Two more days go by...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Wednesday, February 11, 2015


2/10
I was determined, for some reason - I'm still not sure why - to make things happen today.  So, after waking early and then getting up around 11, I did my exercises first thing!  I did ALL of my exercises, even the laying-on-the-floor ones that I haven't done in forever (there for a while, I felt that I wouldn't be able to get back up, so I skipped them).  I had forgotten how much better they made my back feel!!
After I had gotten through them, I checked the paper from physical therapy and found out that I had forgotten 3 of them.  Phooey!  I finished those 3, and checked my mental list of exercises, and felt pretty darn good about myself (for a change).  If I can keep up doing these exercises and start doing the Wii Fit again, then I think I may start to get down from this mesa.  I sure hope so, anyway!

After I was done with the exercises, I did up the dishes from last night - see, I told you I was feeling better!  Me, doing one day's worth of dishes!  I did do them in the largest pan that was used instead of running a sink full of water since there weren't so many, but that's neither here nor there.
I had chicken salad and walnuts for my lunch, which I haven't had for a long time - I've kinda been slacking there, too, and I've got to be getting that back on track, too.  It's almost like starting all over again!

I lounged around in my recliner the rest of the afternoon until Ron texted just after 3 - just after THREE! - and I quickly got dressed and walked out to meet him.  I did better than I thought I would - I actually made it out TO the curves on Hoover Road before meeting him, and I didn't think I'd get that far.  I heard him coming up the road and didn't start around the curves because I didn't want him to stop coming around the curves to pick me up.  Every once in a while, we do meet another car...

We got back home, and I went to take my shower.  I didn't want to go back out into the cold too soon after my shower, so I wanted to give myself plenty of time to dry.  I don't leave for my TOPS meeting until 6:30, so that would be plenty of time.
I go to my meeting, and at weigh-in, I find out that I weigh exactly the same as last week!  Exactly the same!  How odd is that?  But I'll take it - it sure beats a gain!
It also makes me believe that the 'doing' of exercise and all that, all over again, is a good thing.  I guess we'll find out, both Saturday morning on my Wii and next Tuesday.

I come home from my meeting.  Ron has supper done.  Hamburgers, buttered noodles, and corn.  I think I'll keep him!  We watch NCIS, and NCIS:NO and then Ron went to bed and I watched dead guys (yes, I know the NCISs are a version of dead guys) for the rest of the night before going to bed at midnight.


2/11
Today is the 2-year anniversary of the beginning of NOSEBLEED WEEK FROM HELL.  I get reminders on Facebook of things I posted, and today was the day I posted about staying up all night with the 3 nosebleeds, and finally going to the hospital and getting my nose stuffed, and all that.  UGH.

I woke up this morning around 10:30, did my usual morning reading/tableting, and got up just after noon.  I did a load of towels and, again!, did up the few dishes from last night, using the largest pan instead of the sink to wash them in.  I had a peanut butter and orange marmalade sandwich, along with some dry roasted peanuts, was my lunch.
After all that, and resting for a bit while eating my lunch, I did my exercises.  All of them again - both the standing and the laying-on-the-floor ones.  I remembered them all today, too!  Yay, me!  I guess that means Wii Fit exercises tomorrow....
I got the towels folded and put away when they finally got dry (only 2 go-rounds in the dryer!), then I spent the remainder of the afternoon in the recliner, going to get dressed for my walk at 4:30.  I was very glad I didn't get an earlier text, because I really hate when I have to hurry like crazy to go walk.  After Ron texted, I actually made it around the first curve today, too, and I would have made it farther, but I stopped to talk to Carol at the end of her driveway (she was leaving to go visit friends - she had a house showing) and that took away from my 'time.'  But it's fine - I was very okay with how far I got!

We got back home, and just spent the evening chilling, each in our respective recliners.  Around 6:30, we started looking for some supper.  Ron made himself one of his frozen Chinese things, and I made myself a can of Spam.  I cut it into 4 thick slices, and fried 'em up so the outside was nice and crunchy.  I then cut each slice into 3 pieces on my plate, ate some plain and made some into tiny 'sandwiches' with Ritz crackers (those 'tiny stacks' I've been buying for Ron to take to work - I hijacked one of those) and that was my supper.  Whee!

We watched Family Feud until time for me to watch Criminal Minds.  By then, Ron was asleep, anyway.  After Criminal Minds, I turned on dead guys.  (again, I know that Criminal Minds is a version of dead guys...)  Y'all know when I say 'dead guys,' I am usually referring to either ID Investigation Discovery or Forensic Files - shows like that, right?  A so-called 'cable' show as opposed to a prime-time network show, I guess.
And here I am.

Nothing planned for tomorrow - except the Wii Fit exercises.  I guess I'll find out if I can push myself a little bit more.  I may work on our budget and/or our taxes a little bit, too.  Fun times abound.