You're welcome to compare yourselves to me, if "at least I didn't spend Christmas getting three units of packed red blood cells" makes you feel better.

Also, I have no Emmy.

if "at least I didn't spend Christmas getting three units of packed red blood cells" makes you feel better.

I'm kind of thinking, "Shit, I don't have an Emmy AND I don't have 3 units of PRBCs! I AM SO BEHIND!"

In all seriousness, though, I hope the PRBCs make *you* feel better. Not the best way to spend Christmas, but I'm still glad to know you got them, because you needed them.

I seriously did. Apparently the ulcer is acting up again. I wasn't good about taking all my Prilosec while I had the Martian Death Flu.

Dang, Ginger. I hope the ulcer starts behaving better and the RBCs help.

I need a resolution to try and become more limber. Screw loosing weight or getting strong or running anything, I need to become more limber. I've been trying to get myself to restart yoga for months. Just the most basic things. I wish I knew why I was so adamantly anti-change.

Timelies everyone!

I spent most of today waiting at a walk-in clinic because of horrible chest pain to find out it's a viral inflammation thing and I get to just ride it out. Exciting!

I had a random question though - have any of you American buffistas ever flown into Canada with a one-way ticket? I'm visiting Vancouver later in January and I'm not sure how long I'm staying, so I was planning on purchasing my return ticket while I was already there, once I had it figured out. Wondering if that'd be an issue with border patrol people?

my new main squeeze, polka dots.

Polka dots are the shiznit!

Or at least that's what I heard Snoop-Dog say when he was a guest judge on Project Runway.

(Just in my dreams.)

As far as the Yoga goes - I've started doing breathing exercises - good for my asthma and maybe for my sleep. I also have hand and arm stretches bookmarked and some sitting leg exercises - all stretchy stuff. I want to do more yoga - so I have found things I can do in the middle of work. Those are my baby steps that I started in october. and they are so Not habits yet. However doing any of these things feels good, for a little bit.

Habit forming is interesting. A whole bunch of the flylady stuff came easy ( morning and eve routines - and I can do anything for 15 min) but other stuff ( decluttering for 15 min-ha ) not so easy . ( and shoes is just silly ) .a

I'm trying to think of ways to not compare yourself to others. in small steps. Scolding yourself sounds backwards. Maybe looking at the things that would have to change in your current life to be in that place. ( DH some times talks about he could have done X and be at A - my answer is always - it is possible we might never have gotten married) But I have no idea

the one thing I would seriously like to change is some of the mindless eating/drinking I do. thinking about it

I had a lovely evening drinking with several of my sister's friends (I'd met all of them before, some I know quite well). Now I am sleepy and it is late. But I didn't realize my phone charger was at her house until after I changed into pajamas. Dang. (I'm staying across the street at her neighbors' house while they're gone).

Thanks for all the birthday wishes! And a very happy birthday to my birthday twins, Jesse and Theo!