damage report
Tuesday, Jan. 04, 2005,

I didn't do too badly through the holiday season.

Although I ate pretty much everything I wanted (and everything I shouldn't) since 12/23/04, and didn't go near a treadmill...6 pounds. That's all. Just six. Smack dab in the middle of the national norm for holiday weight-gain. And what can go on, can come off. Guilt doesn't even enter into it, which is a new feeling for me. And a very welcome one. What is, is.

So--back on the horse today, and I did pretty good. 26.5 minutes, 1 and 1/3 miles, and 178 calories. I'll probably feel it tomorrow, but I did it (fist-pumping the air).

I had to. I could feel those icky-bad feelings trying to creep back. I really don't want to spend January + depressed, so I really had to get back into the gym and take my medicine.

He is not a likable character, but I care about him for some odd reason, and every time he does something impulsive and stupid, I feel my internal "Oh, Honey--NO!" response going off. I've heard criticism of the story, decrying the many "plot twists" and "coincidences", but these are all there to point up this theme. His actions, rash, ill-considered, un-considered, have immediate and tragic repercussions. A prudent man in his circumstances would not have made these decisions, and would not land in the messes in which Hardy's Henchard finds himself.

Whew! A book report. I don't usually do that.

Hey, there's some more news! Bad weather a-comin'. Major snowfall, pretty much from now till Thursday. I'm sure glad my sweetie bought me new snow-boots at Bass Pro Shop last week. They ain't too pretty, but they fit good, and they mean business.

In other news, I bought a new shower curtain yesterday. Yeah, it was waaay overdue. I washed the fabric one and threw away the vinyl liner. It is hard to get excited about doing anything to improve my tragic, mouldering, crumbling bathroom. But sometimes it is just a matter of too much funk.

I got it at the local Wally's. I had to be there, to take back the junk battery and get my core deposit back. In retrospect, I should have waited awhile longer, because January 3rd is a lousy day to be there. Especially if you need the service desk. Too close to Christmas, plus the third day of the month is Social Security check day, PLUS--the 1st was a holiday, and the 2nd was a Sunday. So "Mother's Day" was the 3rd this month. After doing my time at the service desk, and getting my $5.28 back, I scoped around and picked up a few things I wanted/needed. It would have been more than a few, but they were out of a whole lot of stuff. Anyway, the front registers were a mess, and really didn't seem to be moving at all. No one was working ANY of the express lanes, and I really didn't want to be there any more. So I popped back to Electronics, went straight to the cashier, checked out, paid, and booked on outa there. As I passed by the front on my way out the door, I could see that the line I'd been in had not advanced at all. Oh, well. One of the perks of my seven years in hell--I learned a thing or two.