dear diary
Got my hair cut a couple of days ago which was the end of the blond tips left over from Burning Man. I always forget that I like how I look with short hair. Not sure if I'll dye it again before the holidays but it's nice to keep the ultra conservative side of my family guessing about me :)
I kept seeing expensive bottles of fake kitty pheromones in the pets stores and finally found some for a decent price on Amazon and ordered it. It's marketed mostly as a way to keep cats from spraying and clawing, but also as a way to calm nervous cats (i.e. when you're introducing a new cat to a house or taking them to the vet). Lily and Orange have never gotten along so I wanted to see if it would help. I got a couple of the diffusers and a spray bottle. The spray showed up a couple of days ago and has already made a huge difference in their behavior. Orange is way less aggressive and both of them seem a lot more relaxed. Yesterday when I got home from the gym they were both curled up on the same couch! Not cuddling or anything, but sharing a couch is huge - they hardly wanted to share a room before. I'm a little worried that it's making them too mellow, but Orange is her usual rambunctious self when she's outside so I think it's OK.
Went to the gym Monday and Tuesday. Taking today off since my calves are sore. I "ran" 3.5 miles on the elliptical machine on Monday, 3.1 miles (5K) of it in 28 minutes. Not going to win me any marathons. but pretty good for me. Yesterday I tried to use the treadmill, but that's still much harder for me so I'm going to stick with the elliptical until I lose some more weight. I'm at my all-time high weight again, but strangely, not feeling completely disgusted with myself about it and trying to keep it in mind so that I eat better. I've been making yogurt (nonfat), banana and frozen fruit (mango today) smoothies for breakfast.
I kept seeing expensive bottles of fake kitty pheromones in the pets stores and finally found some for a decent price on Amazon and ordered it. It's marketed mostly as a way to keep cats from spraying and clawing, but also as a way to calm nervous cats (i.e. when you're introducing a new cat to a house or taking them to the vet). Lily and Orange have never gotten along so I wanted to see if it would help. I got a couple of the diffusers and a spray bottle. The spray showed up a couple of days ago and has already made a huge difference in their behavior. Orange is way less aggressive and both of them seem a lot more relaxed. Yesterday when I got home from the gym they were both curled up on the same couch! Not cuddling or anything, but sharing a couch is huge - they hardly wanted to share a room before. I'm a little worried that it's making them too mellow, but Orange is her usual rambunctious self when she's outside so I think it's OK.
Went to the gym Monday and Tuesday. Taking today off since my calves are sore. I "ran" 3.5 miles on the elliptical machine on Monday, 3.1 miles (5K) of it in 28 minutes. Not going to win me any marathons. but pretty good for me. Yesterday I tried to use the treadmill, but that's still much harder for me so I'm going to stick with the elliptical until I lose some more weight. I'm at my all-time high weight again, but strangely, not feeling completely disgusted with myself about it and trying to keep it in mind so that I eat better. I've been making yogurt (nonfat), banana and frozen fruit (mango today) smoothies for breakfast.