Hi! My name is Claude and I'd like to join your checkin. I've been gone so long it feels like I need to reintroduce myself. I have been working out, trying some of those new Cathe workouts I got for Christmas and a few of those P90X workouts too! But my eating has been bad and I'm majorly stressed.
DH's grandmother and uncle moved out here from southern CA on Christmas Eve Day. Gram came down with a cold the day after Christmas and ended up at the hospital on New Year's day with the beginnings of pneumonia. She's been in ICU, hooked up to a respirator and sedated since. This weekend we found out that she's having trouble with her kidneys. SIL ended up staying an extra week because it didn't look good. Right now we're in a holding pattern - Gram's not getting worse, but she's not really making any significant improvements either. Although when I saw her today, the nurse said Gram did two 2-hour sessions of breathing exercises today - which is great for her. She has really bad emphysema (sp). My MIL has a meeting with the Dr. tomorrow to discuss the situation and our options. I don't like how that sounds.
Then today I got a call from an old friend who's been battling cancer. First he had testicular cancer, then it moved to his lungs, he told me today they just found it on his liver. He's telling me this is supposed to be one of the easiest cancers to cure, but for some reason it just doesn't want to go away for this guy. He's got two litle kids - one 6, another 8. I feel awful for this poor guy and his family. Why do things like this happen to nice people?
Ended up gaining 5 lbs over New Year's weekend - just like that, BAM 5 lbs up. Have already lost 2, but I'm ticked at myself for giving in to all those temptations. I think it was really fatigue setting in. I was worn out from all the entertaining plus, since Christmas, I've been working full time again. Don't like working five days, I really got used to my 3 day schedule. It'll keep up until at least the end of this month, hopefully not much longer.
So fill me in - I feel like I've been gone forever.
Amy - did your parents' visit go well overall? I remember reading something about Dad sending sawdust all over the inside of your car. I read your post today, did DH have a tough time during your parents' visit?
Traci - How's the P90X progress going? I haven't started the official rotation, but I've been doing a couple of the workouts. I was really worried about Plyometrics, but I did it this morning and I love it. It's a nice change from Cathe - didn't think I'd ever say that. How are your babies doing? One of them (sorry, I can't remember her name now) was sick last I recall. Is she all better?
Cheryl - how's that downward slide doing? You were kicking butt last time I checked in. Are all the press tours over? Are things setling down yet?
Jane - are you still going nonstop? If I remember correctly, you were putting in lots of OT and were doing really quick checkins. At least you got to checkin, I totally checked out for the past two weeks.
Teddygirl - how's it going, girlfriend? Are the neighbors still giving you a hard time?
Lori - what's new with you too? Sounds like you're starting a knitting project. Kudos to you, I never had the patience for knitting. Hope it comes out great!
Is Sandra still over at the Xer's checkin? I miss her posts too. I hope I didn't miss anyone. I thought about you guys often; I really missed your support and great attitudes. I'll try to get back more consistently, of course pending family crises.
Bedtime now - hope to be back tomorrow!
Claude
"A Drug is a substance which, when injected into a Rat, produces a SCIENTIFIC REPORT."