34 posts tagged “qotd”

1. Try to eat moderately and stop eating after 5 PM.

2. Walk every day.  I used to walk at least twice a day.  Now I'm trying to do this again.

 

We both have to lose some more weight before my stepsister's wedding at the end of May.

Border collies are definitely my favorite.  Besides being cute and friendly and playful, they just look good to me.

 

1. I won't leave the washing-machine or TV on before going to bed because I'm always afraid that the house might somehow catch fire or burn down during our sleep.

2. I can't stand looking at or hearing people pull a rubber band tight.  It sounds too much like an explosion to me.  I'm also afraid of being somehow shot in the eye in case the rubber band snapped (accidents do happen, y'know).

3. I am extremely afraid of leaving a hair or some crumbs or dust on the floor.  So I'm constantly looking for tiny things on the floor in spite of my less-than-perfect vision.

4. I like looking at water, lakes, seas, oceans, etc. and being near water but I don't like getting my feet wet.  I won't absolutely refuse to go in as deep as to my knees but I don't swim and I don't intend to learn.  I haven't figured out why yet.

5. I'm afraid of walking on anything that even remotely resembles a balance beam, even if it's only 1 inch above the ground.  I'm basically afraid of walking a straight line, if I'm really pressed.

 

I can't think of everything right now.  I'm sure some other strange fears will come up when the trigger is there.

Let's see.  There may be a list of things.  I'm probably just too particular.  Anyway, we all know this is not happening, so why not spit out my list anyway?

1. Be content with what we have.
2. Be more concerned with what we do to others and the environment.

3. Be less serious about money and fame.

4. Share more love with one another.
5. Find more inner peace.

Now that I think about it a little more, it wasn't nearly as bad as I originally felt when it was happening.  My husband and I invited our new friend/co-worker and her friend to one of our favorite vegetarian restaurants since they both already agreed to try it once.  A little background and digression: the two girls are from a small former-Soviet country (let's not name names).  Our new friend/co-worker is a very nice girl who is open-minded and funny.  Her friend is a very shy and reserved girl who is said to be a people-hater and barely speaks any English.  Granted, our new friend/co-worker did warn us many many times before we actually met up with her friend.  It was on the first Sunday in a couple of months that we could actually enjoy a day off.  We didn't want to go but since we promised early in the month, we felt obligated so we went out of our way to try to make a nice vegetarian experience for the two girls.  On hindsight we realized that they probably didn't want to go either because they partied late the night before and they usually don't eat much during the day until the evening.  So when we all arrived at the vegetarian restaurant, we ordered a whole table of food because we wanted them to have a variety of choices.  Our new friend/co-worker's friend never said a word during the whole lunch.  She was looking really weird and even resentful.  Her whole energy was creating a very tense atmosphere.  We were warned but still not prepared for that and we didn't know what to do about it since we don't speak any Russian.  Silence ruled the table most of the time and the two girls barely touched anything.  Then the final blow came.  In the middle of the lunch, our new friend/co-worker asked, "who are you trying to impress?"  Obviously, she was referring to the whole table of food.  At that point, my husband and I just felt that it was all futile.  We kept eating quietly and her friend kept staring at us in a very unfriendly way.  The two girls almost got into an argument between themselves towards the end.  It was a very tiring and disappointing day and we swore that we would never take those two to another vegetarian restaurant again.

 

A couple of weeks later, as we got to know them better, we found out that they both really hate vegetarian food (and vegetables) and believe that we look sick and are actually sick because of our diet.  They are also afraid of being sick if they try to eat some vegetarian food.  Boy, am I glad that we don't have to do this again!