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May 14, 2003

Hi, again

Hey. Hi. I never update anymore. But that's not really news, now is it? I have excuses -- I've been going to the gym pretty much every night after work, and when I get home, I just want to eat dinner and collapse until bedtime. Not so good for the journal-updating, but hey, I've lost 18 pounds in less than a month! I know that will likely slow down once my body gets over it's shock at all this healthy stuff, but it's making me happy. I like that I can see a little bit of a difference -- my face has thinned out, and the jeans that were uncomfortably tight last month are now perfectly comfortable. My favorite jeans threaten to fall down when I wear them. I'm amazed by how easy it's been -- I thought the major diet change was going to be a problem, but I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything at all. I made a passable Thai vegetable curry on Monday -- the recipe needs tweaking, but I liked it. My only real problem is getting myself to the gym every evening -- I'm fine once I get there, but on the long T ride home, I just want to take a nap. I'm averaging six nights a week -- weights and treadmill Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and just the treadmill on Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Thursday seems to be the day that I need to go to the grocery store after work, which sucks up enough of my time that I can't go to the gym too, and that's okay. I'm trying not to get too obsessed -- when I tried dieting and/or working out before, I got into scary eating disorder territory very quickly. I would convince myself that I couldn't eat for days at a time, and that I had to work out for two to three hours a day. Crazy. So, I'm trying to avoid that now, and so far, it's working nicely.

And what else is new... I found a spider trying to build a web all around my back porch last night. I think the little fucker was trying to make a meal of me. What he didn't plan for was my broom-wielding skills, or my big stompy shoes. I think I scared it off, but if I go missing, come look for me? And bring a big can of Raid, just in case.

Jeff was here Sunday -- we ate lovely Thai food, and tried to tour Fenway Park -- they weren't doing tours, but they were having a Mother's Day thing where, for ten bucks, we could go in and walk around the field and such. We walked all around the field, sat in the dugout (and got our picture taken), and checked out the seats on top of the Green Monster. It was very cool, except for the part when I remember how often the players spit when they're in the dugout, and wondered aloud if they'd washed the floor, ever. Jeff doubted that they had, and I decided I didn't want to be standing in athlete spit, thank you very much. I forgot my digital camera, but we did buy disposable cameras, and many photos were taken. If I ever remember to develop mine, and get access to a scanner, I'll post them.

After Fenway, we went to see X2: X-Men United. I had already seen it, but wanted to see it again -- the first time, some bimbo sitting behind me talked through the whole thing, so I missed a lot. I adore that movie. I loved Nightcrawler deeply, and of course, it has Hugh Jackman. I'd pay to watch Hugh Jackman floss. My only gripe was that he isn't shirtless often enough in the movie. Ahem.

After that, I needed to get home to call my mom and my grandmother for Mother's Day. Jeff dropped me off, and there was some smooching, which was nice indeed, and I'm not saying another word about it. Heh.

Other than that... work is busy. I'm tired. I think I need to go to bed.

Posted by Mary Ellen at May 14, 2003 10:57 PM

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