Monday, August 3, 2009

Beer me that noodle.

Mason got out of the hospital yesterday. I went to go visit him after work today and brought him some Get Well Soon balloons and a bunch of gummy candies I found at Party City. 15 for a buck, heck yes! He was back to his old weird self being cute and funny and it really cheered me up. Life goes on, you know? As far as he knows, nothing even happened except he woke up in a hospital and he got to play with some Bob the Builder Legos. High on his list of wants, FYI.

No one's exactly trying to jog his memory right now. That's fine by me.

As for the rest of the weekend, some less than mindful eating of Popchips did occur, but I weighed in this morning at 400.6 so I'm down a good 4.2 pounds in a week and that ain't bad, all things considered. My leg's still getting better slowly but surely as days go by. I just stretch it out a lot and remember the Cart of Motivation.
Work is getting stressful again. Okay by me because as long as they keep my ass busy, there's less chance they're gonna be letting me go. Sometimes I push these imaginary deadlines on myself because I hate having piles of shit on my desk. I also hate coming in the next morning knowing I have a pile of work to do from the day before. Shit stresses me out! Then I look up and see my grampa John Wayne telling me to chill, so I do. Until some old lady calls and bitches me out about her Social Security check. Ahhh, customer service, indeed.

Before the big drowning fiasco Saturday, there was actually a pretty cool birthday party for Leo. Here he is showing off his awesome mp3 player from the coolest almost-aunt ever, a.k.a. me. He picked it out, so I can only take credit for paying for it and filling it with Foo Fighters and Michael Jackson songs.

Tomorrow's my first swimming lesson. Jeff said he's been YouTube-ing some tricks of the trade to make it easier for me. Sometimes he's so cute. Wish me luck!

17 comments:

~ugly girl with a beautiful heart~ said...

Good luck with the swimming lessons!

And holy, congrats on the 4.2 lbs loss!!! That's fucking awesome Tricia!

Mrs. Jelly Belly said...

Wow, congrats on the 4.2 - that's awesome! Love the John Wayne sign...I should get one; their are many people in my office who could benefit from its message.

And what's with the little kids and the MJ obsession? My granddaughter (8 on Sunday) has gone crazy over him. She has developed quite an impressive collection of memorabilia.

big_mummy said...

awesome on the weight loss- you rocked it! Next week youll be under 400!

Good luck with the swimming, if in doubt dont breath at all and you will float lol.

Anne H said...

You are one cool chick...good on the pounds, and now swimming! You'll do fine - even great!

Anonymous said...

Good luck swimming - it's great exercise! Congrats on your loss this week!

Tantra Flower said...

Awww leo is such a little cutie. He looks very pleased. Paying for and loading a new mp3 player does make you the coolest almost aunt EVER!

Good luck with the swimming lessons. You're going to do great and hopefully have a lot of fun too.

@eloh said...

Over 4 pounds...I'm impressed.

jessi said...

Awesome weight loss! I'm so glad Mason is okay.

Unknown said...

Great job on the 4.2!!! Love the john wayne sign! lol Thats one happy camper with an new mp3 player! :) I love swimming, but I dont have a pool! :( Pooor TJ

Shelley said...

Relieved to hear that Mason is doing so good - and I hope all the adults involved are recovering as well!

You lost 4.2 pounds?!? Great going!!!! Guess that ol' cart of motivation really works!

Good luck with your swim lessons - try to relax and you'll be swimming in no time!

arielcircleofnine said...

KICK ASS LOSS!!! Glad to hear Mason is back to his old self and Leo sure IS a cutie, lookin psyched to have that fine present too!
Have fun swimmin, ahhhh cool and refreshing!

Carlos said...

kick ass loss, now swim forrest swim

LAF said...

It was so great to read your post! That was so nice of you to bring candy and balloons to Mason AND an IPOD for Leo? I hope your generosity comes back to you in a major way. I know it will.

Unknown said...

Good luck with the swimming! I'm so glad Mason is okay. And what a loss you had - congrats!
Those PopChips are too damned good, aren't they?

wildfluffysheep said...

Glad the kidlet is good :D ooo i want some bob the builder lego...

cool john wayne sign!
the cart of motivation huh? *nods*

way to frickin go on the loss. i want to lose 4 pounds and not just out my wallet!

just keep swimming! gotta love that dory...

Beth @ Kitchen Minions said...

Good luck swimming! So glad Mason is ok. Kids really are resilient!

Dina said...

Great job!

Leo is so cute!

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