10/12

Holy sh!t. So I had bought this shirt about two months ago and mistakenly grabbed a size smaller than what I wanted. I grabbed a 10/12 instead of a 14/16. This was before I stopped the bad habit of buying clothes without trying them on. Anyway, when I got home and tried it on, it was skin tight, it's one of those tapered, fitted shirts that I love to wear with jeans or khakis. The fabric is a little stretchy and so it has a good bit of give, but it was just too tight. Fast forward to this morning. I see the shirt and am like "what the hell?!" and I tried it on and it freakin' fits perfectly! I'm totally tripping. A size 10/12, can you believe that? And to make things even more interesting...I'm about to wear a size 16 pair of khakis tomorrow! So let's see, I can wear a 10/12 top, a size 14 skirt and 16 in pants. That's amazing to me.

Tennis last night was totally awesome. It was freakin' freezing, but it was awesome. Half the people didn't show because it was 45-ish ° and very windy, but after 15-20 mins of running around, I had to shed a couple of the layers I was wearing. The only thing that froze were my fingers. The mobility thing is finally working out, I'm staying alert, keeping my racket in front of me, following the ball and keeping on my toes. One problem I still have is sometimes my mind just wanders off in la-la land when I'm watching the other team and so instead of thinking of what I should be doing in preparation for their return, I sometimes just slightly space out, marveling at the fact I got the darn ball over the net. That's my ADD acting up.

I'm going shopping after work today. I have got to pick up a coat, some thermals, sweaters, gloves, thick socks and some kind of scarf or something. I ain't about to freeze and it's only going to get worse.

17 degrees!

Are you kidding me? That's the projected low tonight. Ugh, miserable. Is Mother Nature trying to kill me? Oh, well, I will certainly be prepared. I dug up yet another blanket for tonight so I should be good to go. The funny thing is that underneath all those covers, it's so difficult to toss and turn so I end up remaining in the same position that I first fall asleep in. Frankly, it's too much work and requires too much conscious effort and thought to wiggle around like I usually do. Hopefully I won't wake up with too many aches and pains.

Tonight I made a very lame soup with chicken stock, onions, garlic and some leftover country style pork ribs, nothing fancy, but somewhat tasty, but I ate it up as it certainly has warmed my core. This afternoon I ate a whole can of green beans. I sauteed a can of french cut green beans, some onion, garlic, butter, salt and pepper. YUM and it was only 14g of carbs, 7g of which were fiber. I love green beans, so delicious. I am working on my last 32 oz of water for the day which kind of sucks because it means I'll be up around 3 in the morning hitting the bathroom, but at least I got my water in.

I found the tennis center near my house that has the tennis lessons. $45 for a six lessons, then I think it's like a couple bucks to use one of the courts for an hour at a time throughout the week when I want. Awesome, I can't wait. The only thing that concerns me is my knees. I've got a trick left knee and I don't want to hurt myself, plus I haven't been known to be the most agile person in the world. I'm hoping it's something I can work up to.