Unless date night or sexytimes are involved, dinner at 9 is pretty much a recipe for disaster in my experience. Much sympathy~ma.

And sarameg, I love how even when life is crazy there is still time for cookies.

Franny's icky teacher is having a big Pi Day celebration tomorrow, so we got a pie. And are now baking a big sugar coated "pi" to decorate it.

I was going to send out Pi Day cards, but I failed at getting the cards in time. I blame the snowstorm. So next year I will send out Pi Day cards.

My project lead basically begged me to bake more for this review. They helped her recover from the fury-tears and have been inhaled by the team this week. I think she's applied some superstition to em, but they're tasty and safe and she's at wit's end so I'll cave.

I made a pi pie for a shindig tomorrow night. Not a Pi Day shindig; just a generic shindig. But there will be pi pie. (It's my lazy frozen pie: 2 containers of yogurt [I used strawberry], mixed with 1 container of Cool Whip, poured into a graham cracker crust and frozen. I made a pi symbol on top with chocolate chips.)

Mmmm, pi pie.

Much sympathy~ma.

Thanks, Burrell.

I'm often at the office until 6 to help out the west coast, so I tend to eat dinner late on weekdays, usually between 7 and 8. This would be a disaster to my sister, who usually feeds her kids by 5:30.

I usually try to have leftovers to pop in the microwave when I drag myself home this late after spending too much time drafting things for lawyers to sign off on, but there has been too much going on recently.

I think I'm going to crawl into bed and watch some Adventure Time.

Comfort and virtual cocktails, shrift, that sounds exhausting.

I am going to run a 5K (which starts at 9:26 or whatever the appropriate next digits are...better look that up) and get pie at the end!

I don't, however, understand why after I have been attempting to run for YEARS now, I still can't run for three minutes and not have my heart rate be above what they think my max should be. Seriously, how can I STILL be so out of shape???

Good new homes~ma to them as needs it.

Relief from overwork~ma for others.

Balsamic vinegar is yummy.

Balsamic vinegar makes any number of things better. I was thinking of suggesting adding it to the brown rice and veggie concoction that wasn't working for Zen. But I've thought better of it - Teriaki, garlic and ginger would have made that amazing - or Thai peanut sauce. Today I made a salad of thinly sliced roma tomatoes, carrots, and celery - and let it steep in balsamic vinaigrette, a leeetle bit of olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, lots of basil, and a packet of artificial sweetener. After that stewed in its own juices for a while, I served it over chopped romaine lettuce and didn't bother with additional dressing. We had that with lemon-pepper tillapia. And I made a fruit salad of grapes, apples, oranges, vanilla yogurt, and cinnamon. Good stuff.

Seriously, how can I STILL be so out of shape???

I hate to say it, but have you tried interval training? It's supposed to be the best way to whip your body into condition. But it's the opposite of fun.

As for other body issues, I came across a reference this week to the No S diet: No snacks, No seconds, No sweets -- except on days that start with S.

And that's the whole premise. Even if one isn't trying to lose weight, that strikes me as a very sensible way to eat healthy.

I'm attempting to sleep for the second time tonight.