Day 6

Well, today was not good at all - I didn't stray from my eating plan but it was more personal/professional stuff that kept me from fully doing what I wanted to do today. Last night was yet another rough night, except this time it ended in me getting out of work late on top of everything else. I came home so emotionally drained that I took the dog out, crawled into bed and didn't bother setting an alarm. I was supposed to go to the gym at 12:30 because my favorite instructor was teaching and that didn't happen. I woke up around 2, effectively missing breakfast and lunch, so by the time I got up and got going, I figured I was just better off having a small snack of an orange and a boiled egg to hold me over until dinner.

As promised, I did have my meal prep day though (mostly because I needed dinner). I ended up making two pieces of salmon, one was with rosemary and walnuts, and the other I put on my favorite seasoning (Old Bay). I had the Old Bay salmon with a bunch of roasted asparagus for dinner. After that I boiled a bunch of eggs for snacks. I made the chicken with tomato and olives, which smells DELICIOUS. I made a zucchini saute with onions, sundried tomatoes, and tomato sauce (would be absolutely delicious with cheese but alas, can't have it). I also baked two more chicken breasts - one was seasoned with cinnamon and curry powder and the other has Old Bay. I portioned them out into Tupperware and split up the zucchini saute so those will be two good meals. Lastly I made this butternut squash with cranberries and coconut milk saute. Literally, I would die for it. I've never really tried coconut milk so I was a little hesitant, but with the cranberries, a little cinnamon and pepper, it's amazing!

Just now I had a Zone bar before I go to work. I'm so exhausted I will probably end up going to bed as soon as the clock strikes midnight. I love and I hate working nights all at the same time. I like it because  it means Mack isn't in his kennel wasting the day away and I can come home and take him right out in the morning. But then it means that if we have a busy night, the next day is destroyed for me. It's also rough when I'm on night 5 of 5. Working overnights at RIT isn't as bad because I get work done there or I can just go right to sleep. I don't know what it is about Henrietta, but I'm just drained after these 3 or 4 nights-in-a-row marathons. I don't know if it's the higher call volume or if I just feel as if my life gets put on hold until I can get a day off. Not to mention the equipment weighs a good 20-30 pounds more so my body takes a pretty good beating in the process. I'd like to go back to working days once school is over, but we'll see.

Here's to hoping tomorrow is a better day!