  Second post of the day.  I'm on a roll.  So,  a friend and I ( I'll stick to proper grammar)  decided that,
 in true Bridget Jones's form,  we would maintain a log of our daily consumption in an effort to perfect ourselves into true goddesses.  Here we go.  Tuesday,  June 8 2004 Liquids:  3 bottles of Poland Spring,
 one small cup of coffee with skim milk and 2 Equals,  one bottle of Snapple Diet Lime Green Tea ( half of which was snorted up my nose when Lucy attempted to kill me.  see footnote below)  and 4 additional glasses of water.  Solids:
 Scrambled egg yolk substitute ( cholesterol and fat- free)  with mushrooms and ketchup,  one Special K cereal bar ( strawberry flavored)
 3 Entennman's chocolate chip cookies,  turkey sandwich on toasted rye bread with light mayo,  salted cashews,  2 Effexor chocolate chip cookies ( aka,  "
happy cookies"  see footnote below)  for dinner-  1/ 2 cup rice,  cauliflower,
 one piece of chicken and daal;  2 scoops of Heath Nut Toffee swirl frozen yogurt,  and one Russell Stover Sugar- Free milk chocolate truffle.  Ciggies:  None,
 as long as second- hand doesn't count.  Music:  Madonna,  in preparation for concert next week.  Must memorize all lyrics.
 Exercise:  20 minutes on Stairmaster,  followed by 1 hour of Boot Camp.  am in intense pain.  muscles that I didn't know I had are aching. am worried that will not be able to move at all tomorrow.
 Considering giving body a break tomorrow.  Footnote Number One-  The Snapple incident So,  I've been trying to contact a co- author on one of Maria's papers for about a week.  He's in Spain and is Spanish-
speaking only.  I write him a kind yet forceful email today asking him to Puh- lease send me back the things I sent him.  I asked Lucy to do a quick grammar check since my written Spanish is kinda rusty.  She started to read it in a totally thick American accent,  as I was taking a sip of my Snapple.
 I lunged at my garbage can so that the snapple I coughed up would fall in there.  However,  the Snapple also came up my nose.  and I'm almost certain through my eye sockets as well.  My throat,  nose and eyes were sore for quite some time.
 Footnote Number Two-  The Effexor Cookies Please note the that " happy cookies"  do not actually have any form of antidepressant in them ( or so say the pharmaceutical reps who give them to us on a weekly basis.  They are,
 however,  given to us by the company that provides us with Effexor,  hence the name Effexor cookies.  In the upcoming weeks,  since we do work in a research facility,  we plan to conduct a study to see if Effexor cookie intake has any effect on mood.
 We are starting to think that they are indeed happy- pills ( as evidenced by fits of laughter following consumption)  ( I guess they're just a notch above Lithium laced ice cream)  Goals for the next week:
 Reduce cookie intake.  Increase water intake.
