My Birthday Stripper

I couldn't resist sharing... a friend posted this for my birthday today on the message board I belong to. Been having a rough several weeks, so laughing definately helped this morning. :)

I have more thoughts about my birthday, age and life in general (birthdays are good for that) but I'll get to those later. I WILL however mention that a very good and long-standing friend (I hate to call em "old" friends, makes em sound... well, old) has invited me to visit her in Iowa this August. I haven't seen her since she drove down to help me move into my LAST apartment. It won't be a long visit, with my vacation days sucked up by my San Diego trip in October, but we don't need an awful lot of time to catch up and just hang out. :)

Amway, here's my Birthday Stripper:

Not a Good Week

Just feelin kinda anti-social this week. Wrestling with a migraine more days than not... dealing with issues of coming in late to work because of it... almost had a visitor for the end of the month, then not. Things just aren't working out well this week.

But it's Friday. The work week is over, at least. Mom has yet to tell me what she wants for Mother's Day dinner... though she's already informed me she wants me to butcher her bushes over the weekend. Nice. *sigh*

Next week will be a new week.

Progress!

So I finally pulled out my old set of pants... those one size down from the ones I've been occupying for the last year or so. And they fit! Woo-hoo! A tad snugly, but they fit. I seem to have hit my low (about 20 pounds away than my heaviest) working with nothing but a little bit of restraint. I've been at the same weight for almost a week. Now I really need to get that exercise regime started.

Still having mixed results getting up early. The problem is falling asleep earlier at night. NOT, mind you, getting to bed earlier. I just end up laying there for an hour or two trying to fall asleep. I realize that forcing myself out of bed earlier in the morning should help wear me out earlier at night, but that's easier said than convincing myself first thing in the morning.

Oh well, perhaps wearing these pants will help be incentive. They fit great standing. Sitting, well... don't tell anyone, but nobody should notice the button popped open while I'm at my desk.

Mother Nature

Gotta love wakin up to an awesome thunderstorm. :) The non windy-and-likely-to-turn-into-a-tornado kind, of course. Even better when it lightens up enough for me to drive to work, then gets right back to business. Not sure how long it's supposed to keep up, but I'm pretty happy. We've needed the rain. Plus, there's just that simultaneously calming / thrilling feeling about rain and thunder.

Now, if it could just do all that without the low weather pressure that sets off my head. *sigh* Every silver lining's gotta have a cloud. lol

Welp... that's about all the time I have for commentary this morning. I've several piles waiting for me on my desk. BUT... at least we have 3 of us here today, instead of just the 2 we had yesterday. Eep!