Winning the Stripes Challenge

I managed to wear stripes the whole work week as per my challenge from a colleague. On Thursday I wore this outfit:

And on Friday I wore this outfit (which means I met the challenge!):

 

 

 

I'm still feeling under the weather, but I managed to get through the week and not miss any work. I'm still really tired, have an irritated, sore throat, slight cough, and red eyes. I hope that I feel better by my grad school interview on Monday!

My husband has just finished his first week on the job and is doing well. It is strange to be at home alone for a couple of hours (as alone as you can be with three to five dogs). Once I get my energy back, I think it would be a good time of day to work out.

I've been enjoying watching The Voice which is the only TV show I make sure to take time to watch. I have a song stuck in my head that was sung by Melanie Martinez. It is "Cough Syrup" by Young the Giant. I've never heard of them, but I just got through listening to several songs of theirs on YouTube. I really enjoyed it. I guess I do need to try to listen to some new music more often. Also, if you really listen to the lyrics it sounds pretty depressing, but the lead singer of the band said it is about wanting to break out and do something different than what suburbia expects of you (not drugs or suicide). I like that interpretation of it the best. Anyway, here is the video of Young the Giant performing it.

I've been pretty much eating the same things I pictured in my earlier posts this week. I've been snacking a lot and drinking much more diet pop than usual to help keep my energy up while working. I just hope that I can at least maintain for this week. Now that the weekend is here, I can maybe take naps instead of eating sugar and drinking caffeine.