Temptation

I went to work with my bagged lunch full of healthy food and snacks, only to be greeted by free donuts. No worries though - I resisted. Although I may have wandered into the breakroom, opened the donut boxes, and inhaled deeply a few times. Then at lunch time someone went and got sweet and sour chicken and fried rice from one of my favorite chinese places. It smelled like heaven. The ironic thing is that is the only meal I've been totally craving lately.

Why, God? Why???

I didn't go running to China House like my stomach wanted me to. I ate my apple and yogurt covered pretzels and tried not to breathe through my nose. It worked.

Then tonight I come home, make dinner, and get changed into my walking clothes. But before I could go out, my husband forces me to watch a movie, and before you know it, it's pitch black outside and I can't go walking by the lake like I wanted to.

Let me explain the movie part so you feel a little more sympathetic for me. My husband got to draw his prize for losing 20lbs. He ended up with the prize that said he could buy any one item from our favorite store, FYE. They have video games, movies, cd's - it's pretty much the coolest store ever. So we went yesterday and he ended up getting a DVD Box for The Matrix. There are 10 discs in this savy little box. The three Matrix movies, an animated movie called Animatrix, and a crap load of special feature stuff. One of the DVD's is nothing but two hours of the movies' soundtrack. It's crazy.

So last night we watch the first movie, The Matrix. I've seen that one about a dozen times. I've only seen the second one twice and I have yet to see the third. It's been awhile since I watched part two so I really wanted to see it. As you can probably guess, that's the movie he put in before I got my walking shoes on. Once it started I was transfixed and glued to the couch. At least I can watch the third movie and have some understanding about what's going on.

To make up for my laziness, I'm going to wake up and walk in the morning. I might have had to do that anyways - it's climbing back up to 95 again. I swear, this summer is never going to end.

You said it, Neo