machines. Unfortunately, my "trainer" wasn't in today because of the weather. I'll have to tell you about him another time. Funny story. So I stretched for nearly 15 minutes secretly stalking a treadmill. Finally, one became available for my 30 min walk-run-walk-walk-walk routine. Baby steps, people, baby steps. I completed the workout with some arm workouts. I'm sure I feel it in the morning.
On the way home I thought, the roads are bad as hell. They were not joking. At some points, it felt like I was driving over unpaved roads. I did conclude, that it was just not safe to venture to much farther out, so I carried my butt back home.
Other than that, these past three days, I've been on the computer surfing the web. I stumbled on a great website that listed several sweepstakes that were being offered. So I entered my named in about 40 different sweepstakes. I figured, what the heck, I've got nothing to lose. None of them cost me anything other than the electricity I used surfing. Which I'm extremely thankful, I was able to do. Many of my friends from all over the state posted about being caught up in the rolling blackouts. I was fortunate enough to not have been impacted by those. I guess it helps being sandwiched between 2 major hospitals and living near a bunch of elderly people. Because our electricity never even flickered.
Well we'll see what tomorrow has in store. Hopefully, I'll be posting on my NFL experience visit I plan to make with some friends tomorrow. I just hope this weather cooperates. My next blog will hopefully chronicle how I manage to stay within my Weight Watchers points and still be able to party Super Bowl style!
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