.....you guys are so sweet to be missing me - so I had to come and and "visit".
Angela - what goes in must come out - good luck w/dd! Sorry to hear about the ear infection - perhaps a dose of antiobiotics is in order?
Kathy - sounds like a "business" to me - Kathy's neckwarmers? or something like that? Can't wait to see what they look like!
Sandra - too funny about the hot tub visit - guess you did not freeze your patooties off this time!
Melissa - hope your dh is on the mend!
Vickie - thanks for the kind words - your "do" sounds fabulous and I"m glad it's helping to lift your spirits - the dinner sounded great as well!
I have had quite an eventful couple of days of course! Very busy at work of course and feeling very stressed about that.
Went to dr appt yesterday - we mostly chatted about my job at Health Canada and how the drug approval process is much improved (thanks to the initiative I am working on - along with many other projects too of course! - can't take all the credit
). I did get weighed and my weight is up - but actually down since last year as I was heavier then - she said absolutely NOTHING about my weight.
Spoke about my bc pills and asked about the new one Seasonale (you only get TOM 4 times per year - ya baby!) - unfortunately not available in Canada yet! Told her about the VERY BAD headaches I get when I get TOM, for a couple of days and she suggested I try a very mild estrogen patch that I put on for the week I have TOM - so I shall try that and see if this helps with the headaches - that would be pretty miraculous for me!
My bp was 140/90 - I think that's high - but dr was not super concerned as the regular readings I do myself at drug store machines are generally much better!
Bloodwork was done - she said no need to do cholesterol as last year's # were good - and this should generally stay the same until menopause. She did order some other bloodwork esp something to do with sugar as I am still very concerned about that since my Mom had diabetes and many complications due to that as well.
Then after that is was home to beautify myself and off to the CASINO!!
Did not lose our life savings - had a lovely buffet dinner - gotta love that fresh fruit and the chocolate fountain! WOW. We got $10 to gamble with as well - I lost that pretty quickly along with my own $20 bill, but then I found the horse racing place and spent a couple of hours betting on the horses - great fun. Started off w/$3.50 in quarters and walked away with $16 - whoopee do!
Got home late, and got a call from big ds at the bus station - home from Toronto and needed to be picked up - so chauffeur mom was out againt (like 12:30 am!) driving around in the cold and dark.
Today - my eating was much improved except for tonight - when I bloated myself - of course there was a "SCENE" with dd!
So tell me if I'm wrong? cuz I am feeling pretty badly.
DD and 2 friends had planned to go to a concert at the local concert venue (at least a 45 min drive when there is a show on due to major traffic). Her dad bought her these tickets a few weeks ago for her bday present.
I am driving home from work at 5:30 pm and my cellphone rings - dd asking where am I and when am I coming home? Not sure why she is so concerned! Cuz you're driving us to the concert she says! I am? This is the first I have heard of it and I was not planning to drive anyone anywhere (did I mention exhaustion from the previous night and very tired and hungry?). Yes you are she says? I get very angry and ask why she had not mentioned this to me before - like she knew she was going to the concert for weeks?
Said she told dh last night (while I was out) and he told her to speak to me this morning before leaving for school - which she obviously didn't - nor did she call me at work or anything (like an email even?). I told her I cannot make this commitment with such short notice (yes I have been trying to teach her that we too have a "life" and can't just be called up on short notice") In fact what if I was not coming home from work? or had other plans?
Got home to find her and 2 "buddies' here - seems they had already told their parents that I was driving them to and from the concert! I was kinda freaked out by this. Told them to check public transportation (all 3 girls have bus passes and we live 2 blocks away from transit station and they generally do have special buses to these concerts and events). I finally called and found out because this was not a major concert very limited bussing.
In the meantime one of the other girls called her dad - who rushed out of the house - showed up at our place to drive the girls to the concert! So do I look ridiculous and mean or what? Like I don't give a damn? But that's not the point of course - the point was it would be nice to have been a) asked and b) asked in advance! and not just have it assumed that I was driving tonight.
Anyhow I did offer to pick them up - like I want to go out at 10 pm in the FREEZING COLD to drive there and back! But I don't want them taking public transit back late at night! DD is supposed to call me around 10 pm to advise of timing and coordinates! I feel rotten of course - and like a bad parent.
Pigged out on some after eight mints and a mini coffee crisp bar left over from hallowe'en (found it in the freezer!).
But otherwise not a bad eating day.
So no warm flannel jammies for me - not yet anyways!
Frouf
I don't know how else to explain it. My weight is also up. I weighed this morning and it was way up. I don't even want to tell how much. I'm hoping to get it back down by the end of the week or I feel like I'll need to change my tracker. Don't want to kid myself about what kind of progress I'm making. 
Frouf Comes Out Of Hiding!
