I'm not dead, I swear!

Thanks to Jan and my Dad for hounding me to get back to the blogging. When I say the last few weeks have been busy, I truly mean it!

We just started a new benefits systems at work where we have to track our hours to get comp time. This week (starting Sunday), I've worked 81 hours! That's a:
14 hour Sunday
14 hour Monday
19 hour Tuesday
15 hour Wednesday
12 hour Thursday
7 hour Friday (what a slacker, eh?)

So that's pretty much where I've been--at work.

Also, my 17 year old cousin moved in with me for the summer two weeks ago, which has taken up what little free time I do have. He was driving his mom crazy, so I offered to take him for the summer, but now he's driving me crazy.

He's a good kid, but just sooo lippy. We got into an argument today about bird poop. Bird Poop, people! I ask you, how do you work up the strength to argue about bird poop? My only serenity is to remind myself that he's a teenager and they just aren't wired right, so patience, patience, and more patience is the key. But BIRD POOP???!? Honestly!

On the marathon training front, I've been sidelined since last week Tuesday due to a knee issue--my knee was super swollen and my Dr made me go get an x-ray before I could run anymore. The x-ray came back negative (the swelling was due to "overuse" which is doctor speak for stop training so hard), but by the time I got that news this Tuesday, I haven't had a free moment to start back up. Jacky and I have plans to run Sunday morning (I'm taking the cuz to NYC tomorrow), so we'll see how painful (both mentally and physically) it is.

Eating-wise, I've not been doing so good. I have three big issues:
1) Cousin is a teenage boy, which means all he does is eat, watch TV, complain, and eat. So, if I go into the kitchen even 1/2 the number of times he does, I'm going to have a problem. Luckily, I noticed this on the 3rd or 4th day he was here, so have caught myself before I follow him in to ask myself if I'm really that hungry or just projecting because he's eating, I want to be eating.

2) Cousin is disrupting the routine--both in terms of how I eat/exercise/live, but also adding stress to my day, both of which have me comfort/stress eating, if I'm not careful.

3) Long freaking hours. When I'm at work until 10pm, 11pm, 12am, 1am at night, I DESERVE whatever food I can find because I'm working so hard. I need to have more good snacks kept stocked in the office fridge to combat this.

That said, my weight has pretty much stayed the same. I was down to 188.2 at WW, and I weighed in at home at 187-188 this morning, so at least my food issues don't have me GAINING weight. But, they are certainly not helping me lose the final 20-40 pounds I'd like to lose. Once I get back on track for my marathon training, I think it'll help me do better with eating too (since exercise is a good stress reliever in addition to a great way to burn calories).

I need to post pics of the 10k I did last month (I ran another one at the beginning of July and shaved 3 minutes off my time!).

Ok, the cuz is about to come harrass me to leave the office, so I'd better sign off for now.

I promise I'll try to update more often, m'kay? Have a great weekend!!