48 Hours and Counting!
48 hours since what, you say? Well, my self-inflicted exercise in will power and self control. I will explain.
Thursday I worked a 10-hour day, driving to and from meetings pretty much all day. (and all those meetings were in Tulsa, which is an hour and a half away in the first place.) So I was pretty bedraggled when I got back. (Oh, and I nearly had an accident in the morning, just down the street from the office - my car was fine, her car was fine, we went our separate ways, but it still freaked me out.)
Anyway, Thursday was a tough day, after a long, moderately tough week. One of our stops was at the Doubletree Warren Place hotel, which will be the site of our Society of Professional Engineers meeting next year. It's a very nice place, with a restaurant with a four-diamond rating from AAA.
One of their signature hospitality gestures is to serve Doubletree specialty chocolate chip cookies to all guests on check-in. We were given a tin of them on our departure, and split them up back at the office.
I really REALLY wanted one, but I was afraid I was feeling too tired to go to the gym, so I decided I could either skip that, or have a cookie. Then, I did go to the gym after all, but when I got back, I was like, I don't need this cookie, I can wait a little longer. So I gave myself 24 hours to ignore them - sitting on top of the fridge.
My siblings actually had to remind me when that time had past. I took them down, but thought, I don't reallyreally want one right now, I can wait. And then I took a cookie, broke it into pieces and gave it to the family members there.
I came home from a team meeting today and found that the cookie tin had been moved to my room. My first reaction was "oh no!" but then I realized I didn;t have to give into temptation just because they were there. (I did "reallyreally" want them at that point, but wasn't going to give in just because of the proximity.)
It's now been more than 48 hours and I still haven't tasted a crumb! They're pretty fabulous cookies, too.
So, how long do you guys think I can, should go? Should I allow myself part or all of one of the remaining cookies? Both? If so, what should be the task that I reward myself for? Or should I just give them away completely?
I realize this is slightly maschochistic of me, but whatever works, huh?
Thursday I worked a 10-hour day, driving to and from meetings pretty much all day. (and all those meetings were in Tulsa, which is an hour and a half away in the first place.) So I was pretty bedraggled when I got back. (Oh, and I nearly had an accident in the morning, just down the street from the office - my car was fine, her car was fine, we went our separate ways, but it still freaked me out.)
Anyway, Thursday was a tough day, after a long, moderately tough week. One of our stops was at the Doubletree Warren Place hotel, which will be the site of our Society of Professional Engineers meeting next year. It's a very nice place, with a restaurant with a four-diamond rating from AAA.
One of their signature hospitality gestures is to serve Doubletree specialty chocolate chip cookies to all guests on check-in. We were given a tin of them on our departure, and split them up back at the office.
I really REALLY wanted one, but I was afraid I was feeling too tired to go to the gym, so I decided I could either skip that, or have a cookie. Then, I did go to the gym after all, but when I got back, I was like, I don't need this cookie, I can wait a little longer. So I gave myself 24 hours to ignore them - sitting on top of the fridge.
My siblings actually had to remind me when that time had past. I took them down, but thought, I don't reallyreally want one right now, I can wait. And then I took a cookie, broke it into pieces and gave it to the family members there.
I came home from a team meeting today and found that the cookie tin had been moved to my room. My first reaction was "oh no!" but then I realized I didn;t have to give into temptation just because they were there. (I did "reallyreally" want them at that point, but wasn't going to give in just because of the proximity.)
It's now been more than 48 hours and I still haven't tasted a crumb! They're pretty fabulous cookies, too.
So, how long do you guys think I can, should go? Should I allow myself part or all of one of the remaining cookies? Both? If so, what should be the task that I reward myself for? Or should I just give them away completely?
I realize this is slightly maschochistic of me, but whatever works, huh?