Last night after I got done gardening, I ate two HUGE plates of spaghetti with meat sauce. I was starving, probably because my prodigious lunch (spinach lasagna and two whole-grain blueberry pancakes) had worn off, as had my matzo-and-tahini with carrots snack ( Read more... )

Last night I got my first mosquito bite of the season - right below my left eye. How the heck I missed a mosquito landing there and biting me is beyond me. I'm guessing I was busy digging in the dirt and assumed it was my hair, which tends to flop annoyingly in that vicinity. I don't react well to mosquitoes, generally swelling up far more than a ( Read more... )

Yes, yes I can go to bed at 1 am and wake up for opening at 7:30 ( Read more... )

So tired today. The only reason I am awake right now is because I promised Anna I'd meet her for tea at 10. Missed a poem yesterday, oops. Gonna take me a bit to find the positive side of today, but I'm sure I will. Might skip pushups, too. I will feel guilty about this, but such is life.

I'm going to have to start reminding myself that fencing ( Read more... )

I fixed the Dreygon!

I BROKE the Dreygon!

Hooray. Yeah, somebody didn't seat the valve cover gasket correctly, so it popped out and spewed some oil around, and THEN  ended up snapping one of the cover studs by overtorquing it with her wee 14 mm socket. Oops. It's also doing this weird coughing thing when it's cold and shifting. Perhaps this is an ECU ( Read more... )

"Most obese and overweight people are unable to shed pounds and keep them off with dieting and exercise."

Quoted from 'Brown' Fat Could Offer Key to Weight Loss. The article doesn't say whether they are unable to shed pounds and keep them off with dieting and exercise because it doesn't work or because they lack the willpower to keep it up. I ( Read more... )

I have so much to do, and only a day to do it! Where are my rest and relaxation?

My body and I are fighting again. I say, "I feed you! I exercise you! I even get you back rubs and hot tubs when I can! Why do you persist in not sailing effortlessly through the rigors of the day?!"
My body says, "Wah, I am tired, even though you don't feel like I am ( Read more... )

Must have overdone it yesterday, because today is groggy and tired. A good thing I did not go out last night, I think, and probably a 'good thing' (ugh) I have work tonight, so I can't run off to practice and wear myself out more. It's so hard to slow down; there's so much to do! And if I don't feel poorly, I don't see a reason to be lax... oh well ( Read more... )