TJ North

I spent the weekend with Loverboy at the “1/2way hotel” - this little place we found that is between here and his new town.  It’s a nice place with a series of little log cabins…private and cozy. It’s been four weeks since I flew to visit him - this is probably going to be the pattern. Really not sure how I feel about this and being very very careful not to examine the situation too carefully.

However, tomorrow I head off for a week in Vancouver -  I am SO looking forward to this.  I am going for a conference but I feel like I am going on vacation. Sort of. Part of the appeal is that I think I will get a lot of work done in the evenings - after I find the good sushi restaurants….lol.  Also I am bringing my workout gear and even have arranged to stay in a hotel a few blocks away from the conference so I have to walk every day. Downtown Vancouver is a nice place for walking - it is relatively compact. I am going to eat well, walk lots and learn lots.

This weekend I did get two hour-long hikes in - yesterday even in high heeled boots and a trenchcoat, trudging down a muddy hydro access road  . I wonder what the next person down that road will think of the tracks…I just forgot my hiking boots but I went anyway. Today after I got home I grabbed the dog and headed out to the hiking trail. The cross-country skiers are done with it now (although there was a surprising amount of snow, still) and I did over an hour - 5.77 km. (I am not sure I entirely trust that little nike ipod thingy but I like the numbers, so what?)

Still about 75-80% succesful on the lo-carb thing. No impact on the scale yet except that it stopped going up (whew). Working hard to focus on the fact that I feel better, and only say nice things to myself.