'No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic.'

-Carrie Fisher

It's funny really. I was just grousing to myself the other day that I'm still on such a burdensome calorie restriction and yet, the numbers on the scale didn't seem to be changing any. I had realxed things quite a bit while ( Read more... )

I'd gotten fat ( Read more... )

So I went to the doctor yesterday for the first time in quite a while. There were some issues that ended up conspiring to keep me from there, not the least of which is my dislike for doctors. I don't think I have ever had a really positive experience going to the doctor and usually, all I'm hoping for is that there isn't some piece of truly ( Read more... )

Lately, there's been a bout of stomach flu running through most of the family. At least, I'm guessing that it's the stomach flu. It started with Maddie vomiting at night for no explicable reason and then made its way through Will, Jeff, my mom, Grandma and Shelley too. I've had a few run-ins with the stomach flu in my life and I have absolutely no ( Read more... )