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Current Mood: Cool & Bouncy

Hahaha…

Actually I shouldn’t consider it too much of a fail honestly. I did the majority of the things I wanted to do… just with varying results.

I made the marshmallow fondant, it just didn’t work out well.

I tried the 40/30/30 thing that my friend Quix was also trying and learned it is NOT for me. However that did make me binge a little Thursday and Friday morning. So going back to what I was normally eating since I felt better and had more energy and didn’t make me want to binge, lol. My binges are so weird. I was making a cake for B… chocolate cake, cream cheese peanut butter frosting, and chocolate peanut butter ganache…. and I didn’t even lick the bowl. I did however destroy a couple of skinny cow treats and murdered several multi-grain cheerios. Friday is donut day so I had a bagel w/cream cheese and part of a donut. I threw the rest of the donut out when I realized I was eating it because it was free and not because I even liked it! The bagel wasn’t too great either. I swear, next week I’m not eating that crap anymore here. I’m not warding off bagel and donuts but they’re not worth eating if their mediocre, even if they are free…

I got up at 5am today to go running since I want to start working out in the AM… only to find out it’s fucking really dark out at that time… I never really noticed how dark when glancing out the window until I stepped foot outside. Perhaps I’ll wake up at 5:30 on Monday and be out by 5:45. That should give me enough time to get home, make some breakfast, and take a quick shower. Running in the dark is unappealing. I went back to bed…

I have 100% failed on the photos for this week. I brought my camera with me every day too. Not sure why I slacked but every time I thought about hitting the skate park it’s like my butt was adhered to my chair in my office.

So those were the attempts that failed and the complete fails for the week.

Did anything go successfully? Well I made some fucking flowers. I really hate those things but I made several and I consider them decent… which is success considering how new I am at them. Look, proof!

They are currently taking up far to much space in my freezer and their fate hangs in the balance depending on whether I make a cake they can live on before I get tired of them in there and pitch them. My favorite is the one in the far right back corner.

I also made this…and while this is NOT the actual picture of my cake it looks nearly identical. It’s for B because B is awesome and deserves a cake! Especially after this week! Like I said above, it’s a chocolate (super moist… was hard to decorate, should have frozen it longer) cake, with cream cheese peanut butter frosting, and topped (and dripped!) with chocolate peanut butter ganache. The hope is that it’s like the super deluxe version of a Reese’s cup.

My spawnday is next week. I think my Mom got me once of those fancy decorating pedestals like in the above picture. When I get that I’ll take nicer pictures of my own cakes. My Mom is the bestest. So is my Dad too btw.

I think I will buy myself a full wetsuit as a spawnday present for myself for when it gets cooler. They seem to be on sale right now I guess since they are trying to get rid of last years models. “Sale” is a relative term I guess… they are still more expensive than I like, haha. And I can’t decide on a 3/2 or a 4/3… I get cold easy so a 4/3 seems to make sense but am I really going to be in the ocean in December/January… or just in cooler months like October/November… I’m not getting 2! I think I’ll get a 3/2.

I think B has to work this weekend and while that stinks for the fun factor of the weekend I’m going to use that to eat well and run… I may also go buy some small cake pans (like 2″, 4″, and 6″) so I can make some mini cakes and work on decorating various styles. I’d also like to go surfing but I’m just not comfortable going alone. When I get “eated” by the shark I want someone to notice and potentially rescue my partially devoured body… Haha, ok that’s not my REAL fear, but I just really want someone looking out for me once and awhile since I am still kinda new to the hanging out in the ocean thing. I’ll also take the tortoise on a walk… I think he feels neglected. Actually he’s probably loving life… and we can’t have that!

Alright Friday workday… I suggest you hurry yourself along and release me into the joyous freedom of the weekend.

EDIT: Oh shit! Goals for next week!

I will make at least one small cake and cover it with fondant. Probably store bought fondant.If I get adventurous I’ll carve a cake too.

If I don’t manage to go surfing myself I will go take pictures of the surfers since Saturday is supposed to be a decent day.

I will run at least 3x before breakfast.