I finally dragged my sorry ass out the door this mornng at 6 and went to the Y. I only did 20 minutes on the crosstrainer and 10 minutes on the recumbent bike before I had to get ready for work but I'm glad I did somethng good for myself. I'm going to try to get there earlier tomorrow and do more.

I've felt really tight lately. I think it may be stress. I was barely able to get my pills down this morning. I wonder if lack of sleep will make you tight. I've been so tired I can barely keep my eyes open at work. Of course, I did work 10.5 hours today and got up extra early to workout.

I'm ready to get off this merry go round and have a normal home life with everything in it's place and have a normal work schedule...opps wrong profession for normal. LOL!

I'm moved! And actually no tears yet. I love my new home.

'm cleanng the old house and movng all the town stuff to the town building today. Bye, Bye high speed wireless....it's back to AOL dial-up until I can figure out how to get wireless. I may go with a Verizon broadband card and continue to use my yahooo account for e-mail.

Well, I really need get the last bit of my clothes delivered to my house. And hopefully see the beginning of the NASCAR race.

Short update before my day gets hectic.

Between me, my mom and sister we've almost got an entire 2 bedroom house painted. We have the hall and the mud room to complete today. I'll be honest...I'm not a painter so they did the majority of it. I'm the officail "tape master" though. I taped everything off as they painted. AndI've been cleaning till my hand feel raw. Today, we finish painting and scrubing the floors, they deliever my new bedroom suit, and I get my directv hooked up. Then, after my step-dad gets off work, we're gong to move some of my larger items to the new house. And somewhere in there I need to finish packing and do 3 loads of laundry. My new house doesn't have wash hook-up so I want to get all my clothes washed before we move my washer and dryer tonight. It will be stored in the basement until my landlord decides to put in a hook-up. Maybe he'll save up my rent for a few months and do it.

Well, I off to shower and tackle the upstairs. It's almost all packed except my desk and the town stuff. Need to be at the house by 10 for the new bed to arrive. I'm excited the sadness will ht when my old house is sitting empty. I really loved this old house.

Great day and some what productive. I slept in till 9:30. Yeah, that's late for me. I organized a few things, cleaned, did laundry, watched TV and washed dishes. Sounds like a lot but I didn't say I finished all those things. One thing I'm really proud of is I went to the Y and worked out. 20 minutes on the recumbent bike, 15 minutes on the crosstrainer, a dip in the pool, and a soak in the hot tub. As I sat in the hot tub, I was thinking "why don't I do this more often?". I felt heavenly afterwards. I'll be about 5 minutes away from the Y after I move. So, I'd really like to make the Y part of my morning routine. I use to love to get my exercise out of the way in the morning. It starts the day out great.

My step-dad and I was suppose to have a garage sale today but we called it off because it was suppose to rain all day and my step-dad got called in to work. So, now I've got all this stuff for the garage sale that either has to follow me to the new house or be stored in my mom's garage until we can reschedule.

Eating has been bad today. So, much for my latest fill....no restriction today. I can't blame it all on my level of fill though. I know I've been eating when I'm not really hungry. I thnk I eat the most when I'm feeling overwhelmed. There is jsut so much to do in the next few weeks. I just need to get over it though....things will get done. And I should just quit stressing.

Well, I'm gong to bed early tonight. I am going to try Sunday school tomorrow.....with no promises that I'll make it every week. Especially since I'm moving farther away from my church.

Nothing happening here. Just boring stuff. Packing, cleaning, work, town work and church commitments. This week is so busy. Luckily, work is a little slow right now. So, I've been getting out of work at a decent time. I did work 9 hours yesterday but only 7.5 today. I had to spend about 2 hours tonight decorating the church for fall. Tomorrow, I'm going to try to get out of work by 3 and go bedroom furniture shopping. I found a bedroom suit that I think I'm going to buy but I have one more store about 40 miles away that I want to check out first. Then, tomorrow night, we're having a cookout at church. This is the 120th anniversary of the Brethren Church and we are celebrating all month long. Next Sunday is also the kick-off for new Sunday School classes. There is a women's group that is being lead by the pastor's wife. I would really like to participate but....(this is bad)... hate getting up early on Sunday morning. My normal routine is staying up late Saturday. Barely making it up in time to get to church....then napping all day Sunday. Then feeling totally unproductive. Sunday School would mean even an hour earlier on Sunday.

Weight is flucuating between 217-221. Depending on the amount of water I'm retaining. I felt very bloated this past weekend and my weight was up. I can really feel a difference with my fill on Thursday. I get full a whole lot faster. I was a little disappointed when I cooked tonight, sat down to eat, and felt the tightness about 4 bites into dinner. I think I wasn't paying enough attention with my chewing. I hate when I have to throw away my meal.

Here is my "new" house....

It needs some work on the landscaping among other things....like a good cleaning and paint in almost every room. I have lots of work to do in the coming month.

In other news, I'm getting a fill tomorrow. Six weeks ago, I canceled my fill because I thought I was at a perfect level. But as time has gone on I've loosened up. Right now, I can eat almost anything. Eventhough I know I shouldn't. I've been able to eat a mini toased bagel. And my portions are getting bigger with no discomfort. I should learn not to push the limits. Right now, there seems to be no limits.

Exercise has been none existant due to my busy schedule. Next week should be better. I have a lot less "have to's" in my schedule next week. This week was town council meeting, doctor's appt, boss coming to visit, a big project at work, church meeting to decorate the sanctuary and finally drinks after work on Friday with friends.

TA-TA

Thanks for the Comments, Diz and Melanie.
Guess what?...................I found a home. And it's actually a better house than the one live in now. It's closer to work but still out in the country. And the rent is the same. The man that use to live in it died this spring and it's been sitting empty. The son owns it now and is in the midst of selling all his dad's belongings. The sale is Septmember 27 and then I can start moving in. Steve (landlord) gave me a good deal because he said "he didn't want to get rich off it, just get enough out of it to pay the taxes." It's part of a 40 acre farm and ajoins his farm so he won't be selling it. And he has no kids that may want to move in down the road. He already gave me a key so I might start cleaning and painting in the next few weeks. The colors are from the 1960's and being that his dad was pretty ill for awhile it needs a good cleaning.

Well...it's about 11:30 and I need to get to bed.