Here is how I have spent the past two weeks, since returning from two weeks in South America: 1. Rehydrating with water and fruit juice. 2. Feeling weak and wimpy after two weeks of not only skipping my gym workouts, but being in high altitude areas that required me...
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Losing It
Good news: it looks like Bob will be home Monday night. Bad news: when I called the in-patient rehab center a month ago and asked what items I should buy for Bob's convalescence, the admissions officer reassured me that the physical therapist would order those items...
Easter
My Easter memories are of wanting this holiday to be as big and bright as Christmas, but it never was. Maybe part of the reason Easter has never been as big as Christmas is that Easter coincides with the spring solstice and Christmas coincides with the winter solstice...
“I Recently Cut Out Fructose”
Previous post on food & fat: Fat again, naturally Disclaimer: since I've become properly obese, I re-read these old posts and see my body dysmorphia and obsession with food and weight. It's sad to me now. Do I have that Seinfeld quote right? I'm remembering Kramer...
Cupcakes
One thing I want to do more of in the new year is tell more stories. That is, write more stories, either on my blog or just on my own. They'll be mostly stories about my life, but maybe fiction, too. Anything that has a beginning, middle and end will count. Since I'm...
Chocolate
Ahhhh, chocolate. I started with a plateful of miniature pastries (everything was miniature): - a cake-like confection that had a layer of chocolate mousse, a layer of strawberry mousse and a very soft chocolate cake, - an almost-cheesecake with a vanilla-banana...
CHOCOLATE!
O, check this out: it's the chocolate buffet at The Peninsula Hotel Chicago. Chocolate in every form imaginable: pastries, candies, dipped fruit, liquid hot chocolate, other indescribable forms. I found out about it months ago and tonight my boyfriend is finally...
Update
My life: 1. Guilt for ignoring my blog for so long. 2. Irritation and confusion regarding recent familial reaction to it. 3. Uncertain happiness with the guy I'm dating. Have stopped dating others. Might have boyfriend. Wish I weren't afraid of the word "boyfriend."...