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My Life Thus Far
2006-05-09 01:02:38 (UTC)

What An Epiphany...

Where have all my readers gone? I remember when I use to
get 5 or 6 messages a day. Now I'm lucky to get one every
5 or 6 days. What a switch. Is it because my life isn't as
tempestuous as it once was? Maybe. Things have quieted
down lately. I just don't have much to complain about.
Which is a good thing. Only, now I'm not getting any
attention :( I guess the world doesn't revolve around me
after all. What an epiphany...

Whatever illness descended upon my household this weekend,
just as quickly retreated. Thankfully, without touching
either one of the children. The last thing anyone wants is
a vomiting child (or children, in my case). I'm thinking
maybe Snookums had food poisoning and I had an IBS attack.
I did have a piece of Reese's peanut butter pie the night
before and if anything would bring on an attack, that most
certainly would. I just hadn't thought about it until
today. I'm such an idiot sometimes. I'm all better now.
So, whatever it was, it's over now.

This morning when I got on the scale I was SHOCKED to see
144 pounds!!! Lately, I haven't even been trying to lose
weight. I've been following my 7 day calorie cycle loosely
and writing everything down in my food diary. I haven't
exceeded my recommended calorie allowance once and
amazingly, it's working! No starvation, no 3 hour long
workouts, no voodoo or magical spells. Just "normal"
eating and exercise habits. With very little obsession
involved. I didn't think it was possible to lose weight
without eating under 1000 calories a day, but obviously I
was wrong. As I am with many other things...

Snookums has duty tonight. For the first time since he got
home on Tuesday. It's sad to say, but I don't even really
miss him terribly. I've made a life for myself without him
and when he comes home, he disrupts it. Having him around
is more like a vacation than normal life. It's like I'm a
single mother with a boyfriend that comes around once in
awhile. It's weird, but that's how it feels. Kiki has even
been shy around him. Which hurts Snookums deeply, because
Kiki has been a Daddy's girl from the moment she was born.
Now she comes to me when she's hurt or sleepy, or needs a
hug. I hope as she gets older, she learns to accept
Daddy's comings and goings without having so long of an
adjustment period. Annie has come to accept our life. So,
there's hope for Kiki.

Aside from going to the gym, depositing my paycheck into
my checking account and making a new rose arrangement for
my bedroom. I didn't do much. I did, however, go Mother's
Day shopping for my in-laws. I got them both the same
thing, since they have similar interests, but don't talk
to each other (you've gotta love messy divorces! One's the
jilted mother, the other is the wicked step-mother. Who's
only wicked to the jilted mother. It's complicated.) I got
them both kitchen herb gardens (the ones you grow in
little pots on the counter) and a set of boxed notecards
with different cat poses on them. Total I spent $30 on
each of them, so I'm feeling pretty good about that.

Well, I guess I'll be going for now. There's always
something that needs my attention, so let me go attend to
some things. Ciao.




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