Done yesterday (20100120 We)

[mdlbear]

0120 We
  * up 6:30; W=196.8; drugs, nose; coffee (lowest weight since 1209)
    ! delighted about weight.  Mostly a matter of not snacking, esp. candy
      eating mindfully, in other words
  * Wishful Wednesday
  * Humira for Colleen
  * 10:30 Sheikh -~ rescheduled to 1/29.  
    ~ Call to re-reschedule -> merely double-booked
    -> things seem to be going well with both anxiety and depression
       That's two fewer things I can blame my problems on.  ;(
    => finances, CDs are the current major projects.
    => followup in August
  : Gorgeous rainbow coming in to work.  Full primary AND secondary.
    I'm aware of the fact that it isn't a sign of anything, but if the 
    sight makes me feel hopeful, who am I to argue?
  @ The Story Behind Apple's Newton - Gizmodo
  @ Time To Recognize That The Recording Industry Is Not The Music Industry
  @ Should Data Collected For Academic Research Get IP Protection?
  @ Will Lower Prices Help Sell More Albums?
  @ Amazon Announces New 70 Percent Royalty Option For Kindle Digital Text
    Platform, Enabling Authors And Publishers To Earn More Royalties
  @ Once Again, FBI Caught Breaking The Law In Gathering Phone Call Info; But
    Real Issue Is Why Telcos Let Them
  * 12:30 Walk - 5x around pond.
    started raining just before I got back.  Go me.
  : 1:45 thunder.  Whee!
  * 4:30 poked nose into fitness center; nobody seemed to notice.  
    got call from Colleen, so didn't stay.  Too late?
  % it's almost impossible for me to ignore a phone call.
  @ Janis Ian: Tech Savvy Society's Child at 58
    (from septemberlilac - Survivors from Another Time)
  * activate FSA card.
  * tracked down all of the HSX receipts on the monitor stand
  * bed ~11:30; snuggle; S=10179 (go me!!)

A busy day, and a good one. I had a gorgeous full-arch rainbow in front of me on the way to work, from Page Mill to the exit at Sand Hill. On the last hill, there was actually a full secondary arch as well, and a couple of spots where the rainbow came down all the way to the hood of my car. I'm fully aware of the fact that it's not a "sign" of anything but raindrops and sunlight, but if the sight makes me feel hopeful, I'm not going to argue.

My walk, in one of the day's rare intervals between rainstorms, took me 5 times around the pond and brought my step count to 10179 for the day. Go me!! And my weight was down to 196.8; mostly a matter of not snacking, I think. Especially candy from the basket at work. (It was up to 198.6 this morning, but that's still lower than it's been in a month, and I expect a pound or so of variation from day to day.)

The day was punctuated with a couple of lovely peals of thunder. Whee!

Around 4:30 I finally made it into the fitness center -- for about 10 seconds. Nobody seemed to notice me, and I got a phone call just as I was going in the door, but that's further than I've ever gotten to a fitness center in 30-odd years. If the weather stays rainy, I might get even farther.

Hot links under the cut, as usual. A good interview with Janis Ian would be my pick for the day, if you just want one.

Comments

Excellent!

[catamariner.livejournal.com]

Think of the endorphins getting into the gym will release! Think of the purring fangirls who will squee when they see you looking all fit at the next con! *oh joy!!!*

Re: Excellent!

[mdlbear]

Hmm. Those are both rather difficult things to imagine. Especially the second.

[phoenixpdx.livejournal.com]

Rainbows! Rainbows!

I love rainbows.

One of the reasons I love living in Oregon. We get LOTS of rainbows. Often full arch, almost as often doubles. It always lifts my heart. I suspect that lifted-heart feeling is where the idea that a rainbow is a sign of something comes from....and who knows? perhaps our instincts know something we do not know in our heads.

Enjoy!

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

Beautiful rainbows and overcoming long-standing inhibitions all in one day. Sounds good to me.

[mdlbear]

Well, the inhibition is still there; I haven't been back yet. Maybe this afternoon, maybe not.

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

Eliminating inhibitions takes more than one success. But if you got past it once, you can get past it again. And every time, you get stronger relative to it.

[mdlbear]

I actually got in there today! Spent about 15 minutes on the machines. On top of a 3-mile walk.

We'll see how it goes.

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

Yay!