America's Healthiest and Unhealthiest States. Wisconsin ranks within the top 15 *healthiest*, which quite honestly surprises me considering our tendency to put either cheese, sausage, or beer in pretty much everything (and occasionally all three - Wisconsin Beer Cheese Soup anyone? Even if it is bacon rather than sausage, but still ( Read more... )

I have now had my annual check up (which I haven't actually had "annually" for three or four years). Got everything taken care of as far as I know ( girly TMI )

Today was actually rather productive. Worked from 12 until 3 at the YMCA, and spent most of that three hours with one of our slide attendants, Sarah, job shadowing me for lifeguarding. She now knows exactly how boring it can be, but at least she'll get paid two bucks more an hour for sitting around doing nothing. And, because she was shadowing ( Read more... )

( minor Yaying under the cut )

My pants are getting bigger! They no longer squish my stomach in at all, they just kinda... lay there. I mean, YAY losing weight (which I'm not really trying to do, honest, I just haven't been eating as much lately), but it feels weird. Like they're going to fall off one of these days. Also? I *liked* having jeans that squished my stomach in ( Read more... )

Had my allergy appointment today... The doc prescribed me a generic version of Zrytec and gave me some free samples of some of the eye drops and allergy meds they have there. And, once again, my lung capacity is way above normal, so go me! That is at least until the bill comes... then they'll probably stop functioning all together along with my ( Read more... )

So, Maren had a doctors appointment this morning to get her allergy prescriptions renewed for another year. I found out that my lungs are at 120% the average capacity then most people my height. Go me! I thought they would be below average. Heres to 4 years of choir! ::raises glass ( Read more... )