It's been a busy couple of days around here. Sort of. The last two nights I resolved not to sit in front of the computer when I got home, but instead to do something else relaxing. Tuesday night it was a "family" dinner with G-Hopp and SHG, he made some awesome steaks and then we sat around the table chatting and drinking wine (well they drank wine, I had whiskey because it is less unfriendly to my diet). Last night I got home around 5 and promptly took a nap with Bucky (big, cuddly black lab), then got up, read my book, and drifted off to sleep. I seem to have gotten to a point in my life where I have to force time to relax. Mind you, messing on the computer, writing blog entries, and reading what's going on in the world is relaxing to me - much like TV is for many people. But I sit in front of a computer all day and sell/support software, so parking in front of the machine again when I get home is probably not a good idea. I do walk the pups nearly every day, sometimes twice.
Had some really bad nightmares last night. Ugh. Super Ugh. Ueber UGH.
Speaking of diets, I am down 12 pounds from where I started. Yay! I can feel it in my jeans - the fat jeans I had to buy about 6 weeks ago that sparked this whole thing are put away. Also, I am in one notch deeper on my belt! I still have a long way to go to where I am "supposed" to be, but another 15 and I think I will be happy. Now, if I got down to 170 where the charts claim my short, thick and stocky self should be I think I'd look pretty silly. The diet is not too hard to stick with, except in times of stress when I eat for comfort. Oh, and I can no longer walk into Starbucks - the smell of the baked goods drives me nuts. Otherwise, having read much of the South Beach book and the Atkins book I can say that SB is more about changing your behavior and junk-eating habits than anything else. I used to have junk for lunch at least 5 times a week, drink way too much beer, etc. I needed to stop all of that for my heart anyway. So, no fast food, keeping the carbs low-ish, and being rational about it all is paying off. I fell off the wagon a couple of times, but gaining that pound back a day later will put your ass right back on it.
Anyway, also been busy getting ready for SPE in Dallas next week, SHG and I leave tomorrow for the weekend and come back Wednesday. It will be good to get away for a few days. All of my friends have left Dallas since I lived there, but he's got a couple so we'll do a little visiting. And who knows, maybe we'll see Mark at The Eagle.
Right now I am taking a break as I work from home, waiting for the damned cleaners to show up. I am so very sick and tired of service people. The last cleaning company, well, sucked. I need lesbians to clean my house, like SHG has.
I guess the real reason I have not posted for 48 hours is that I liked the previous one so much!
