OCULAR EXERTION

Today was a lot of visual exercise.

I watched our preferred waitress in our Saturday morning breakfast cafe racing around doing her regular exemplary job of handling numerous and demanding customers... and yes, that includes me with Diet Coke refills. (And no, she doesn't look anything like that, but isn't it a fun photo?)

Several women in Target had many many more than the 2.3 average of children hanging on to their shopping cart, hands, and/or siblings winter coats.

And the new and rather naive employee at my feed store loaded the nine bales of hay most recariously in my truck bed; however, he did allow me ample time to read four chapters of the last Harry Potter book.

Whew - I'm exhausted.

Perhaps I am also more aware of simply seeing things happening. What's the song lyric, you don't know what you have until it suddenly is threatened to be gradually removed from your abilities?

Something like that.

IS THIS CHEATING?

So often my blogs seem to be intertwined - maybe it simply proves how much of life is involved with trying to get in shape.

At least I referring you to my other site - http://www.hopelds.blogspot.com/ - I am proud of discovering an extremely silly solution to three problems.

And if we can't make fun of ourselves, what fun is that?

HOW MANY CALORIES DOES DRIVING USE?

I've driven across the United States.

Literally.

More than once.

When my parents divorced, my dad moved back to Kalamazoo (isn't that a great name for a city?), Michigan and my mom stayed in Los Angeles.

When we lived in Maryland, we drove back to Oregon to visit my mother-in-law one summer - and my oldest child and I drove back to Idaho when she began college.

We moved from Maryland to Arizona - and I've driven to Seattle from here.

So a mealy little two hour trip to Douglas and back should be easy, right?

But somehow when the trip is preceded by having my problem-child come stay the night before (couch out, another person to feed, watching MTV videos) and then driving with her to the Social Security office in Douglas for a two-hour disability interview, driving BACK, dropping her off, finding out the prescription for my regular sleeping medication has NOT been approved by the doctor's office OR the insurance companies, so I am cetain to get only a couple of hours sleep tonight.....

I feel like I have lost ten pounds.... of brain matter.

NADA, NITCH, NULL, NAID, SIFURI

Did you know that the development of using zero has been attributed to the Chinese, Indians (Eastern) and Mayan's (Indians Western)? And it wasn't used in Europe until the 3rd century?

And zero is better than a positive number - at least in my weight control experiment.

So lost no weight, but also didn't gain any.

I am going to have to amp up my exercise. The dogs and I took a faster walk this morning and I'm doing some home projects which involve moving large objects.

Anyone know an algebraic formula where I can turn zero into a negative number just to encourage myself?

CAN YOU REMEMBER WHAT I AM TRYING TO FORGET?

I only have one day a week I need to remember to weigh myself.

It's Monday,

Today.

Perhaps it was an unconscious oversight since I have not been doing the greatest on my diet (see previously 492 blog posts).

I will try to remember tomorrow, and I will be strong, brave, and acknowledge it here.

So will someone remind me?