The past couple of weeks have been full of ups and downs. More ups than downs, overall.
Ups:
- Getting a draft done and turned in at work. Although it was late, the customer seemed really happy with it, so I’m hoping it will go through review cycles easily.
- Getting our 2004 tax return back. This meant we could take care of a couple of pressing errands.
- The Allison Krauss + Union Station Live DVD. It’s a couple of years old, but it’s full of good music. Allison’s voice continues to be lovely as ever; I don’t think there’s a bad song on the disc. Plus, Allison seems to have one heck of a sense of humor.
- Spicy Cashew Chicken at the Cheesecake Factory.
- Mike is back from Iraq!!
- This last weekend, I got my DSL upgraded from 768Kbps down/128Kbps up to 3Mbps down/768Kbps up, for the same price as my old plan. No hardware swap required — it just started working better Friday. Yay, bandwidth! It’s been very useful when I’ve been working from home.
- I’ve been pop-free since the Monday before Ash Wednesday. I’m avoiding the carbonation, not the caffeine, and ditching the calories has helped me lose weight.
Downs:
- Migraines. Haven’t been having them as much lately, but today was pretty miserable. The morning was awful and the afternoon, while better thanks to Steph’s efforts to distract me, still stunk. I’m only now starting to feel like the headache is finally going away.
- $550 in repairs for the car. Several things that needed fixing got fixed, and we should be in good shape for the next year, but still — ouch.
- Time management is still a huge effort with small wins.
- Being pop-free. Good for health, but I’m getting desperate for tasty drinks.
- Not keeping up with my exercise plan for Lent.
it has been awhile since you updated so I am interested in how you are doing w/o pop? Russ is also off pop and he has been getting creative with his drinks lately trying to make up for it. Oh and I have another down for you. Your favorite sister in law Rachael and her incredible family live in Massachussets too far away to visit often. OH wait. maybe that is an up. NO of course it is a down. lots of love RCT
Still doing okay; I’ve had maybe one pop every other day, on average, since Easter — I want to make darn sure that I a) don’t get hooked again and b) they taste like a treat.
I’ve noticed that I’m not quite as fond of bottled Pepsi as I used to be, but fountain Coke tastes a lot better now. I’ll probably be drinking mostly speciality pops like Henry Weinhardts or Thomas Kemper on those occasions when I have one.