From Huskies To Husbands

So, I get up at like 4 am to get showered and ready plus take care of the dogs and a few other odds and ends.  That part wasn’t too bad except for how early it was.

DH drives the hour into Laramie while we chit chat about the news that is on the talk radio station he has on.  We stop to pick him up some breakfast and drop him off for work by 6 am.  So, I curl up and take a little nap until about 7 am.  That part was OK really.

Then I get gas and a cup of coffee in preparation for heading the hour further to Fort Collins.  The road is good and the sun is up but the wind is just insane.  I almost get blown off the road more times than I care to recall.  I finally get to the car dealership and they start looking into the issue.  I decide to chill out int he waiting room and read a book I brought with me.  Other than the dangerous winds that part isn’t too bad either really.

After about an hour or so the mechanic comes and gets me to go for a ride with him in our vehicle, the noise is gone!!??!!  Mind you I had driven all the way there listening to that noise.  He said that he had flushed the powe steering system again and cleaned it out with cleaner before going any further with tearing things apart.  Wonder upon wonder that fixed the problem with no cost to me as they kind of admitted that the issue with something clogging the power steering system should not have happened so soon after a major maintenance done by them.  OK the no cost to me part was good news, but considering the high rating they have for service at this dealership should things like this even be happening?

So, I load up and do some running around in Fort Collins partially because I needed to stock up on some dairy free items that we can’t get in Wyoming and partially to see if the noise would return.  No noise!!  I got most of the things I was looking for dairy free wise.  I forgot to look for the dairy free panko crumbs at Whole Foods though - boo!!  Oh and if you are ever near a Sunflower Market check them out.  They had some awesome prices on really nice produce.  $0.88 for blueberries and blackberries while I was there.  Overall not bad not great just getting things done.

Then I have to rush to be back in Laramie by 2 pm when DH gets off of work so that we can go look at a new cell phone for him (for the story on that read my last blog posting).  The wind was still insane and made driving difficult to say the least.  When I finally get there we go to the cell phone store and of course he can’t live without the newest greatest most expensive model.  Fine whatever do whatever you are going to do so we can move on with live.  However, in what world does the paperwork to sell a phone on an existing account take over an hour??  Needless to say really bad part of the day.

Then since I am in town the oil change needs to be done.  Nope can’t wait has to be done right then!!  UGH men!!  Fine do the oil change and wander around Wal-mart for about another hour.  I see this super sale on a digital camera that is really nice, but not the super deluxe high priced model that DH wants.  Nope we can’t get that even though we have no camera right now as ours died on Christmas Day of all days!!  Definitely can’t get that considering the money we just dropped on a new cell phone.  This I consider to just be typical so whatever.

Then we run over and hook up the cable TV for one of DHs co-worker/friends.  She lives in “student housing” and OMG her place is beautifully and awesomely decorated!!  She has a real talent for decorating!  When DH is done we go run her keys back to her and hang out for a bit just chit chatting.  OK, weirdly this might have been the high point of my day.

Then we went to dinner because of how late it was getting.  More money we really shouldn’t be spending but OK I am starving so lets just eat already.  The food was OK.  Our server was awesome.  The manager was a complete dufus.  Par for the course though, right?

I got to drive the hour back home, in the dark, with the wonderful wind still a’howling.  Fun stuff.  We get home unload the car and I put away the cold stuff and leave the rest for tomorrow as it is already pushing 8:30 pm.  I hurry up and do my cardio time on the Wii Fit.  (I have to do 30 minutes minimum of cardio a day for the Boot Camp Challenge I am doing over on www.sparkpeople.com right now.)  Then I head into the office to do the video that also goes with the challenge, and well that was just a joy - NOT!  The video was so choppy that it was next to impossible to do, but I persevered and did it.  This whole getting fit, losing the weight, feeling better about myself thing means too much to me to let all the stupid crap of the day get in the way of fulfilling the commitments that I have made to myself exercise wise.  Yeah, my food choices and calorie intake was not stellar today, OK it wasn’t even remotely in the good range if we are being honest.  But at least I did the exercise.  I am committed to making this a habit!  They say it takes 21 days to form a habit, well I am going to be successful at forming this habit of exercise even if it kills me!  I guess that part was OK sort of in a sick way - LOL!!