Stream of Consciousness

I've been craving salads.  Wow.

I went to the gym yesterday, and plan to do so again tomorrow.

I had the last week of December off from work. I think it helped me tremendously.  I was fairly busy, but I had downtime, too.  Going back to work was hard, but I'm trying to keep a better attitude.

Dec 22 was two years since Mom's death.  It's still hard to believe.

I went to the wellness clinic 2 weeks ago.  I'm up 18 lbs from my lowest. I think 8 lbs of those came on in December alone.  I'm so glad December is over.

My cousin is still with me. It's going pretty well, and I'm glad to have her here, but I sure wish I had more room.  My two bedroom place just isn't big enough for the two of us and all my crap!!!  She's excited because she finally got full time work, and today she signed up for two classes to finally continue her education.  I'm very excited for her.  It's been a long time coming.

I got an estimate on enclosing my back balcony, and it's just too much money.  $4,500!!  I had hoped to turn that into my office since my cousin is now living in that room and I don't have access to my stuff whenever I want.  I wonder if my father had gotten the estimate if it would be as high.  When I had to replace my entire A/C unit, I got an estimate for $4K.  When my father got estimates, it was $2,900 for the exact same unit. Funny how that happened.

I have a closet full of clothes that I barely fit in.  The ones I do fit in, I'm not happy with how I look.  I have a conference coming up in a month, and if I don't drop at least 10 lbs by then, I'm going to have a hard time dressing appropriately for it.  My dept hosts it, and it's a lot of time on my feet, entertaining, etc.  And a lot of eating.  Blech.  I have dinner out Friday & Saturday night.  Hockey on Monday night; therapy on Tuesday night, walking at the beach on Wednesday night (!!!), and then Mr. Seger on Thursday night.  I've never seen him in concert before. I'm very excited about it.