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.
Glad thou had a good day, Anagramatic, sorry thy sleep be messed up. Mine's been that way awhile also, but it's mostly due to my bad habits ... another deficiency I need to amend in the next few months!
I DO BELIEVE TOMORROW BE MAYDAY, HOORAY!!!
We made it!
Gotta work some, then I have a little personal ritual to take care of to allow the negative spirit I've been operating under since March to gently leave my life so that I can move forward ... I learned much from this negative phase, but desire to let it go now ...
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!
Yea, Anagramatic, I have resting for an hour and telling the Negative Spirit that it must away to go live with the Sugar Demon and Cupcake and it can never return to this house! It's packin' its duds and seems resigned to the move!
Saturday, the LAST day o' April ... my Day 105 (I think).
s, since it's Mayday tomorrow, MAY I request that everyone sashay over to the Great Hall 'n join in the celebration of our passage through the challenges we've encountered during this Mayday, er, challenge ... and do the Happy Maypole Dance together as we bid our negative spirits good morrow 'n may they trouble us no more as we enter into "Slimmin' To the Solistice" as we've all agreed to hop on board that summery royal train 'n challenge ourselves in POSITIVE ways as we move to our respective goalies! (E.g., it'd be great to have all s post their thoughts tomorrow on this thread 'n then we can have a nice cuppa and on Monday, post a new thread ...
I feel I did really well in the movin' on to a better place today ... took a long drive for the first time in a month and a half and started a painting that depicts my feelings about what's been going on in my life ... now it's time for a wee nap and I need to work tomorrow.
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?
It's May, it's May, it's May, it's May, it's May, it's May, it's May, it's May, it's
... er, May, singeth Amarantha as she joins hands with her sister Royals on the Palace Green, Renaissance clothing billowing in the wind, grasping also the colorful streamers attached to the flower-bedecked Maypole and ...
Well, ya get the idea.
In reality, I'd like to declare my Slimmin' to Solstice personal challenge right now as I'm starting today in anticipation o' the new thread tomorrow.
For various reasons and not to be negative ('cause we're not DOIN' that this month), I've screwed up reeeeeaaaallly a lot in recent months and one o' the not-so-good things I've done is to forget to be kind to me. One way I've always been kind to me is to make friends with the Exercise Mojo who used to come out 'n play with my Inner Child (IC).
But for some time, probably due to a desire to lie on the couch and feel sorry for herself, my recalcitrant IC has REFUSED to go out 'n play in the sun (or the gym) with EM. So I've decided to be a good parent and send her (IC) to AMARANTHA'S SUMMER SOLSTICE BOOT CAMP!!!
Here's the curriculum: From today to June 19 (the last Sunday before the Solstice), IC will exercise 420 minutes per week under the direction o' Sgt. Amarantha. This can be any exercise and can be broken up through the week in any way IC desires. IF A WEEK'S MINUTES ARE NOT COMPLETED, THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THE NEXT WEEK'S MINUTES, AND SO ON AND SO ON AND SO ON! (If completed, IC gets the satisfaction o' a job well done)!!!
This works out to an hour a day, but again, it doesn't have to be completed that way ... can be broken up any way or all 420 can be done on one day if IC feels she can do 'er! I will log the minutes here and on the new thread when it's posted. Will probably do a spreadsheet for it also.
WEEK O' MAY 1-7 MINUTES COMPLETED SO FAR: 60 (took walk), MINUTES TO GO: 360!
We are missing some s at the Mayday Celebration ... huzzah, seems there's a lot o' Mayday Punch (?) left in the larder ... sigh.
My IC (Inner Child) hath rebelled about the 420-minutes o' weekly exercise at Amarantha's Summer Solstice Bootcamp, so I had to go get her and take her to a more lenient camp. (Translation: Decided to amend my challenge as an hour a day be a bit ambitious for a person who's been pretty much lying on the couch for a month and a half ... also Sugar Busters tends to be a program for people who do not exercise intensely ... no kiddin', it says so in the book ... so while I intend to stay on SB AND eventually exercise intensely, I think I'll cool it). SO ...
MY BOOTCAMP CHALLENGE IS TO EXERCISE A MERE 280 MINUTES A WEEK FOR MY IC'S EDIFICATION! This is an average of 40 minutes per day. All the other stated rules 'n regs of my challenge apply!
TOOK THE LIBERTY O' POSTING THE NEW CHALLENGE THAT WAS PROPOSED BY PUNKIN: SLIMMIN' TO SUMMER SOLSTICE! THERE'S SUGAR FREE VIRTUAL DONUTS IN THE GREAT HALL, SO PLEASE C'MON IN AND POST YUR -ly CHALLENGES ... HUZZAH!
Isn't there a song in the old musical "Camelot" that fits the occasion ... "t'is May, t'is May, the month o' yes-you-may ..." or something! 
s, since it's Mayday tomorrow, MAY I request that everyone sashay over to the Great Hall 'n join in the celebration of our passage through the challenges we've encountered during this Mayday, er, challenge ... and do the Happy Maypole Dance together as we bid our negative spirits good morrow 'n may they trouble us no more as we enter into "Slimmin' To the Solistice" as we've all agreed to hop on board that summery royal train 'n challenge ourselves in POSITIVE ways as we move to our respective goalies! (E.g., it'd be great to have all 
It's May, it's May, it's May, it's May, it's May, it's May, it's May, it's May, it's
Sgt. Amarantha. 
This can be any exercise and can be broken up through the week in any way IC desires. IF A WEEK'S MINUTES ARE NOT COMPLETED, THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THE NEXT WEEK'S MINUTES, AND SO ON AND SO ON AND SO ON! (If completed, IC gets the satisfaction o' a job well done)!!!