Good morning readers. It’s a beautiful sunny day in the PNW and I’m enjoying a few days off before I start orientation at OAC. I found out that a few of my friends from IFT are interviewing at OAC as well. It would nice to see some familiar faces, and I hope they land jobs. It’s a lousy time to be out of work. On Friday evening, several of the ITFers met up at a local watering hole for drinks and billiards. It was good to see everybody together for the final time. Even some former IFT Folks that had left a while ago came down to celebrate with us. Although a bunch of the people are now unemployed, the overwhelming feeling from just about everyone present was, “Thank God that mess is over.”
I mentioned that I’m getting back to the gym everyday, and I’ve been on a roll. Three days last week and Saturday, Sunday and this morning I took a spinning class at the gym. I’m a huge fan of indoor cycling. I’ve also started to make drastic changes at to what I’m eating. Much more fish, chicken, salad and fresh veggies. I’m also watching the portions carefully. For instance, I love nasty, greasy Egg McMuffins. But, rather than stop at McDonalds, I now make a small Egg Beater omelet in the microwave with half a piece of ham and a half slice of cheese and throw it on a whole wheat English muffin. Just as good, cheaper, and better. Plus, no hash brown. Couple that with a glass of lowfat chocolate milk and breakfast is served. (Chocolate Milk is a great recovery drink after a workout. I know? Who’d have guessed!)
The McMedic Breakfast Sammich.™Getting ready for boot camp next week … hopefully a slightly smaller, leaner M7 will be the result.
I’m still waiting for the letter from Medic School. Maybe today.
Hey… for the record, your McMedic Breakfast Sammich (sorry, I can’t remember how to make the tiny tm) looks damn tasty.
That being said… Congrats on the progress at the gym, and let us know how the Medic School (capitalized, because it SHOULD be) letter turns out.
Thanks Epi… It’s super easy to make. (It takes longer to toast the muffin than make the egg/ham/chz part) and it’s delicious! For some reason, it just seems easier to get to the gym and eat better these days. maybe because I’ve made so many other changes in my life, one more isn’t that big of a deal.
And yeah, Medic School is capitalized.
Should it be? I seem to remember one of the ‘use capital letters” rules was to capitalize course names. Even if it’s not proper, I capitalize to give respect to how much of my life it may affect.