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Dinner

Tonight I made curry for the first time. It didn't quite taste like I think it should, but I might've put the coconut milk in too late.

The ingredients: organic chicken thighs, red bell peppers, tomatoes, sweet onion, broccoli, bamboo shoots, yellow sour curry paste and coconut milk. You mix everything up and serve it over rice. It was pretty spicy, but tasted a little rich.

It made quite a bit so I know what I'll be eating this week.

Allergies

Ugh. When I woke up this morning my throat was full of funk. I must've been grazing at a landfill in the middle of the night or something. My allergy meds have done a pretty good job of keeping me on the level this year, but this weekend has been different and I'm not sure why. Maybe there's something in my apartment that is setting me off. Who knows? I'll drink some orange juice. Hopefully the acidity will dislodge whatever crap has taken up residence.

I probably should lay off the dairy today as well.

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Sunday morning comin' down

Ah. That's a pretty good Johnny Cash song. In fact, I like all of his non-Jesus songs. They're definitely good for road trippin'.

I just talked to my folks on the phone. They got back from Italy and France on Friday. I'm a little jealous because it sounds like they had a great time. They were in the Lake Como area of Italy and drove to Provence in France. They stayed in three star hotels and rented a car so they could visit the small villages that are in that area. That's definitely the way to do it and is how I like to travel. I'm not really down with the packaged trips. I want the freedom to go wherever the heck I want.

They did come back to some bad news though: their fridge died about a week before they got home so they lost more than $300 worth of food since they had steaks and smoked salmon in the freezer. Bummer. I would be pretty pissed since it's a pain in the ass to replace condiments and other stuff like that. Their kitchen redesign starts this week and should be finished by the end of July.

I was going to drive up in July to surprise them, but I think I'll do it in August. Of course, it's not a surprise anymore because I told them, but that's ok. I'm actually pretty bad at keeping surprises because I get a little impatient. It'll probably take more than ten hours to drive up there, but I'll split it up over two days. It won't be cheaper than flying since gas is expensive, but it'll be more interesting for sure. There is a lot of stuff to see along the way. I might drive up the OR coast as well since that's pretty cool. Maybe I'll drive to Coos Bay/Gold Beach the first day and then up to Portland the next. Coos Bay is a little more than halfway, but I'm probably good for six or seven hours of driving in one day. I guess I'm just sick of flying. You have to snag a ride to the airport, you need to get there early, you have to deal with all the other travelers and you have to spend your time in a cramped cabin. Plus, it'll be nice having a car when I'm up there since my parents both work. I might take some day trips while I'm up there or maybe down to Bend to visit my cousins. Who knows?

It's nicer out today than it was yesterday, but my allergies aren't any better. I've been hacking up something like a cat with a hairball.

Language poll results

Well, the "masses" have spoken and Spanish narrowly edged out Chinese for my recommended next language to learn. That's probably a good thing since I think Spanish will be easier to learn since I won't need to learn a new alphabet.

Hmmm...now I need to figure out how to learn it. I could take classes at a community college, but that might not work with my schedule. I could also try to use something like Rosetta Stone, but it is a little on the spendy side.

Hmmm...I'll have to give it more thought. I will follow through though so do not worry.

Beefcake Challenge: End of Week 22

Day 152:
Weight = 200.6 lbs, 5.6 lbs too heavy
Body fat = 30.2%, 5.2 percentage points too fatty
Visceral fat = 11, 3 points too fatty

Well, shoot. I lost about a pound and a half over the past week, but did not reduce my body fat. I shouldn't read too much into the numbers because I look leaner and the body composition scale isn't that accurate - at least the fat monitoring isn't.

I managed to do some sort of exercise every day last week including walking to work three times. Not too shabby. I've been keeping up with my strength training and added in an abdominal exercise. That won't help me lose fat, but it will make my midsection look leaner. Having a strong core helps with sports and every day life.

Hmmm...now that I think about it, I don't see much of a difference between the pictures from today and last week.