No Power

So Saturday, June 30, 2012 we had an insane storm called Derecho. A derecho is a widespread and straight-lined windstorm that often has a band of rapidly moving thunderstorms associated with it. These conditions are ripe for generating multiple tornadoes that can cause severe damage with winds from 80 - 100 miles per hour! It was awful and so scary. The winds felt like it was about to suck out the windows. The bad weather came without warning as it usually does nowadays and we lost power.  So with a 100 plus degrees (yes we reached 114 here in MD) we luckily had our brother’s house to go to who lives about a mile from us so thank god for that and thank god we are safe. BUT…without the internet and without cable it’s pretty amazing how we all depend on technology. My brother doesn’t have either (offline because of the storm) but we have power and air conditioning which we are very thankful.

My brother and his fiancé are playing host to my other brother, mom and dad and it’s been ok but there’s nothing like sleeping in your own bed. But I’d rather be cool plus it gives me time with the family and gives me the opportunity to delve into the other things I’ve been meaning to get into like:

• Working on my brother’s website for his business
• Reading a novel I bought a month ago “The Woods by Harlen Coben”
• Working on my next drawing on a male model

I remember outages would last a couple of hours maybe a day at the most when I was little but now our electric company is telling us it could take to up to a week! We actually got it 2 days later but had no internet, tv or telephone. So I’ll deal because let’s face it I have no choice. During the storm I also realize how I really hate being single. Yes I love my family no doubt about it but I go into the envious stage when I see my brother and his fiancé hell when I see my mom and dad. I think to myself of how I wish I had a boyfriend and how I could totally stay with him but alas it is not the current situation. I also have been a bit more proactive with my online dating and have been messaging guys I’m interested in but no bites yet. So instead of giving up (which I usually do) and saying dammit I’ll never find anyone, I’ve started to stop my self-defeating thinking and am continuing that search. Just need to keep telling myself that I am one woman and I honestly just want to find that one right man.

I also tried this new class on Thursday at the P Spot Fitness Studio in D.C. It’s a pole dancing fitness class and it was awesome but let me tell you the day after I couldn’t walk down the stairs and then a day later I couldn’t lift my arms so they literally kicked by ass. It took four days to recover. A lot of squats, situps and with the pole hanging on and using the body weight to lift your body child I’m in pain but it’s going away and I LOVED IT! I don’t know if it’s because I’m more physically active but alas.

As far as eating it’s was bad the first weekend of the blackout. I can use the storm as an excuse but being removed from my usual environment has totally screwed my plan a little bit. I ate French Toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, spaghetti and ground beef with spaghetti sauce. Man it was delicious but not on my Weight Watchers eating plan but its ok, I’ll chalk up this weekend as a loss and get my ass into gear this Monday. I know I can do it. This weekend I’ve been bad and seriously I didn’t have a choice since choices are limited when you food spoils due to a power outage but I'm confident that I'll succeed and get back on my fitness and eating plan which I did :)