Marching on to Mayday, hurray!!!! Meant sun in the daylight sense, Empress, as I was expecting cloudy skies here yesterday. Got sun instead to some degree which helped make it a good day. But rain this a.m. and that's ok too as it's always sunny in the court.

Good day yesterday. Met most goals. Less paperwork, more small projects than anticipated. Enough liquids, an hour of gentle exercise in the pool. Food good until evening. I had been amazed not to have had the pred. food furies too badly but last night they kicked in. I've been relying on the carrots, celery, cantalope and rice cakes but even so.....Did go to bed early. Dh and i seem to be on different schedules and I've been trying to align w/his and it hasn't been working (esp. since on pred. which also messes up my sleep). But feel much better rested after my early bedtime.

And I second the Empress, wsw. Thou art a royal of strength and character and I tip my tiara to you always.

Leisurely day planned, fingers crossed.

Sleep settling down a bit now that I'm down to one quarter of the dosage I started with a week ago. And I too am determined to amend my bad habits to make the most of good deep sleep.

Ah, 'tis the time apparently to let that spirit go and I'm with you in telling it to depart. The freshness and joy of Mayday leave no room for it. You have now been so many days sugarfree, you can send it to go with the sugar demons.

I'm lazy today but happy. Showered but not even dressed yet. Hurray for me!

Huzzah to the banishment of the Negative Spirit from the Land of the SugarFree, Weight Losing Empress! And from the Lands of All Other Royals!

Mayday Rules!

Hello all!
Just checking in after a looooong day that started with an 8:30am job this morning!
Looking forward to an exciting May!
How did that happen so soon anyway?

Good morning! Sorry I've been remiss with posting, but I've really and truly been busy and don't see a lull in my work schedule until May 8th. That's okay, right after that we're planning a short trip to the beach.

Had the day off yesterday and I went out and bought myself a huge pile of clothes! I really needed some new stuff. As usual I get home and see that everything I bought is black! I just can't seem to branch out into color. Oh well, at least the jeans are blue! Oh, I did buy some sunglasses with classic rose-colored lenses, we'll see if that changes my outlook!

You know, shopping for clothes isn't my favorite thing. It's really a chore for me. I don't have the patience to slog thru all the racks; Garry's generally the one who can find things with his artist's eye.
The point I'm trying to make is shopping used to be really painful, traumatic even. I could never find anything to wear and I got into a rut of wearing the same thing over and over, because I thought there was nothing else for me.
So I'm really grateful [for a number of reasons] that I took this journey, and smaller sizes are just one of the many blessings from it. I could go on and on, but you know what I mean!

Ok - sashaying in. Dawn is just thinking of arriving here this Mayday and I'm so excited about Dancing Around the Maypole. I've picked out a bright yellow ribbon as I think it's almost the merriest color (hot pink a close second) and as soon as the Towel Boys get it properly attached to the pole, I'll begin my dance, slowly at first, and let the joyful frenzy build. Thou touch'est the lyrics properly, my Empress. And for some reason today I'm focusing on a lyric that also points out the "lustiness" of May. So, on top of my other goals, I'm adding that of "lustiness". To sing lustily, dance lustily, breathe lustily, play lustily, work lustily. Think lustily?

Happy Holiday, Highnesses!

Hahaha Eydie! Everything black, huh? You remind me of myself. When I buy black I know for sure it fits with everything I already have!