New magazine and a visit to Taj Mahal

I received this new magazine called Experience Life in the mail yesterday and I am in love already. I won a subscription and I couldn’t be more excited to have something fresh to read. I am quite the magazine collector, but I am determined to read these cover to cover and pass them onto my mom or health conscious co-worker.

I read a few articles while waiting for my smart husband to fix a server last night. We had to drive the forty minutes out to his work so he could fix it. Poor guy. That’s when I am glad my job doesn’t require such things.

I had physical therapy after work today and I got the clearance to have this be my last session! I biked for 8 minutes, used the rubberband to move my ankle to the right and then to the left, went up on my tip toes a bunch of times and I balanced pretty steadily for a while. I guess all of my resting this week paid off. Oh and she left me with the pain patch below, which I have to wear for six hours.

Since I stayed on my butt most of the week, I was ready to hit the gym after therapy! I was still very careful with my foot though and kept it safe by walking on the treadmill, lifting weights and balancing on the bosu. I can’t wait for some longer gym sessions this weekend.

And because I was craving Indian food earlier this week, Craig suggested we go out for Indian food tonight and I can never pass up that opportunity! Did you think we really went to the Taj Mahal because of my title? I wish! That is one place I have always dreamed of traveling to. The restaurant we went to was called the Taj Mahal (local readers–it’s in Hales Corners and always very good).

We shared a Mango Lassi. I let Craig drink most of it because I didn’t want to get too full from the drink.

I got “the usual” which is Paneer Tikka Masala. The menu now calls it Paneer Butter Masala though and it was quite buttery tasting.

Yum! We can never get Indian food without ordering naan too. So good! If I was able to choose my last meal on earth, this would be it.

The night is still young so I’m going to sign off! I’ll be back sometime over the weekend. Have a lovely Friday evening.

Blogging mojo

I know I’m not the only one who has lost their blogging mojo lately and chosen to live life for what it is vs. writing about it. I keep reading about others just like me and then I don’t feel so bad. Don’t get me wrong, I love blogging, it’s only that I am sometimes too tired to do it and choose to do other things.

So today will be a short post because I don’t have a ton to say and because I guess I’d rather read blogs lately than write my own.

I had physical therapy yesterday and it went well. I have to pick up cotton balls with my toes, so that’s interesting. It will strengthen the muscles in my foot. I also learned one new to me exercise and I got the ok to bike at the gym and do the elliptical if it’s not painful. I was so excited to get some cardio in so I biked after my therapy and it felt great. The good news is that my ankle is no longer experiencing a dull aching pain like it did on Sunday night, which made it very hard to fall asleep.

I had this delicious tofu scramble for lunch and it tasted just like eggs. I would buy this again and it would have been the perfect thing for breakfast instead of lunch. I paired it with some broccoli and red peppers and an Oikos Key Lime greek yogurt.

I lay my outfits out the night before so I can act quickly in the morning. After seeing a co-worker post something about wearing red today for equal pay day on Facebook, I realized my shirt had to go from a planned turquoise one to a red one.

Can you believe that women are paid less than men and it’s 2012? Come on society, be a little more forward thinking. It’s a topic that has always gotten me going ever since I heard that women were paid less and I couldn’t quite wrap my head around why or how. Like my husband said tonight, this isn’t the 1800′s. Even then, it wouldn’t have been ok.

And like the guys I was eavesdropping on tonight said, “women are stupid for not asking for more money. They do all the work anyway.”

I was hungry after meditating tonight and couldn’t quite figure out what I wanted for dinner. I looked through the pantry, fridge and freezer and nothing looked appetizing. So, my husband got Taco Bell and I got vegetarian sushi at the grocery store. We needed a few food items there anyway and sushi was really the only thing that sounded good (besides Indian food and I am convinced someone could make a ton of money by opening up an Indian “fast” food joint).

Dessert was a blood orange Chobani while watching a PBS Secrets of the Dead episode about the Lost City of Z and Colonel Fawcett. We’re history nerds, so if his story doesn’t sound familiar, don’t feel too bad.

Time to check out some of your lovely blogs and then get to bed early. Craig and I are both really tired today.