Wednesday, June 08, 2005

June Gloom

The lovely and talented Crazy Aunt Purl brings to us the idea of June Gloom. And I say, add my name to the roster because I am right smack in the middle of it. It's about 9 thousand degrees outside today, and that is an improvement over yesterday. The heat comes off the pavement in waves, and the A/C at the store (BTW - BBW stands for Bath and Body Works in my world, not big, beautiful woman...since I noticed that some people were a little mixed up by my abbreviation) couldn't even keep up with it today. When you are doing a bang-up job of selling shower gels, you might start to glisten a little. Lovely.

I am also SOCRAZYBUSY!!! School is a little overwhelming this summer session, and just when I get one big assignment done, there is another one coming along to bite me square in the ass. Meanwhile, my diet is NOT going well, and I am not going for walks (see comments about the heat), and I have even done my little toning routine in a couple of days. And today, after Bill's son's baseball game, I want nothing more than a nice, cold beer in a tall, frosty mug. Mmmmm...

Tomorrow, I am going to start counting Points again, a la Weight Watchers. I am watching my friends have success with it, I have had success with it before, and I know that I can have success with it again. However, I have been too lazy to put the effort in...looking up foods, calculating out their Points values, writing everything down...I just wasn't feeling it. However, I am also not feeling the extra pounds I have in the hips, thighs, and buttocks area, so I guess it is time to get busy with it. Hopefully the weather will cool off, I will be able to walk outside, and the endorphins will kick in...until then, I will chalk it up to June Gloom and look forward to July.

5 comments:

hazel said...

what is UP with this crazy pa weather lately???? and more importantly, WHEN WILL IT END?? we took a walk last night at 9pm so that the baby didn't die of heat stroke and I was still dripping with sweat - as it was still 75 degrees.

I know what you mean about hopping back on the points train. I've been standing on the platform way too long - it's time to climb aboard already. I just dread putting that much thought into eating again. stay strong.

Froggylady said...

Ah, walking in the heat and humidty, a great way to lose some unwanted water weight.

Hope you just have first half of June Gloom and that you're feeling back to your non-gloomy overwhelmed self WAY before July.

Susan said...

Hey M - you can always try the Core program (no counting or points necessary)? Do you know about that one?

I can fill you in on all the details if you want : )

Rebecca, I agree with you - blogging always helps!

NME said...

I had success on WW too - and I keep considering going back to counting but it feels like a death sentence to me. Good luck.

Aarwenn said...

Blogging ALWAYS helps. Good luck with the knitting, and I understand about Bill--it's hard let go fully. I think it was in someone else's blog where I said, "I don't have exes. I just have, 'Lovers I Am Not Currently Sleeping With.'" Because I always, always, ALWAYS go back!