Changes in me

Well, it seems the Celexa and the recent visits from the sun have really made me feel "happy" lately. My doctor had mentioned adding exercise to my medication but until recently I haven't felt "able" to exercise. Lucky thing the sun came out and reminded me that exercise can be fun.

Let's see, last week we had sunny days Thurs-Sat. I spent a lot of time working on the yard. Tom and I managed to get some moss out on the front lawn and I dilligently pulled dandelions. I got 2 5 gallon buckets of them out of the front yard alone! I really wish our neighbors could keep up their lawns so that we could slow down the production of those little nasty plants. Yesterday I pulled weeds in our major planting area which wraps from the front of the house around to the back side of the house. That's a lot of area. I also made two walking trips to Safeway for groceries I had missed during the week. It felt so good getting out and walking around and breathing in fresh (pollinated) air. Now if I can just get on the treadmill on the rainy days I would be set.

Another big thing I'm trying to do is cut out the soda pop. I'm still guzzling my sugar infused coffee but seriously, I think there is less sugar in the coffee than the soda. The afternoons have been really long with some major cravings but I've been able to push them aside and drink water instead. The last few sodas I have drank left me with a sick feeling in my stomach so I feel that my body was really trying to tell me something. Hopefully in a month the scale will be my friend and start going down instead of up. Of course I've sat around all winter getting fat so I'm sure I'm going to gain a few building muscle before the fat melts off some.

Looking forward to this weekend. Friday night is Mexican nite at Dustins. OMG, that man can cook like no ones business. We were over on Saturday night enjoying a lasagna party for his birthday. I'm hoping we can leave Connor with a sitter that night so we all can enjoy being "adults" without little ears around. Hopefully that means that Sonja will have a sitter for her son. I already have one lined up but if she can't find one then I will bring Connor so her son will have someone to play with. Man, I'm so lucky that Connor gets along well with older kids.