arewethereyet

Hi all. Well it’s been a few weeks since I last blogged… a busy few weeks. (Karen: I know I know I know. I’m sorry.)

Let’s start with my weight loss, since you know this is BS after all: there is none. Luckily there’s just a pesky 1 pound gain over the indulgent holidays which involved cocktails and gluten (heaven forbid!) and the occasional bout of dairy besides. I’ve done well in terms of managing the overall calories but I definitely need to get back on the bandwagon, which btw I am doing officially tomorrow and frankly I am looking forward to it. I know I’m off my game because seriously… I am very very very hungry lately. And all that can mean is that my body is used to being indulged and it also means that my workouts have been slack.

Which is true. But not because I want them to be. It’s because I earned myself a major injury on Christmas Eve.  Long story short, I walked headfirst into the cross bar of my cousin’s handicapped van, flung my neck all the way back (whiplash), and knocked myself out cold for a few seconds. I did a paralysis check upon regaining consciousness - all systems go, and painful. Basically since then I have been fighting a back spasm, from my middle to lower back… it moves. And I can’t run, and I can’t lift. I’m seeing the chiropractor a little more often and Claire and I are doing a lot of stretching and body weight only exercising. I’m icing my back daily too, but I find it difficult to sit at the computer for very long these days. I actually didn’t come on at all for about a week believe it or not. That’s a major change for me believe me! Anyway, I appear to be on the mend. This week I have pledged to my fellow Hot Rods that I will do light cardio (treadmill or ellyptical) every day. No running for me until I have 5 painfree days in a row. And believe me when I say I am a ways away from that accomplishment. (Ugh)

Drama earlier tonight - the computer completely crashed and looked to be kaput for real for a while there. The Dell guy wanted to reinstall XP, and wipe out 4 years of work. Here’s my word to wise: BACK UP YOUR FILES TODAY! DON’T WAIT UNTIL SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS! When I got back to working, I immediately saved all my documents and everything on my desktop. I’m still searching for my iTunes files so I can grab the music onto CDs just in case I lose it all again. It’s a nightmare folks, so please please please back up your files!!

Love remains grand. We had a wonderful romantic time in Lake Geneva for New Year’s Eve. And we took pictures which I’m picking up from Walgreens tomorrow and yes I’ll scan one of them in so you can see how cute we are! We’re planning our Florida trip for the end of March.  This is the real deal folks… I’m still a bit stunned but it is the real deal.

And that’s it for now. I promise (Karen) not to be so long between blogs. XO to all and continued love & success in 2008 to all, Ellen