On Vox: A pleasant weekend
Let me start off this post by announcing the very good news. As of yesterday, I've found it necessary to tighten my belt by another notch. As I was walking through the office in the morning, I felt my jeans start to do the "let's wiggle down the hips" dance. This rather excited me.
Granted, I'm mystified by this discovery, as the scales at the mall announced two weeks ago that I haven't lost much if any weight. It says I'm still at 277 pounds. (Which might be down by five to eight pounds, but that's it.) And yet, I'm tightening my belt. And this is after going from a 44 waist to a 42 waist. And to be honest, I don't care what the scales say, as long as I continue to inch towards the physical dimensions I had back in high school.
This past weekend, I had a pleasant time at my parents' house. I left work a couple hours early so that I could pack and give Precious time to settle before I put her in her kennel for the two hour drive. I ended up getting to PA around 8pm. That evening, my parents and I just sat around the house and had a pleasant chat.
Precious spent the first twenty four hours or so having issues with the presence of the (increasingly mis-named) barn cats. She apparently felt threatened by them. But eventually, she figured out that they'd run away from her if she chased them, so that became a sport for her. I'm waiting for the day the barn cats decide it's time to chase her!
Saturday, we ended up watching a couple of movies, but otherwise just spent the day enjoying each other's company and chatting some more. Apparently, they'd never seen "A Series of Unfortunate Events" before, which shocked me. So that was one of the movies we watched. They both enjoyed it, and it was good for a few laughs.
Sunday, we had the traditional ham dinner for Easter. I even brought home some leftovers. (I plan to make a ham sandwich to bring to work for lunch, but I keep getting home too late to do it.) Sunday evening, my aunt and uncle came over to visit, so I ended up leaving for Rochester later than I planned. However, it ended up being a nice visit, and I got to find out how some of my cousins are doing. I even got to see video clips from Chris's one mile race at the Division II National Championships for indoor track and field.
Overall, it was a pleasant weekend.
Originally posted on jarredharris.vox.com