Sometimes you try to be domestic...

and it doesn't work out as planned. Today I really wanted to bake a mocha angel food cake. I called my mom to get the recipe and set off for the store. Upon arriving at BiMart, I discover their pans to be outrageously expensive (not really, only $11, but still). While at BiMart I call Safeway to ask how much the pans are there, I know we have them, I sold one the other day. So I stay on hold for what feels like an eternity, turns out the pans are about $2, so I go across the parking lot to get one. Of course, when I get there the pans seem to have pulled a magic trick of some sort and disappeared. I ask two people where they are, no one can find them. So I buy the stuff I need to make the cake and head back to BiMart where I purchase my pan. Here is where the fun beings.

I get home and get the recipe my mom sent me. I follow directions to mix it, preheat the oven, wash the pan, etc. The batter seems a bit thin, but whatever. I pour it into the pan and turn around and fill the mixing bowl with water. Turning back to the cake, I notice something strange has happend - the cake mix has rushed out the bottom of the pan and is now covering my kitchen counter. I don't know if you have ever tried to clean up angel food cake batter, but it is of a strange consistency and doesn't wipe up well. It also flowed between the counter and the oven. Awesome. So I try to figure out what is wrong, and call my mom. Mom tells me it sounds like everything was done right, so she doesn't know what to tell me. I notice that tube part of the pan is slightly warped. I call BiMart to ask if I can exchange it. They say yes. I get on my bike and ride over there to get a new pan and come home. This pan also seems slightly warped. Great. I put on my thinking cap and decide to put three cookbooks on top of it to flatten it out. This seems to work. I go back to Safeway to get a new box of cake mix (this time Betty Crocker - not that Safeway stuff).

I preheat my oven, mix the mix (this time it seems to be the right consistency), and pray to God as I pour the batter in that it will stay in the pan. It does. Success! I pop it in the oven and set the timer for 35 minutes. I settle down to study while I wait for the cake to bake. About 20 minutes into my book about the early republic of the US I start to smell burning. I get up and peek in the oven only to find that my cake has begun to burn. Super. I pull the cake out and set it upside down on a plate and hope for the best. Its still sitting there.

I'm going to the gym and hopefully when I come back I can get the cake out of the pan and it will be alright. We'll see.

Headed in the right direction

I lost .6 this week. Not a whole pound, but at least it went in the right direction. I rode my bike to school a few days this week when it was sunny, so that was nice. I also managed to make it to the gym a few times. I love exercising I just seem to have a hard time fitting it in. Looking at my schedule for this week though, I should be able to make it to the gym almost everyday, wh. ich makes me pretty happy. I might join a waking club, we were talking about them at the meeting today, it might be fun.

22.

Today is my 22nd birthday. I feel old.

Fail.

It doesn't take a genius to guess what direction the scale went this week. This is so frustrating. I can't get motivated. I need someone to kick my ass and make me go to the gym and track my points. I bought a three month point tracker hoping that since I paid for it I'll actually use it. My birthday is on Thursday and I gained...I did not lose that 5 pounds that I wanted. Maybe I could just eat a bunch of exlax before then to lose that...haha, just kidding. That would be gross. Oh well. Time for bed.

Insert sideways contemplation face here

I gained .8 this week. I expected it to be worse, I'm glad it was less than a pound, but at the same time, I need this to go in the opposite direction. Holy moly. Also, its almost my birthday and I want to weigh five pounds less by then. No no no. I'm going to weigh five pounds less by my birthday, at least.

Sssttresssin'

My oh my. I cannot wait for Spring Break. I've only gone to the gym twice this week and have been doing a terrible job of tracking what I eat. I don't think I've done too bad but I won't be surprised if I have another gain this week. I know I need to go to the gym tonight but I'm so damn tired right now. I only worked for five and a half hours, but I'm so exhausted. The gym is open for another hour and a half, but I can't find the motivation to go. Looking in the mirror usually works but not today. And I need to work on finishing up the rest of my reading for my finals, but I can't find the motivation to do that right now either. Goodness gracious.

So...

I lost a pound and a half this week! Yay! Ooh and I lost an inch from my butt, and a half inch from my waist, I'm so excited. :-D Yippee! I'm think I'm finally on track. Ah, someday I'll be smokin' hot. Yay!