Just call me Peggy Sue

You know that poem that starts "Dance like no one is watching"? Forget the rest of it, and just do that part, a lot.

Monday, July 03, 2006

Yum

So this odd schedule I'm on impacts my life in many ways. When normal people get home from work and want to hang out, I'm on my way to bed. When normal people are going to work, I'm coming home from work. When normal people are off to bed, I'm eating breakfast in front of "late night" tv. Everyone is constantly afraid that they'll wake me from a nap, no matter what time in the day they call. The biggest impact is on my eating habits.
If I translate my crazy schedule into "normal" day hours, here's what my day looks like:

8am (1 in reality): wake up, eat breakfast
9 am - 1pm: work, eat banana, granola bar, and nectarine/apple/pear
1 - 3pm: work out, drink lots of water
3 - 7pm: shower, ice my knees, dink around, try not to eat anything
7pm: "lunch" in the real world, so eat lunch
12am (5pm in reality): eat dinner
1am: go to bed

This is very odd, right? I go hours and hours without eating anything substantial, because I'm stuck inbetween my early hours and the normal world's schedule. I usually end up eating a bagel or something after I get back from working out, because by then I'm so hungry I just can't wait until "lunch." But what to do about this? Some days, I would really like to eat dinner at dinner time (5pm or so), but in my head that's bedtime, not eating time. Do I eat just a little meal for one meal? But then I end up so hungry inbetween meals, and I've been trying to snack very little. I'm struggling here. I know that a bunch of little meals is supposed to be actually better than 3 big ones, but I'm not really working that out well either. Maybe when Mom gets home she can help me sort this out. Any other good ideas?