Last night I had a dream that my sister and I got lost and stuck in London traffic because I couldn't find good parking in front of the Museum of Cosmetics.  My sister was so mad at me...

Edited to add: I texted my sister about the dream, and her response was "well, they really DO need better parking at the Makeup Museum."  Ha!

But before that, I ( Read more... )

When you tell your trainer that your masseuse chastised you for having an underdeveloped, overworked lower back from all the sitting at a desk you do all day, and you ask said trainer to help you work those muscles a lot more, be aware that you may not be able to stand up straight for a week or more.  Or turn around to look at things.  Or go down ( Read more... )

I am in no-spend-money mode before I travel, and it's KILLING ME.  It's spring, and there is SO much I want to see/do and I am in a constant state of thinking I need new cute warm-weather clothes.  So, anyone who wants to spend gobs of time loafing around in parks and doing other things that are free for the next three weeks, please give a girl a ( Read more... )

I've been quite good lately, with going to the gym and occasionally eating foods that aren't chocolate (shut up, it was Easter).  I even lost a few pounds, which is really really hard for me.  I started getting into the groove of workouts and conquered the damned elliptical machine - things were good.

My body seems to have regrouped after its ( Read more... )

I've lost about 6 pounds since I started my new job (early Feb.)  On purpose.  Which means something that I did actually worked.  This is excellent ( Read more... )

I joined a new gym this weekend, right near my house (as in, around the corner - it's awesome.)  I am trying something new - in the past, I used to work out for a long time (say an hour and a half) and lament the slowness with with I saw any results.  Also, my lazy-ass stepmother worked out next to me a while back and while I went to town on the ( Read more... )

My landlord called and just raised my rent. Am having some sort of karmic backlash or something. Maybe I kicked puppies in a former life. Why couldn't he have just waited until the end of the year when I'd be getting more money ( Read more... )