It’s Foodie Friday!! I wanted to share with you guys a cheap and easy meal! I used to eat this all the time in college. It is so fast to make, and it tastes lovely! It reminds me of a nice warm summer day instead of the snowy icy one’s that have been going on around here!
Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tomatoes, diced small
- 1 cup of cucumber diced small
- 1/4 cup of red onion diced small
- zest and juice of 1/3 lemon
- 2 tablespoons of basil, chopped
Directions
Throw all the ingredients in a bowl and mix. Let sit on the counter for 20 minutes. You are DONE! While you are waiting for the flavors to “meld” with one another, take out your favorite hummus, and spoon some on a plate. Warm up a griddle or pan, and warm up a whole wheat pita (warming them up this way is so much better than the microwave!). Serve! Eat!
So, I drug myself to the doctors yesterday after waking up Wednesday with a fever and a sore throat. He pretty much told me that I might be getting pneumonia, but he couldn’t give me any antibiotics because this had only been going on for 36 hours AND they have been giving out too many antibiotics. WTF?! Before I went, everyone was telling me to lie and say it had been going on for 2 weeks, but I forgot to lie! Dang it! They did a strep test which I won’t know anything until Saturday. Great! And he said no working out for 48 hours! At that time I wasn’t coughing that much, but I am now!
I canceled my spin class last night, but I still had one to teach today. I really shouldn’t have gone, but I felt so bad for having to cancel last night! It was basically horrible. I couldn’t breathe. I wore really thin pants instead of my bike shorts so I would be uncomfortable enough to have to teach off the bike for some of the class. I was trying to follow the doctor’s orders! Well, it didn’t work. I just get into the class too much while I’m teaching, and got out of breath really easily because of this! I did get off the bike a few times, but after about a minute, I hopped back on. My class was so patient with me. At one point, I had jumped off my bike and I guess looked pretty bad because some people were like, “Are you okay?” Along with having to stop to hack up my lungs more times than I can count, it did not go very well.
Then afterwords, I had to run some errands that had to get done today. I was in a waiting room to get some paperwork done, and I started coughing. I couldn’t stop for like 15 minutes. Everyone was staring at me in the disgust because they probably thought that I had the plague, and they didn’t want to get it! I’m sure there were some gurgling noises added in from the phlegm. Um, nasty! So embarrassing! I practically ran out of the room to the nearby bathroom where I could cough in peace and hack up a few luggies! Once I left that office, I didn’t cough for a good 45 minutes after that! It always happens when you don’t want it to right? 
The 18 miler might need to be delayed a few days. I just don’t think that it may end up happening this weekend. If I keep continuing to get worse, I’m headed to urgent care. I seriously don’t think it is a cold! It’s all in my chest!
On a much healthier and happier note: You guys were seriously cracking me up from Wednesday’s post. Thank you all for the great comments! I let the hubby know that some of you thought he was hot. 
When I told him he just said, “Oh gosh, what pic did you put up?” I’m sure that he was blushing on the other end of the phone call. I love making him squirm. hehe. He puts up with me though! And he does have brothers, but they are all married. Sorry, Mish!
I also wanted to add that I’m kinda glad he is gone now (except the whole wanting for someone to take care of me b/c I’m sick thing) because:
- School has completely taken over my life. I know that I wouldn’t be getting anywhere near as much stuff done as I’m getting done right now if he was here. It’s hard to study when all you want to do is cuddle! Yes, I’m obsessed with cuddling!
- Sometimes it is nice to have a break from your significant other even if you are on good terms. Like I was saying in Wednesday’s post, it really makes you thankful for them just in case you forgot!
- Sometimes, it is good to just be alone! Even though I’m sleeping a lot worse without him here (I’m paranoid about ALL noises), I’m sure he is getting much better sleep without me attached to his back at night! I’m enjoying just doing what I feel like doing and not having to consult with someone else. I’m sure he is feeling the same way.
For now, I’m cuddling up in a blanket on the couch trying to get a paper done! Have a great weekend, everyone!!
This post is dedicated to all the single ladies out there who put up with crap that women with spouses don’t have to!
For the past week, I have really been awakened to how much the hubby does for me on a daily basis. Every single time he deploys (we are a month into this one so far), I get a reality check of how lucky I really am. ![n1124250222_30129804_3521[1]](http://geekturnedathlete.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/n1124250222_30129804_35211.jpg "n1124250222_30129804_3521[1]")
He’s my fix it man! haha. I love this pic of him. This was at our house in Tucson when our cousin (white shirt) was visiting. I can’t remember what he was fixing, but he was hot when he was fixing it! lol
Here are some instances from the past week that aided in my realization:
- I’m really bad with anything having to do with a car/truck. I had to take the truck in twice to our mechanic because I forgot to show them a dent from our accident that my husband reminded me about over the phone. They totally thought that I was lying and got into another accident on the way home or something! He is usually the one to take the truck into the mechanic, and I’m constantly forgetting things to tell them leading to many annoying phone calls made by me to the mechanic!
- Dragging a trash can 300 feet in 2 feet deep snow to put it out on the street, tripping and falling on the way back to the house with no one to laugh at me except some Germans passing by (Steve usually does the trash cans and the teasing which I now miss).
- Trying to unscrew and screw back on both of our dirty license plates (front and back) at the car registration place with a rusty screw driver in a blizzard while I have lost all feeling in my hands because they were freezing! Steve would definitely be doing that! Yeah, it took me 15 minutes each for unscrewing and screwing when it would have taken 5 for him. Whatever happened to the sticker with the new year that they give you in the states?
- Usually when I get done with my long runs outside on the weekends, I run upstairs and take a shower, then come downstairs and cuddle with the hubby for a good 30 minutes to warm up. Even after a 20 minute shower this weekend after my 16 mile run, I was still freezing and had no one to cuddle with! I sat on the couch shivering for a while wrapped in a blanket.
- The other night, it took me 30 minutes to get a bottle of balsamic vinegar open, and I was using a steak knife! I kept thinking: Oh God, if I cut off my finger for balsamic vinegar, who is going to drive me to the hospital?!
- Wanting to come home and vent about various things, and coming home to no one! Don’t get me wrong, I have friends over here that I can vent to. I have friends in the states as well, but the hubby is my best friend. Plus, there are just things that you only want to vent whether good/bad to your husband.
- Today, I woke up with a fever and a sore throat. I taught a spin class, and now I can’t talk. There is no one to make me dinner or get me another glass of water with theraflu.
The point of writing all this wasn’t to make you feel sorry for me! After all of these instances, I kept telling myself: Single people do this stuff on their own all the time. Really, it isn’t that bad! You are an independent strong woman, you can do this! Stop being a pussy! (especially with the balsamic bottle, that thing was a little shiznit! haha)
If you are attached, please take a minute today to hug and thank your significant other for all that they may do for you whether it be for taking out the trash or being your personal heater.
The hubs called last week, and I definitely let him know how much he means to me, and I can’t wait until he gets back!
If you are single, you are the bomb for being so strong and doing all of the things that the rest of us take for granted!
Hey all! The road conditions today were Red on base. So, the workouts were at home. Unfortunately, the snow is still kinda deep so no running! I’m not doing a repeat of Saturday’s 16 mile workout (at least not until Sunday, and it will 18 miles then)! I don’t want to kill my ankle completely! So, it was power yoga:
Um, I was actually falling over in this pic. You try getting into a pose like this in less than 10 seconds with the camera on a timer! Then, I was too lazy to deal with trying to take a picture again!
Since the German houses are a little different than American, and in an effort to show you where I live to get a little bit more personal , here is a tour of mi casa! Or mein haus in Germany!
First Half:
Oh, and when I say, “welcome to my 3rd floor” when I’m actually on the 2nd, I mean the 2nd floor! I have no idea what I was thinking!
Second Half:
Do you have an weird things going on in your home that no one else has?
I get a lot of emails asking me what I eat to stay fueled for my 2-3 hour workouts so I thought that I would give a tour of my kitchen and fridge next week.
Back to studying!! How is your week starting off? Mine has been very productive!
I’ll leave you with a pic that was emailed to me recently. So true, so true, unfortunately!
I was a little worried about the weather for our 16 miler planned for this morning, but it really didn’t end up being that bad. I think the windchill was only at 17 degrees. Hey, it could have been way worse! I didn’t get much sleep last night because I was so nervous for this run! I have no idea why. Maybe, it was because I’d never run past 14 miles before? Luckily, I had 5 people coming to my house at 8am so I really couldn’t bail. 
Renee and I were the only ones who ran 16 miles today. This is us very happy before!
Getting ready to go!
We did not plan on wearing only red and black. It just ended up being that way. haha The roads were icy and quite scary at first!
Then, after the first .25 mile, we headed onto a trail that had ankle to mid shin deep snow. The first two people dropped out at a mile and a half of that. It was like running in sand. My legs were burning at mile 1!! I thought to myself, “How am I going to run 16 miles in this?” My breathing was heavy!
Obviously, we weren’t really dressed for this deep snow!
The snow continued to be like this for the next 6 miles. It sucked! I kept rolling my ankle. Not safe at all!
It was beautiful though. We finally hit some more ice and less snow. I really don’t know which one was worst, honestly. I ran the risk of slipping on the ice, but I kept rolling my ankle in the deep snow. At mile 9, the next two people were done, and it was just Renee and I for the final 7. Eventually, we just got sick of running on the trails and decided to hit the plowed roads with the cars. Much better only the cars weren’t really moving for us, even though they had enough room!
Once we got back on the roads, my energy came back, and I stuck to my pacing. I wasn’t that tired while running (although I’m exhausted now!), and I’m really excited for my 18 miler next weekend!
When I got home, I noticed this when I took off my shoe!
I guess I had rubbed the skin off the back of my ankle, and hadn’t even felt it because I was either in the zone or my ankles were just numb. It was probably a combination of both!
Sixteen miles, of course, is a distance record for me, and I couldn’t be more excited! If you would have told me 5 years ago that I would be training for a marathon, I would have thought you were crazy. It is amazing what can happen when you start thinking positively!
As soon as I got home, I had just enough time to shower, answer a couple of emails, and throw something together for the first official Ramstein tri party of the season! It was actually just a meeting that had food at it. We talked about where our fitness levels and triathlon experience is, and upcoming races so that we could start planning a schedule. I might have found a new swimming training partner at the meeting! I need some extra motivation there for sure!
Well, it is almost 7pm over here, and I’m already for bed. I really don’t think I have the energy to make dinner, but I’m so happy. It was an awesome day.
What are you up to this weekend? Any good training?
