After dinner with my parents yesterday, I thought I'd stop at the local grocery store in the old home town. It's bigger than the one in my town, so it'd be easier to get the things I needed.
Sure - except for the holiday AND weekend shopping crowds. I always forget how the stores fill up the day before a holiday. Every single time.
I also forgot how many people I always run into when I shop there. This time, it was just my sister-in-law's cousin, my old band director, and two old coworkers and their kids.
Took forever and a day to get all my groceries and get out of there.
I like shopping at about 10 p.m. so much better - I have to dodge the stock boys, but the crowds are nonexistent, no matter the day.
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On August 1, I'll have lived in this house for a year. My powers of observation are apparently NOT well-honed, because I just noticed there's a flag-holder bracket on my front porch. And, more importantly, the former owner left a flag in the hall closet. I knew the flag was there, I didn't think I had a place to put it.
So tomorrow I can put my flag out for Memorial Day. I'd dash out right now and do it, now that I know the flag is still there, but it's raining. I'm a wimp, ok?
But I'm probably overly excited about this flag and its holder. I like to do something for Memorial Day and Veterans Day. It's the least I can do.
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Some days, maybe most days, I have no idea why I bother to keep this blog. I don't post. Once in a while I tinker with the templates, but that's almost all. But... the thought of *not* having a blog is distasteful, too.
I don't know.
I don't know... I guess I wish I had a purpose. That might make things better.
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I've lost two pounds in two weeks so far... I'd have liked to lose a bit more in the first couple of weeks, but a pound a week is exactly what the experts recommend, so I figure I'm right on track.
Well, I've eaten badly this week, but not terribly. Overall I'm very pleased with my progress. That's all one can really ask for, right?
Just 37 pounds to go. Easy as pie. ;)
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Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, stepmoms, grandmas, and special aunts out there! You *are* special! :)
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I did ok with food today, and even got a couple of activity points (AP) in, walking to and from work and to and from my WW meeting.
It was a *very* stressful day - we have an office of 5 people, and we lost one today. It was a sad event, and a very busy day to boot - bad combination. I was tied to my desk all day... probably a good thing, or I'd have snacked a lot.
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Tomorrow, I start Weight Watchers... for about the fourth time. None of the previous efforts have lasted more than a month.
I'll probably babble on and on about it here - but I'll make up for it by posting interesting recipes! ;)
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I worked this morning. After lunch, we went bowling. After five games, my average was a stunning 78. I really need some practice. After dinner, we watched X-Men: The Last Stand - I hadn't had the opportunity before.
I love the setups for a sequel. It always makes me laugh. They have to leave those openings, don't they? I was pleased to see the very, very last one (the one after the credits)... I won't spoil it for anyone reading this who still intends to see it. It left some definite questions.
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It's an unfortunate truth in Linux that it will let you do what you want. Unlike Windows, it will not protect you from yourself.
So if you, say, unintentionally delete your entire desktop environment - in my case, KDE - it will happily say "ok!" I eventually got a box asking something about KDM, and that was when I realized what I'd done.
So I sighed, rolled my eyes at my own idiocy (one shouldn't make major changes to the OS before you've had your Fruit Loops and Diet Coke), and just re-installed the entire kit and caboodle. I thought it'd be easier than try to figure out what all I'd done.
So I have a fresh Kubuntu install, and I've started keeping a list of all the changes I've made to make it my own. Once I've got things configured to my liking, I'll put together a couple of entries describing what I've done - maybe it'll help someone else. More likely, it'll be a paper trail of sorts for me to follow the next time I find myself with a tangled mess I just want to delete and start over.
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I don't know whether to be embarrassed, or just angry. A client asked about my maternity leave. I insisted it wasn't me, it was my other coworker. A couple of minutes later, I caught him asking another coworker if I was pregnant.
I really don't think he was being an ass; he really thought I was or had been pregnant and couldn't figure out why I was denying it. :(
It's time for a diet... a serious one. I can't buy any more pants in yet larger sizes. I just can't.
Weight Watchers does a monthly pass - $39.99 a month for unlimited meetings. In my town, that's four a month, unless I hit a few while I'm in the city... which I suppose I could. Maybe that'd be a good idea, really - treat it like an AA thing, and go to a meeting when I feel the urge to snack.
I can't afford to buy a monthly pass until next week though. I don't know if I have the motivation to go it alone - it's never worked for me that way before.
Next week I can also afford to buy walking shoes, so I can exercise too.
I've got to do something.
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