Erin: Back to work!

You know what that means…

The return of lunches packed at the wee hours and photographed with an extremely offensive flash!

🙂

I got up with Brody around 5:00. Henry and Annie were happy to stay sleeps with Robbie!

After playing, getting ready, blah blah blah, I made some breakfast:

Eggs and broc plus red onion and tofutti mixed in for some creamy, topped with sf ketchup.

I worked all day! Which included shutting the door to my office and stretching for 45 minutes. I’ve worked out pretty hard these past few days and sitting in my chair makes my hips and knees sore.

God that makes me sound old!

But not too old to squeeze in a badass workout  🙂 The gym was grossly bizzy. Everyone has returned from break with some sort of communicable disease. It’s pretty nast to listen to people working mucus down the back of their throats while lifting! Why do people do that in public?! Are they not aware of others’ perceptions of them 100% of the time, fearful of negative evaluations and thus plotting their every move such that they appear their best?

I had to decided to stop at Target for some randoms and I found Smucker’s Natural PB on sale for $2.18 or something cray! So when I got home I had a couple heaping spoonfuls. I barely stirred it because the oily top is my FAVE 🙂

After taking Brody for a 30 min walk and putzing around the house, I made a dinner reminiscent of my yoot 🙂

This is just veggie crumbles with homemade taco seasoning, bell pep, and onion, topped with mozz and KETCHUP!

When I was a little girl I used to put ketchup on my Mexican food and I still love. Esp because I think Mexican food (made in America) is totes lame!

I haven’t made dessert yet but I’m pretty sure I’ll eat a pkg of this!

And maybe some cinnamon gummi bears from last semester that I found in my backpack.

Okay enough of the food. It’s boring and I’m not into it because I’ve been obsessing over our little pudding pop.

Tonight I tackled a project I’m really serious about: teaching Brody to enjoy his carrier. He has a crate to sleep in at night, but if he’s gonna be my pocket puppy and come to work with me on occasion, he needs to learn to love this masculine bowler bag.

Oh yes I did girl.

Your tackiness is my fabulosity.

So. Because I’ve been steeped in the principles of psychology (more specifically, operant conditioning) for like a decade, I felt prepared to work with him. Using a sweet potato chew, I lured him towards the carrier and dropped it in the back of the bag. He went in a couple times to retrieve it, but each time I made him drop the chew. I put it in the bag again, until finally he gave up and sat in there to chew it.

Yay Brody!

I let him chew for about 20 minutes with the bag closed up, then gradually unzipped the top and made sure he was still interested in his chew and not trying to weasel his way out. It worked!

Yay Brody again!

So, we’ll be practicing this exercise on the daily to create positive associations in the bag.

A few minutes ago, Brody brought a stuffed carrot squeaky toy onto the couch and is now using it as a pillow. Can you believe.

Just because we’re obsessing over the pint doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about the man of the house.

My Henry! Wow, he’s sexy. Admit it. Look at those eyes. Turns me on kinda.

He would really throw down with the ladies if he had anything to give!

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