I'm VERY far behind. One of the things I am going to allow myself is to get away from the blog for a few days if I'm busy and just get on it when I have time. I don't want to stress about it. That drives me away - stressing about remembering every single thing from 3 days ago and then I just want to go to bed but I can't because I have to put the pieces together of my after lunch snacks from last Wednesday! So I'm going to start back up today. If I get on a roll, I'll write up some old ones from the past week, but maybe not. We'll see.
Today, I started the Drum Set class through University of the Arts, but hosted at Villanova University. So far, it's a GREAT class. Learned so much in the first day alone. This will be a challenge, but a really fun one that is going to help so much when working with my students. Really great. Can't wait for tomorrow. But, let's back up. I had to drive down here for an 8:30 class, but also had to find the parking lot, register, etc. So last night, I went to bed around 2. Got up at 3:45 to feed Conor, who did not really want to have much milk. So I put him in his swing to fall asleep so I can get a half hour nap before the alarm went off at 5am! Up and at 'em - out the door by 5:45.
Breakfast: I stopped at Griddle This. I was going to need my energy for a 2+ hour drive at 6am after sleeping for only a little over 2 hours the night before! I had a taylor ham and scrambled egg sandwich on a toasted bagel. I was a TEENY BIT disappointed today because the bagel was a little black charred, which makes that part of the bagel tasteless. This does not happen often, but when it does, it's a drag - especially when I only eat about 1 bagel a week these days. Nevertheless, it was still a good breakfast! I also had a Red Bull. No way I was getting through today without that!
Lunch: After3 hours and 45 minutes of drumming in all of it's glory, it was time for a lunch break. I don't have anything with me, so I went to the nearest pizza shop: Campus Corner Pizza at Villanova on Lancaster Ave. I order 2 slices and it turns out, as you can see below - I did NOT need 2 slices! These things were monstrous! I still ate both of them - I hate wasting food. :-) IT was really droopy and the texture of the crust was bleh, but it was better as I got closer to the end of the slice as it got more crispy there. I also had a diet pepsi.
Class ended at 4:30. It was time to head to the hotel and find out what I got. Well, it turns out (as usual), that I got what I paid for. I got the cheapest actual "brand name" hotel i could find within 2 minutes. The Days Inn by Wyndham in Springfield, PA. THe photo on the website looked nice, but that's where it stopped. This place is a DUMP! I'm pretty sure I'm gonna find dirt in my towel or a mouse in by bed cuddling up to me after midnight. I guess that'll be ok - I am a little lonely here. :-) JK. I'm fine, but I do miss my family.
DINNER: I decided that, well . . .."When in Rome," so I'd go get a cheesesteak. Around here, there are tons of stops in regular towns that are not in the heart of Philly that you can go and just get a cheesesteak. I tried to take a couple people's advice and go to Tony Lukes.
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But it turns out that they closed at 8. It was only 7:50, but they were long shut down already by then, so that was a waste of time. So I went back to where I came from and went to Jims. I just had a plain steak, my usual, and some fries with a diet pepsi. This sandwich was fine. And I know, I know . . . .. "of course it was just 'fine', you got it all dry and stuff! But I get it like that all the time and some are better than others. This was pretty bland overall. But it was still quite good. It's hard to completely screw up this meal!
I did not work to set up any social stuff for tonight because I had a feeling I'd be exhausted coming into this day and I'd want to sleep it off. But the hotel is so crappy that I really just wanted to get out! I couldn't find anyone on short notice that was close enough at the hour it was. It was already 7pm and I hadn't even gone to dinner yet, so I knew I wouldn't be ready to rock until after 8. So I just decided to hop in the car, take the 15 minute drive and go to Harrah's to get just a little bit of my fix for "CRAPS!" I took out $100 so I can play. Hung out for about 90 minutes and ended up making $200! And all of the winnings came on the 2 times that I was the shooter! It was lots of fun and once I got up over 200, I set $200 as my bottom line so I took my winnings and went "home" for the night. During the crap game, I had about 2/3 of a Miller Lite.
So as you see, today I did not overeat. I just didn't eat anything good. And I guess the portions were a little big. But I certainly did not snack, since I don't have any snacks with me! I'm hoping I can make some better decisions moving forward this week, but I won't count on that We'll see!
Now before I leave, let's talk about my butt. It freaking hurts after sitting on a crappy (no pun intended) drum stool for 8 hours. I am completely regretting not bringing the Roc 'n Soc comfortable drum throne that I have at school. This is BRUTAL! Everyone is feeling it. At any point in class, you could see 5-6 people just standing up to get a break from their stools. You'd think that at least we would have some stool softener! (pun intended.) THe moral of the story: If you take this class (and you should, if you are a band teacher,) Bring a good throne. You and your hiney will thank me later.
Thanks for reading and have a great day, everyone!
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