. . . All My Chaosity . . .

I haven't despised Summer for the first time in many years..... but it's taken it's toll I guess. With the record lows coming tonight and tomorrow night- it has been an AMAZING 80° F (the HIGH!!!) today and I couldn't be giddier about it. It's SO FABULOUS I can hardly stand it. Also I got an insurance refund in the mail today- which was truly a blessing. And when I cleaned out some more stuff from the old house- I found over $100!! Then just moments ago we sold that blue race car toddler bed to someone with toddlers. WONDERFUL!!! We get to go to Higgins tonight for Evan's birthday- there'll be pizza and chocolate cake with ganache . What more could you ask for?? Yesterday I took LilB , Cman & Bman to the movies- we saw Space Chimps. Well, they enjoyed it anyway- I'm pretty sure I slept through most of it. Then we followed poor Celeste home from the grocery store and had pizza rolls at her house. I bet she thought she'd never get rid of ...

So my surgeon and nutritionist seem to agree that all WLS patients need to walk 30 minutes/day, 3 times a week. I did manage to exercise 3 times this week already, but due to the (albeit sugar-free) candy I've felt obliged to eat a couple days this week, last night in particular, I figured it couldn't hurt to add another day. The thing is, I see other people out jogging or walking while I'm out, and they look good ?! I do not look fabulous by any stretch. Picture it in your head (if you dare!!): ME- for starters. Then I'm wearing navy yoga pants (not 'cool' ones, the WM ones, but they're comfy at least). I'm wearing a black T-shirt that is (I CAN HEAR YOU ALREADY CELESTE SO I'LL JUST SAY IT FOR YOU) TOO BIG for me. And my delightful hair, which I did wash last night but slept on since then, is back in a barrette on top and a pony tail in the back. I've got my cell phone in my pocket (so I reckon there's an extra bulge there) and I...