Friday Randomness and $50

TGIF!!!

I cannot be happier that it’s almost the weekend. What a long week.

And I could not be happier with how my first attempt at bike commuting went this week. I learned a lot of things that one day and will be tweaking each ride to get better and more efficient in the process.

A testament to my fitness level: I was NOT too sore to ride my bike home on Wednesday. I was a little worried that I’d have 9 hours to tighten up all day at work and then I’d be sore on the bike. That was not the case. In fact, I was faster on the way home!

Not only that, I woke up on Thursday not sore at all! I was expecting to be crippled and I was not. My butt is not sore, my legs feel fine. I did have some stiffness in my right hip but it’s not painful.

Something else I noticed about commuting by bike: I was less stressed. Sometimes commuting to work makes me crazy because traffic will be bad and it will take a long time, or with all the construction there’s detours and of course, idiot drivers. Riding my bike was so much less stressful than driving.

The Diet

I have to admit that I am ready to be done with the diet. I dislike feeling “restricted” in what I can eat and I miss chocolate! Period! It has just been a very long week and I’m physically and mentally exhausted. I have no idea how my weigh-in will go on Saturday. I hope I see something for my efforts this week. If I don’t see even a 1 pound loss, I’ll be greatly disappointed (and probably irritated too).

There was carrot cake at work on Thursday. It smelled so good and it had delicious looking frosting…mmm! It was hard to resist it but I didn’t have even a bite.

I feel like the one positive that the Sugar Detox and this Diet has done is renew my resolve and willpower. It’s easier to pass by sweets and treats and junk without eating it.

Now for the $50…

On my walk Wednesday I found a $50 bill on the ground. I kept walking and didn’t pick it up. My first thought was, “It’s not mine.” My second thought was, “Someone else probably needs it more than me.” I kept walking and then thought, “Wait a second. Why didn’t I pick it up?” I decided to go back and get it, if it was still there.

I was having a really crappy day for a lot of reasons. I told myself that in fact, the Universe was trying to make it up to me with the $50. 🙂 Of course, by the time I got back it was gone. I’d like to think that someone in desperate need picked it up (or the person that dropped it realized they did and retrieved it). As I went back to work, I was equal parts accepting of it (because it wasn’t mine) and equal parts pissed at myself for not picking it up.

QUESTION: What would you have done? Picked it up? Finder’s Keepers? Or leave it, hoping the owner would find it?