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March 10, 2008

Displaced by the storm

Wow, we lost power this weekend for 36 hours but it turned out to be really nice and just what I needed.

At first on Saturday I freaked out because I really wanted to use this last free weekend before tax time to do my taxes. I’m not sure when I’ll get a chance to do them. I was quite stressed about it so I guess Mother Nature decided to take control and tell me what was best for me. We lost power early evening on Saturday because the crazy hurricane like winds took out a few trees that took out a few telephone poles (that carry more than telephone wires). We toughed it out through Saturday night, I read by candle light, enjoyed watching trees bend to the ground from my picture window, and went to bed early. When we woke up freezing on Sunday and couldn’t get any hot water to run for showers we went and stayed with my parents where we had a great time. Here’s what stands out in my mind: coffee, bagels, pizza, and a three hour marathon of The Wire. Awesome. It’s so nice to have family close by and to love being with them.

And now I feel refreshed to tackle my taxes over a few nights during the week (over the next few weeks because I have about one free night a week). But I’m ok with that.

I didn’t weigh at the end of last week or today (update: I did get weighed at the doctors on Friday and was 183 according to their scale, wheh-hew). I had a couple nights of indulgence that happened to fall on the eves of said weigh-ins. I guess I could have weighed-in a day later, but didn’t. I’m not too obsessed and my jeans still fit the same. Today I’ve been feeling my usual self and eating well and tonight we’re swimming and will probably start going three nights a week, which I’m looking forward to.

I’m doing great anxiety-wise too. I keep reminding myself to enjoy how well things are going and that I’m in control to look at everything with a positive spin rather than a negative one. And it’s been working.

P.S. The extremely thorough tests on my heart all came back great! The doc said that I can do my triathlon with no worries and to go for it. And he congratulated me on my weight loss since having seen him a little over a month ago.

Posted by hopeful @ March 10, 2008 5:31 PM

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