Wow I am still full of yuckies. I spent enough time this morning cleaning it all out till it was bleeding, but it keeps filling back up.
Claratin – check, not working
Nasonex – check, stings open blood vessels
mucinex – check, stuff is coming out
allegra – still battling pharmacy on not having delivered this tylenol – 100% inneffective
We set out this weekend for another grand adventure in camping. Every trip is certainly an adventure, whether it is the one we planned and expected or not. This one did not go as planned. It is worthy of note to say we didn’t have much of a plan, that is to say we planned to go with the flow, but our flow ran into a dam.
Stopped first in Palm Springs to dine at Las Casuelas Terraza, which is a great experience and good food. I recommend the patios seating where the band plays. and the chili colorado burrito. as part of the 3 item combo. with your choice of 4 kinds of beans. Thank you for yummy dinner! Good times.
Next we drove another hour out to the West entrance of Joshua Tree National Park. Then we drove to the North Entrance. We passed the sign that said ALL CAMPGROUNDS FULL and went directly down to the choice spot where we were planning to stay. The same spot hundreds of people on Spring Break were already staying. We found a nice Ranger who didn’t shoot us and told us to get lost. Literally, he gave us a map to somewhere we still believe does not actually exist. Or at least it is not out there in that dirt road at 2am. This much we confirmed.
So we slept in the car, which, by the way, is not nearly as much fun as putting up the tent in mom’s back yard and “camping” there. Hmmm, hey Aaron, I think I found our next spot for camping… and yummy dinner!
Next day, we made the safe move and drove back(!) to stay at Chino Hills State Park. Much more space. Great restroom and shower facilities. Nice view. Lots of coyotes. noisy coyotes. in packs. on this side of the tent. and then the other. So we’re up at 2 am again, chilly, and having to pee. Wasn’t bad, actually. We had some fun too. As we were roughing it out there in the wilderness, it turns out we couldn’t get the speakers going, so the DVD movie on the projector was still discernible, but we used subtitles to help cuz we’re cool like that. Anyway they got the plane down safely (thanks to video gamer) and apparently got some anti-venom and Sam L. saved the day.
We had fun with our friends, made great steaks, drinks and snacks, attempted smores and jiffy pop, created our own movie theater, pitched a tent, succesfully got the tent back into the little bag in which it came (yay!), and got home early on Sunday with just enough time to drop everything (most of the things anyway) from the car all over the floor and Wii some Marvel Heroes. Yes, that’s one sentance. And now my legs and sinuses are both cramping, but everything is better now because I get to go back to work. Yay, Monday!
WW meeting is coming to work again. I paid $150 for the 3 month program, Problem is this time, nothing is new and I don’t feel motivated to be doing anything about it even thought I spent my money.
As for the program, the flex plan is changed since my last WW journey. Instead of living on 26 points, I will be using 34! Wow. Ladies? same points as last time. So there! 8 more points of whatever. Now the thing we really need to do is make the whatever at home the right stuff. Maybe I could try the core plan?
As of right now, Number of items on list accomplished in the 2 weeks since December 1st: negative 3.
But I have a partial solution, 1 more hour in the day. I am now getting up at 6-something in the morning and getting to work by 7. This actually works better than trying to get up after having fallen back asleep when she gets up to go. Now I leave for work just after she does and get to work before she does. (sorry) (for you, dear) (I am still pleased with this 
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Nicely, that adds an extra hour to my afternoon as I get off work at 4 and can be home by 4:05. (Oops, sorry again, dear.) This gives me about 45 minutes to eat all the snacks I can find until she gets home and we make yummy dinner. I like that word, “yummy”. It is her new favorite phrase lately. “Thank you for yummy ______.”
Anyway, you would think I should be going to bed an hour earlier to compensate, but that is just crazy talk right there and both useless and impossible for me to do. She falls asleep, whether she wants to at that point in time or not, she just shuts down. I keep going–the later it gets the more I am ready to go. I could just go to bed anyway and stare at the ceiling for a while until I fall asleep from boredom. But if I use boredom to cause sleep I would almost never be awake at work. So I still go to sleep late, I just get up earlier, so one extra hour.
For example, tonight’s hockey game is 11pm. This means it is over by midnight. I will be dressed and ready to leave about 12:30 am, tomorrow. Then I drive home to go to bed about 1am. BUT, I will not sleep. I will be up and wired on adrenaline, which is every bit as good at keeping me up as the caffeine I take in the morning like vitamins. I take this drug, straight now, because it is the one thing that makes me half way normal in the morning. Without it, I am a zombie until lunch. (And then still need a nap after lunch). So I am up now, up in the morning, and up all night.
And all this makes me more productive. And that’s the story of how I got so many things on the list done. Yay!
Happy Birthday to Erik
