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Sunday Weigh In…
Darn. Gained 2lbs. But lost a teeny tiny bit in both my hips and my waist.
I knew I wasn’t going to lose this week, as I have not been able to exercise *at all*. The cyst is right around my shoulder blade, so any movement pulls on it and it hurts. And I tried to do my crunches/adductors/etc but that either made me have to lie on the cyst or really move my shoulder for position. So no exercise this week.
Today it is feeling much better, albeit ITCHY, and I am hoping to do some aerobics and strength today. I have a new DVD I am wanting to try, which has low impact and some abs/back work on it.
So its another week and hopefully I’ll do better. Don’t think I’ll make my first goal of 10lbs gone by 31st July, however. Oh well!
Posting Fool Today
Saw doc this morning. Still oozing pus. She had the nurse take another swab. I get the first results on Tuesday and the next ones on Thursday. She think she’ll need to give me another course of penicillin before this is all over.
Simon is actually enjoying squeezing it for me. He’s such a boy!
So first the doc poked it OUCH. Then the nurse squeezed and poked some more for her swab DOUBLE OUCH!
Mean medical professionals.
And we are at the July 12th holiday here in Northern Ireland. Enjoy the parades and the bonfires!! Simon and I will be, as usual, hiding in the flat until its over.
I find myself, these days…
going more and more ‘crunchy granola’.
I use reusable bags for all my shopping. I try to buy organic and free range and fair trade products. I am considering buying a few of these.
I am not really doing it because I think I can save the planet. I don’t really think the planet needs saving. Or that we can save it. I think the planet has been around for 100000000000000s of years and will be just fine on its own.
I do it because I prefer it. I’d rather have a shopping bag that I can sling over my shoulder rather than one that I have to carry in my hands. I prefer the taste of organic and free range. I want to help my fellow man by making sure they get a fair price for their work. And like the idea that these fold out to a placemat, since I often eat at my desk.
So I may appear ‘crunchy granola’ but I guess I am really not.
In other news, shoulder still oozing pus. B pointed out last night, on IM, that I am deriving some bit of pleasure from telling people about my pussy shoulder. She’s right. Its fun grossing people out!
I.Am.Such.A.Geek.
I think I’ve checked my Analytics report 10000 times since Jeff and I got it working.
I.Am.Such.A.Geek.
Kinda slow day at the office yesterday, and I mentioned my blog to the ‘girls’ and now they are all reading this. As I told them, I put nothing in here I wouldn’t say to their faces. Hi girls!
Went to bed at 8:30 last night with a headache. Still feel a bit headachey. And of course, since I went to bed so early, I got up at 4:40a. Still, that’s 7 hours of sleep!
Long weekend coming up. Can.Not.Wait.
First of All
A big thank you to my brother, Jeff, for helping me get Google Analytics to work on this here blog. Now I not only know how many people are hitting here, but what part of the world they are from and which posts they are reading!
In other news, as part of my get fit and healthy plan, I’ve been cutting down on caffeine. And starting today, removing it more or less from my life. I am drinking my first cup of decaffeinated coffee. I am not really sure what the point of decaf is, other than the taste of coffee (and it does taste like coffee, thank god), but I am not quite ready to give up coffee altogether!
And I doubt I will never have another cup with caffeine in it. Just not nearly as much as I used to!
Next on my list of things to dump from my life is refined sugar. Yeah, that ones not going to be quite so easy…
Sunday Weigh In!!
Lost another 1.2 lbs! GO ME!
Also another inch around my waist and 1/2 inch around my hips.
So 2.4lbs lost total. 7.6 to go to my first goal…
So, Is The Corn As High As An Elephant’s Eye?
Happy Birthday America! Everyone have some cake for me!!
Simon and I were once again planning a picnic. Simon and I are once again not having said picnic because all I can see out there is clouds. And a fierce wind blowing the trees.
Yesterday it rained so hard that water was gushing into one of our buildings so hard it looked like a waterfall. Now, the building has always leaked (yes, yes I do live in Belfast. No, we can’t seem to build water proof buildings, thanks for asking) but never where the waterfall was happening. YIKES!
We are starting a betting pool in my office…will the new building leak? I am betting yes.
A Blast From the Past
I had another bad night. I woke up at 4:40 and haven’t gotten back to sleep. I tried for about 20 minutes, doing relaxation and guided breathing. No dice.
So I got up about 5 and logged in. And in my email box is a message. At first, I will admit, I stared at the name going, she knows me, who the hell is that? Boarding School? My job in California? Univers…OMG ITS R!!! (I don’t want to use names here).
R and I were best friends for many years at the University of Iowa. We lived on the same hall our first year, which is how we met. Then we lived down the hall from each other our second year. Then we shared an apartment out third year. And then we had a huge fight and never spoke again.
And then there she was, in my inbox, having searched for, I’m not sure what, and found me. 15ish years later.
And it was just the boost I needed today.
I admire her for taking the chance and sending me the email. I mean, our friendship really ended badly. But as she said, that was years ago. And she’s right.
So thanks for doing that google search R. So glad you’re back in my life. Even if its only through email!!!
First Full Week on SparkPeople…
Only lost .2 of a lb *but* lost 1 inch in my waist and 1 inch in my hips. So a decent week!
Thought I was going to lose at least a pound this week, but c’est la vie. Next week is another week!
In other news, back to work tomorrow. And that thing that made me so happy? The other day? That I said I couldn’t share yet? Is that the AICAMML gave his notice. This coming week is his last week. I literally danced around my living room. I spoke briefly to my boss and he is, of course, less than thrilled, since it makes his life really hard. Accounts Manager is suppose to be on Maternity Leave until September, so we need to find someone else ASAP. Especially with our yearly Audit coming up in about 3 weeks.
But I am so feckin’ happy about it. He is such an idiot, and so bad at the job, I will be relieved to see the back of him. And I don’t think I’ll be the only one to be happy about this.