love you, Steveareno, and I miss you

Wow...has it been a year already? I wrote this about Stephen last October 30th. Sums it up, and by the way, today he'd have turned 41. I must say, selfishly, that if he were here tonight I'd have vied for the opportunity to take him to dinner (my treat now that I'm employed) and then spent the whole evening talking about myself and my new job and my new exercise routine and my new desire to lose weight and my, my, my (me, me, me).... Hey. At least I'm honest. And you know what? He wouldn't have minded.

I really miss Stephen.

On another topic - I'm going quasi-vegetarian. That means (exactly), no beef, pork, chicken, turkey, duck, buffalo, lamb or lizard. Well, okay, lizard was never on my menu (Boo can attest), but I threw that in for emphasis. I will eat eggs, cheese (dairy) and seafood. Oh, and I'm not going to worry about rennet or chicken broth in soup. Why, you wonder? Cause it's better for the environment and I just want to. I've done so for the last few days and it's so easy to do.

I will admit that I've been very gassy for the last two days. I only share that on here as #1 you can't smell it and #2 it's part of adjusting to the increased intake of veggies & fruit. My body has to adjust to all this healthy eating. I mean, I was already pretty health conscious anyway - but taking out the chicken, beef, etc. and replacing that with tofu and beans - you got ignition! Eventually, my system will settle (or I'll be given yet another new nickname).

As for work and this past week - yeah. See how much I've been blogging? Balance has not been struck yet. But with next week's daylight savings (so, early morning workouts will be easier to swallow!), I should be golden. Also, no more 'fun times' on a school night. I hung out with Joannie and a pal this past Wednesday and stayed out way, way, way too late. Bad call. I felt like crap on Thursday and am still not 100% today. No more of that even though I loved every minute of it. Can't afford to. At least not until I've lost some (major) poundage and have a routine rock solid.

Other than that, I got nothing. Wait! Boo! She's fine and adjusting to my being gone - and she loves her new tricked out terrarium. All is good in Boo Land - except I do have to find her a babysitter for when I'm visiting back home in December (gone for like 14 days!). I can't bear to take her to Cricket Camp again. She'll be uber traumatized. Anyone love dragons who can help me out??? Boo will love you forever and that's worth it's price in gold - take it from me, a bona fide dragon lover!

Boo and Fathead playing "areoplane"


Boo doing what she does best...posing (basking)