Feathers and Down

It’s always something.  Vet bills. New radiator for my car. Knock off antique Chinese furniture. New computer.  More knock off antique Chinese furniture.  Fumigating my house for carpet beetles. More knock off antique Chinese furniture. Life is expensive so far in 2010. All this following on to my $23,000 heating system replacement in November which I have not paid off…..mostly due to knock off antique Chinese furniture….but golly, what is next?  Will my washer and drier die?

Actually it appears it might be me.  Check up at the doctor did not go well on Friday.  My 20 years of ongoing abuse to my body seems to have caught up to me finally.  Liver, kidney, brain, arteries, bladder, all not good.  Even my ears suck.

Every time I go to Maui I always have this tearful moment on the last day when I think this could be my last trip. Part of that is probably post traumatic mermaid stress, but with a trip looming next month it now occurs to me that it really could be my last trip.

Thus the plan:

·         No drinking

·         I only eat oat meal and salmon and walnuts

·         The gym will be my new friend

It is so ridiculously easy for me to lose weight when I am not drinking.  Down two pounds in 2 days.  At this rate I could be out of the woods before I go to Maui….or probably not. Actually the doctor said that if I just lose 10 pound it would make a huge difference.  I asked if we could just do some quick in office liposuction around my mid section and that problem area under my chin. He did not see the humor in this at all.

Can I put brown sugar in the oatmeal or do I have to use Equal?




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