Thus far, today is a good day. It's a refreshing change from how the other days have been. I mean, they haven't been bad but they've been stressful for both Hubbyfink and myself. I've had good news about several different work projects which has almost made up for the (many) times over the past couple of weeks when I wanted to burst into tears from ( Read more... )

Oreo has put on a couple of pounds since his vet visit in February. At that time he was sixteen pounds. As of the beginning of August, he's eighteen pounds and I've been fretting that we're harming him by not keeping his weight in check. Today I've been reading up on Ragdolls -- which I think he is, at least partly, due to his nature and physique ( Read more... )

In less than twenty-four hours and within fifteen miles of riding with combo clipless/platform pedals, I decided that I'd rather have dual-sided clipless pedals. Luckily, based upon my enthusiasm for the new pedals, Scott decided Saturday morning that he wanted a set as well. En route to the shop, I asked Scott if he'd like my pedals on his bike ( Read more... )

A couple of months ago, I fretted about starting perimenopause due to night sweats and insomnia. Some people suggested a medication as the culprit and I pooh-poohed the idea since I'd been on those meds for months with no ill effects. Well, it turns out that the cause was a too-high dose of Cymbalta. My shrink cut the dose by a third to stop manic ( Read more... )

This evening was absolutely glorious. I got home from the orthodontist just before dark and had to take Circe out for a short ( >5 miles) ride. I rode through the neighborhood on the other side of the boulevard and picked up the W&OD for the return home. But as I approached my hopping off point, I had to keep on going. I could smell someone's ( Read more... )

I found out last week how much the stomach flu sucks. You know, I've always thought that food poisoning was a quick and dirty unpleasantness, but it turns out that stomach flu is the quick one. I spent one day hurling and another day and a half doing the other symptom of stomach flu while burning and freezing with fever. I also lost five pounds in ( Read more... )

Thursday: Found mojo. Kicked @ss and took names. ( Got hairs whacked after work. )

I had the most bizarre dream earlier this week: I was a serial killer. I attacked and killed my friends, disposed of the evidence, and evaded capture and suspicion. Toward the end of the dream I realized that I was dreaming and didn't want to be seeing and doing such horrific things. I don't remember exactly who I killed and even if I did, I ( Read more... )

Got up this morning and hit the neighborhood loop for a quick three mile walk. The daffodils, tulips, hyacinth, tulip trees, forsythia, ornamental pears and ornamental cherries are in bloom and so many yards looked like springtime fantasies with the riot of color. The skies were overcast and the wind chilly, but the colors were so bright and ( Read more... )

Still feeling pretty high on life. Been kicking @ss at work today and impressing the heck out of Bossman. The cherry on the cupcake of my week is having tomorrow off so I can retrieve zipmeister and boyfriend from the airport for a fun-filled long weekend ( Read more... )