It's the Saturday before Easter.
Bryce says he wants Easter to be today. He wants to write the Pope.
"Dear Benedict... for the first time in 2000 years, what do you say we celebrate Easter on a Saturday?..."
So it's the last day of mandated sweetlessness for me.
Haven't looked back to see if I can quantify the affect this Lent has had, but I can tell you this.. although I've had the occasional craving for a bowl of ice cream, I haven't really missed the candy, donuts.. etc. The one hard moment of this whole experience was little Blaine's third birthday party across the street a few weeks ago. Big ole pieces of Lightning McQueen cake being passed around... Cake from Publix is so good and it was hard to pass up.
So here's what worries me: that I'll go back to my old habits. That one thing will lead to another and I'll be eating cookies and ice cream like I always used to. I'm down to ~240 (from somewhere in the mid-260's around the Holidays) and I think I've got something sustainable going here.
220 is the goal. 210 is the "stretch goal" (abhorrent corp-speech). How can I modify my approach to keep this up? Remains to be seen.
Pancakes this morning. Everyone's eaten their share but me. Now Bryce tells me I can "never ever eat [my] pancakes." What a coach.
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Last Day of Sweetlessness
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Soggy SleepyDad Workfromhome Wednesday
Rainy today. Good soaking rain.
But a pretty pleasant, working-from-home, day all the same.
Watched Bryce this morning while Mama gave her class and met with some students.
A couple of the neighbor kids came over (Blaine and Madison-- both right about Bryce's age) for a few hours and they all played great together.. it was incredible. Admittedly, Blaine's nanny (yes, nanny-- though so far as I've seen she doesn't fly on an umbrella-- har har) came with them and kept a good eye on them.. but they all really were on good terms today, despite the ugly weather. Lunched on grapes, PB&J's, and American cheese.. then everyone went home and had a nap.. including Bryce and Daddy!
Outstanding!
The boys are both still pretty tired-- catching up (or I wish they would) on all the sleep they lost the last 5 days or so while we worked our way through the latest cough/sniffle/sneeze bug that made it's way through our house... the turn of season allergies are making sure that those sniffles stick around a while longer-- Bryce has developed quite a little cough; good thing he loves his cough medicine... but suffice it to say, it's been a series of pretty groggy mornings around here while the boys have been waking 2 or 3 times a night each for one reason or another...
And yeah, while you're wondering, I did actually get some work done during all this activity today-- had the laptop setup in the kitchen while the kids were playing upstairs and was actually able to get quite a bit done. Not such a bad gig.
Just finished watching Monday's 24 on TIVO.. this season is faultering, I'm afraid. Not even the addition of Rick(y) Schroder seems to be saving the day here... did anyone really think it would? Powers Booth's Vice President is becoming entirely too over the top. Monomaniacal to the point, I expect they'll reveal next week that he's got a peg leg and likes to walk the deck...
Similarly puzzled by the Battlestar Galactica season finale-- watched that on Sunday night. It was trippy.. unlike 24, I think the last couple of BSG's may have saved an otherwise terribly plodding and ponderous season.. and yet I'm still just not sure what to make of this "All Along the Watchtower" business... I want to like it. But I'm a little annoyed with this manipulation they're playing with Starbuck.... and the 'we're all cylons' contrivance seemed pretty forced...
