01/06/08

I feel great. Well, as great as I think I could right now. My Tummy isnt the issue.. its the damn gas pains in my back and neck. Thank god for gas-x. I just took a nap in my bed. It felt awesome. I dont have a recliner and wasnt going to buy one just for this. I should have. I have been resting/sleeping in a pillow propped corner of the couch with my feet on the ottoman. Comfy? Yep, but.. that position made my back ache. I'm a side sleeper but thats gonna wait.

I dont know if I have mentioned my family or if anyone reading this cares. After all, these ramblings are for me not anyone else. I have 3 cats and a dog. The cats are often refered to as my kids and that confuses those who dont know that I am a crazy cat lady. There is Spooky, my greatest love of all time, Rocky, the BIG man, and Martini, aka, Tini.. she's just little. The dog. The dog is a PSYCHO chihuahua. I love her but here is the dillemma....

She is crate trained and seems to not mind it. With me out of commission as cheif playground, I need to keep her off me. Wiley (the dog) is 8 pounds of chaos. She did really well in obedience classes until we'd get home. She is a mile-a-minute kind of dog. With the remains of the snow outside she isnt going out and running.. she is running inside. Thats fine but her favorite spot to bounce off is my tummy. So, I get the brilliant idea to get 2 baby gates and lock her up in the kitchen. Worked for roughly 10 minutes before she was up and over the gates. So then we decide to raise the gates just a smidge so she cant get under them. I never knew a dog could go so flat so fast and pounce. I dont quite know what to do now. I cant give her free roam due to her poop/pee issues. I feel bad keeping her in her crate. With me like this, I cant bend well enough to open her crate to let her out either.. SIGH.

My Dad stopped by today. I was watching diet fads on E while he was here. He got to see the tiny snippet about the band. His question to me was "when will all this pain and crap make it worth it?" I told him that it was worth it yesterday and will be worth it everyday of my life.

Andrea called me while eating lasagna. Its really amusing that people freak out about eating around me. She is in Rhode Island, I am here. Not even close. Carl (the husband) has been eating too. Yesterday the poor guy damn near had tears in his eyes about not wanting to eat infront of me. It's okay. The chinese food smelled good but I didnt want it. The only craving I am having is for cheese. Odd, yes. I wont indulge my craving. I will have some jello and some protien shake though....:whoo: