Five Things Tuesday

1.) S i c k i e s 

In light of those with terminal/chronic/life long conditions, I feel great. In light of my current state of health (which has been rapidly declining due to my eating habits) I feel horrid. My teeth are killing me, making my ear hurt, not to mention my sore throat and cough I've been battling ... I've been sipping Garlic Tea like its going out of style, I know what you're thinking, and its really not that bad. As long as you dose it with honey. The water dilutes a lot of the strength AND it makes your sore throat disappear in like days! However, you have to make sure you continue drinking water and reducing your sugar intake or the next day it will be back. Sugar cuts your immune system in half... or so I've heard. And with the amount of sugar I consume on a daily basis its amazing I'm not sick all the time. 

Today's Consumtion of sugar: 1 Root Beer, 2 Handfuls of Jelly Beans - Wow ... I did pretty good for once! Something about the immediate throat ache eating sugar causes. 

2.) 5 K 

I'm sure you've noticed that lack of 5K/running posts around here. That's because I've fallen of the exercise bandwagon. Thank you new job with wacky hours! I'll admit I miss the healthy feeling I had knowing I was eating right, and doing something good for myself. However I'll really be missing it when I'm attempting to pound out 3 miles this Saturday for a race I have NOT prepared for at all. Its stupid really, how I've let myself go, and the only reason I'm going to continue my attempt to do this, is to teach myself a lesson. Just Do It Erin! Hopefully it won't be tooooo painful. I mean all I've got to do is move my feet and breath right, right? I've done this before... I can do it agan ... and I have some pretty cool new shoes! Color Run x2 Here. We. Come!!

3.) H e a l t h y  E a t i n g 

In an attempt to help my "lesson learning" be less painful, I'm trying to infuse my current diet of Junk, junk and more junk with some healthy things like salads, veggies, real foods vs. fast foods. Today's meal was Pizza, Soda and a Salad. This is an improvement because ordinarily it would have been Pizza, Soda and lots of Candy. So we're working in the right direction. 

4. B i r  d s  I n  T h e  H o u s e 
I think I've mentioned a time or two regarding the many birds that have terrorized my house? I have since discovered how they are getting in, and have duct taped that opening shut. However. This has not deterred the birds, they have decided to set up "house keeping" in this new little hovel.

Which also happens to be the fan to my stove. Stove top fan.
The only reason I know they are setting up shop, is because I woke up this morning to a stove covered in bits of trees and leaves and such like. I stared at it for quite sometime before shaking my head and walking away.

Its the lazy thing to do after all.

I came home tonight and stared at it some more, then got up the nerve to lift away the duct tape a bit to see if my suspicions were correct. They were.

Now I've got to figure how to get them of there, and return said fan back to its original use... not that I used it muuuch, but the last thing I is for some unsuspecting house guest to murder a bird family where I prepare my food... not to mention something more horrific ...

BED BUGS!

5. B o o o o o o k s 
I am so behind on my book reviews its not even funny, so I'll apologize now for the inundation of them, that is to come. However I have discovered a sad fact. I "can't" read paper back books any more. Like literally. I've tried and failed. They just don't hold my attention like they used to and it makes me so very sad.  I trust this is just a phase, as for a while my Kindle sat neglected for months on end ...