Wow - I can't believe it has been almost a month since I last posted!
Let's see - what have I been up to?
The first week of the month I spent at Scott's. I'd been given a week off work so went to his place to organize for when I move in - tidying up closets and cupboards, setting up the spare bedroom.
A fun week: a pipe burst in the laundry room, tonnes of driving, then the rear wheel bearings on my car had to be replaced.
the second week: I missed the Monday because of the work on my car. Tue., Wed. & Thurs. went by much slower and much quicker than I thought they would. I took the Friday off as I thought it was too strange to have my last day of work be Friday the 13th!
Last week I was again at Scott's - still trying to carve out closet space. His parents (and in all honesty him too!) are/were big time clothes horses! It is quite difficult to get things organized as he really hates to throw things away. I now just wait until he is out and I put stuff in the trunk of my car and I drop it off at the Salvation Army when I am running errands. He hasn't missed anything yet! :-)
This week I've spent a few days at my apartment getting things ready to move. I'm deciding what stuff I'm keeping and what I'm going to get rid of. I really don't want to end up with the massive amounts of "stuff" that Scott's parents have left him to deal with.
As for exercise: lots of running up and down the stairs at Scott's place. Lifting huge bags of clothes that are being donated to charity. So that is my non-gym cardio and weight work.
My weight has been yo-yoing around the 208 mark.
My eating was pretty good up until about a week ago when I noticed that a few times I managed to miss breakfast and/or lunch. I'm back on track with a light breakfast and a light lunch. I think the problem is that Scott is a coffee for breakfast kind of guy, while I like my hot cereal and/or yogurt. He likes a light lunch and a larger dinner while I prefer a larger lunch and a soup & salad for dinner. We're working on a compromise.
On the plus side - he does like his veggies. we usually cook them and he likes to put a sauce on them while I avoid the sauces. I made sweet potato fries the other day and he quite enjoyed them and requested them again. Another good thing? He isn't that much into sweet desserts like cake, pie, cookies or ice cream and there is rarely any in the house.
Downside? No internet! He has satellite internet for his job (he publishes a newspaper) and I don't like to go to the office to use the computer as there really aren't enough there for everyone, and I don't want to get in the way. He said that weekends wouldn't be a problem but we're usually doing stuff and there really are other things I should be doing than surfing.
coming up? The wife of one of his friends has invited me to join her reading group. There's a cooking class that I hope to check out on Monday. I'm getting ready for a trip in April. And school in the fall.
