Obviously, I've been working a lot, and traveling a lot. In between times, I've had a bit of fun here and there.
Last month, I went down to the LA area to attend Sara Brown's graduation from Talbot. I'm so proud of her! She and I know the true evils of Talbot's ICD program.
Last weekend, Jeff and I were treated to an impromptu visit from Sara and Jeremy, as they were driving north on the 5 to see Jeremy's family for the holiday weekend and one of their tires failed. They were a reasonably short distance from our house, so they drove across the 198 and spent the night, got their car fixed in the morning, and were on their way again... It was just fun to have them with us for a short time.
Our US Independence Day celebration (i.e. our celebration of the move from taxation without representation to taxation with representation) was fairly low-key. We had dinner with Jeff's family, and set off some [entirely legal] fireworks once it was dark. Jerry and Debbie were watching a Prairie Home Companion televised special, and I realised, once again, that Garrison Keillor is absolutely unfunny. I do not understand how that man has managed to sustain a dull and pointless radio show for more than 20 years, and probably even made some money at it. Why would anyone make a movie of it? Lame, lame, lame, ad nauseum a la H.L. Mencken.
The biggest recent news is that Jeff and I have joined a fitness center. This is notable because I enjoy participating in exercise just about as much as a cat enjoys doing synchronized swimming. I love to dance, but exercising simply for the sake of exercising is just so difficult for me. Have you ever noticed that many gym machines look like medieval torture devices?* Coincidence? I think not.
Anyway, we did the preliminary fitness evaluation and everything, and the exercise physiologist set my goal as losing 1 pound. My real goal is to trim down enough to wear that size 2 bridesmaid gown in Christina's wedding in October. I'm going to try and be a good girl, and eat right and exercise.
Overall, I'm doing well at present, but I really miss my family and friends down south. Fortunately, I'm going to be seeing many of them next weekend. I'll just have to hang on till then.
*Note: If you ever do a Google image search for "medieval torture device" or something along those lines, be prepared for some pretty bizarre and eye-opening hits. That's all I have to say.
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