Kelley Bromley

I’d like to say that I’m into fitness… I’m not where I want to be aerobically yet (I wanna get a kickass time in a 10k and I’m honest with the fact that I’m really a jogger, even though I call it running), but I’m satisfied with my upper body tone. I could use some more squats and lunges, but I’m getting there. But seriously, after seeing the movie “300″ about the Spartans, when I left the theater I just wanted to run and run, and then when I couldn’t do any more I wanted to lift boulders and learn to fight with a sword, LOL. Seriously. Watching the movie made me want to get in the zone… when you’re so worn out that you think you can’t do any more, but you push yourself further anyway so all your thoughts and mental energy are going into staying on your feet and giving it all you’ve got.

The actors in that movie did a crazy workout, where every day they did a different exercise, never focusing on single muscle or using machines, but doing things that gained real, usable strength as opposed to just aesthetics - pull ups, push ups, rings, tire flips, box jumps, dead lifts. Always switching up the routine so they wouldn’t adapt. They were trained by Mark Twight of Gym Jones at his exclusive invite-only gym - no air conditioning, no mirrors, just hard work. Crazy.

I have no delusions that I could do such a workout, but it’s very motivating. It really makes me want to push my workouts harder and increase my lift load because I know I don’t go to complete exhaustion. So I’m going to ramp it up! We’ll see how it goes :)

Well, I’ve made it home from the hospital - I still don’t feel 100%, so I’m trying to take it easy until my checkup on Monday. Mostly I just feel very tired and weak, heh, but I guess that’s what a bad infection and nothing but liquids for 5 days does to you, huh? Lionel says we can have sushi tonight, which is cool, but I still don’t have much of an appetite. Yesterday I was pretty hungry, but today not so much. Now a marshmallow peep… maybe I will find one of those :)

Anyway… I was supposed to present a poster with Bin at the Psychiatry Research Day tomorrow. I was hoping I could talk with him today for a little while to work out the poster, but I was just talking to him and he doesn’t think we have enough time now, and he wants to redo the analysis of our wildtype mouse data anyway. It kinda sucks because I wanted to get the poster on my CV… even though I really wasn’t really feeling up to doing it, I’m stubborn, so I was hoping there would be a way, but at the same time, hoping I didn’t have to. Usually at those things you have to stand up the whole time, but I was thinking I could haul a chair down and sit on that instead, heh. Anyway, I’ve emailed the organizer and Dr. Song to explain that we wouldn’t make it. Maybe next time.

Quick summary: I’ve been in the hospital for 5 days now (since Thursday). Since Friday afternoon, I have had only broth, apple juice, tea, and jello, and most times the jello may or may not come. I’ve had 3 popsicles.

Today, supper is my first meal back on REAL food! It is such a relief to not starve anymore that it is worth blogging about, LOL. For supper: cream of celery soup, fish cakes, brocolli, mashed potatoes, orange cake, apple, and tea, plus leftover apple juice, broth, and jello from my liquid-only days, heh. Woooooooo! I’m stuffed

Recently, after talking with Lionel about Easter with my family when I was little, I remembered Marshmallow Peeps… the yellow chicks in particular (for some reason the bunnies never appealed to me). Since then, I have been longing for these delicious marshmallow cuties. Now that I am in the hospital and have only had broth, apple juice, and jello since Thursday, I am become quite obsessed with them… well, Peeps and a massive, greasy, cream filled danish from Tim Hortons… which, I should add, is an odd thing for me to crave… usually I crave things like cake and muffins, or rice chips or crackers for something salty, usually not fatty things. I’m thinking it’s the starvation talking. Anyway, where was I? Ah yes… my budding Marshmallow Peep obsession.

I’m odd that way - I get an interest in something and I go full swing into it. Like scrapbooking. Took an interest, thought “why would anyone want stuff like eyelets?” but before I knew it I was suffering from massive eBaying, have hundreds of different kinds of eyelets, and at least 100 pounds of paper and cardstock. It only rivals my Sailor Moon collection from grade 8…. but that’s neither here nor there… (actually, it’s in a tote at my Mom’s house in Newfoundland, LOL.)

So yes… I was thinking if you took a Peep and roasted it on a fire the outside would get like crème brûlée and the inside would get all ooey-gooey in that delectable way only roasted marshmallow can. Mmmm… I have shared this fantasy with both Lionel and Hiu Ming, and while Lionel thinks me odd, Hiu Ming found me quite humourous and agreed to partake in Peeps Salem-style in a bonfire on a beach this summer when we go back to Newfoundland. I am sure others will follow. Hopefully I’ll get out of the hospital by tomorrow so I can buy up the supply of clearance Peeps for this wonderfully adventurous dining experience. (And apparently others have thought of this too!)

I wanted to find more about Peeps and logged onto the official Peep website, which was fun. But not clearly as fun as Peep Research! To a scientist like myself, this is where it’s at!

But this is not the end of it. I feel the need to express my love for Peeps. I have turned to eBay. This usually ends badly, lol. I have found Peep Soap, Peep keychains filled with lip gloss, Peep stuffed toys, and Peep t-shirts! W00t! I will let you know of my findings… fortunately, I have some time on my hands…