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Written to my babe...

So, I got here, and I felt all warm and cozy and lovey and just good in general. I'm in ketosis, drinking my water and feeling like I'm losing weight for the day. Life is good.

Then I have to change the water bottle on the cooler, and the little tab that is used to remove the cap snaps off in my hand. I have to finagle it open with a pair of scissors, and it's a pain. Then someone buzzes to be let in the door. Not just a nice little buzz, but a long, drawn out, annoying, "I'mGonnaBuzzForFortyFiveWholeSecondsJustLayingOnThatButton
AsThoughThatMakesTheDoorOpenFasterAndI'llStayHere
UntilSomeoneComesToLetMeIn" sort of buzz. UGH! UGH! UGH!!! Mood ruined!

Then I went and layed some nice beefy cable. Oh, so girlie like you say.

And now I've finally got all my stuff out for the day and I don't want to do any of it.

Back in the carb days, this is when I would go get something from the vending machine. Maybe I'll go get my CD's from my car and make myself feel better that way.

Or, think about things to do at home... I need to write that check and mail it. I need to do laundry. I need to pick up the couch and put those sheets away. The cats don't really need that many lollies - I think I could select a few to keep and remove the rest of them. I need to roll the cat box. Dishes need to be washed. Bills need to be filed. Benefits stuff needs to be organized and filed. Those pictures need to be hung in the office if that's what we're doing with them, otherwise, they need to get packed in a box. I need to take my wedding dress to a cleaners and have it packed away. I need to take all that wedding stuff out, organize it nicely, throw out what I don't really want to keep, and file it all away. It would be nice to have new boxes, go through all the stuff in that closet and repack it all - or throw out stuff. OH! And what about under the bed? I've never been through that stuff. And today is Wednesday, which means tomorrow is Thursday, which means that we'll most likely have softball practice tomorrow at 5pm. Either I need to give up the team, or I need to get involved more.

Kevin just called about work stuff. I answered his questions then asked him if he was having fun (working on what he was working on). "Oh, yea," he said, "lots of fun."

I just feel so squishy. Just push me, mold me, stick me in a box. I could just ooze out of the chair, onto the floor and down the drain if there was one. Or, maybe like a marshmallow. Just stuff me somewhere, but don't expect me to do anything. Just fold me up and put me somewhere out of the way.

I have a string cheese in the fridge - maybe that will perk me up. And I'll go get the CDs. And drink my water.

I love you babe. Hope you're having a better, more productive, day than I am.

Love you

John had to worrk nights all weekend. Racing sucked on Saturday. I went to the Indy 500 with Pete. It wasn't very fun either.

Got a call from John earlier today. Seems that there's a problem with the U2 generator and they will probably come off line this weekend. There went his long weekend. POOF! My poor babe.

I'm finally writing again. Outage is over. Yippee!!! We had a great weekend in Jonesboro. And now back to real life.

John and I went swimming for the first time since outage (end of Feb I think). At the end of Feb, I weighed 292. Yesterday, pre-swim, I weighed 274. After swim, with very wet hair, I weighed 284. I'm not sure what to make of that. I'll try weighing before and after again to see if it really makes that much of a difference, or if I just didn't get a good number on the first weigh. In any case, I'm not losing that fast. But, at least I'm not gaining. Hopefully with the workouts, things will pick up again.

Hi. It's Tuesday. I feel so huge today. John had to work late again last night. He says that he might be able to come home at a decent time so that we can eat dinner tonight.

I'm feeling so yucky. Haven't been drinking enough water today. That's probably it. I'll just drink more water. I just want to go home and sleep.

Hi. It's Thursday. John and I had a nice morning, snuggling in bed. Last night when I got home, John was already there, sleeping. I just went to bed with him. So we got a good 10 hours sleep. He needed it, and I did too. I'd been so tired all this week. I feel better today.

John's going to have to work hard these last few days of outage. Hopefully he can get some sleep in the beginning of next week so that he won't be so, so tired by the weekend.

Finally decided that these groin pulls are bad enough that I should keep out of softball practice this week. They ended up cancelling practice and I won't be going to the game. I want to get my legs in top shape for next weekend too.

I wrote several long posts on the PP board this week and today. Felt good to get some of it out.

I don't feel like I've lost weight this week. I need to start charting.

Well, better get back at it. --Steph--

Today is Monday. Guess what? Unit 1 outage is over. WHEEE!!! John came home about 1pm on Sunday. We had a nice afternoon, went out for steak, and then he came home, watched movies and drifted in and out of consciousness. I went and played softball. We lost by the slaughter rule - 21 to 1 in the 4th innning. But, it was okay, considering I pulled both of my groin muscles (each side). Ouch!
Feeling skinny today in a button down shirt that actually buttons down now.
Racing sucked this week. Sixth in the heat, 13th in the feature. Oh well. Only one more week of unit 2 outage, so in a couple weeks we should be spending more time on the car.
By for now...

Electrostatic Precipitator, an Encarta Encyclopedia Article Titled "Electrostatic Precipitator"
Just got a call from John. The U1 precip is dead. He came home last night, and now this morning the precip is not working. Nice. So, he's going to have to stay all night again. Poor babe. And then attempt to race on Saturday. I'll have to clean house and do laundry tonight so that I can stay caught up with him.

AND... U2 is supposed to come off-line tomorrow. So, if they don't get U1 up, with the precip working, then both units will be off line. That is not a good thing.

Hang in there babe, you're almost done with this outage. Love you!

Well... John came home last night after spending all night Wednesday at the plant. From Wed 7am until 5pm on Thursday - 34 hours. YUCK! I'm so glad that I don't have to do that sort of thing. He looks really thinner too, and says I do too. I don't know about me...

Wednesday, I tucked my shirt into my khakis and people noticed the weight loss. Had quite a few comment on it. That was nice.

Today is Friday. I forgot to wear my ring today. Took too long to get John up and out the door, I was rushing to get myself out and didn't get to work until 7:20. But, that's okay since I was here until just after five last night.

Joe and Amy look to be buying a house. I'm so jealous. But, we're really doing well on our debt. All of John's overtime is going toward debt and we should be down to around 8K by the time he's done. That will be nice. Can't believe that it's already the fifth of May.

Hud's second in points at the track after four weeks of racing. He says that he should stay at work on Saturday, but that he's going to race.

I've been writing to this fitness guy Andrew about PP. He says to cycle our carbs and that the best thing to add is slow-cooked oatmeal. But, he also says to wait until we stall to make this change. I need to do my measurements so that I know what constitutes a stall. After outage, I'll have to talk to John about it.

But, I'd better get back at it. Good day!

I haven't been updating. Or, journalling, as I think this will become a journal, as much as I would like. Or at all for that matter.

Today it was confirmed. John weighs about five pounds less than I do. He got on the scale, then I did. Poo. Well - I knew that it would happen. At least when he starts working out again he'll gain a bunch of muscle pretty quickly and will jump up again. Still - I can't wait until we are both fit. It will be so great.

Dad's coming down this weekend. I'm going to get my brakes done on Saturday - no, I haven't made an apointment yet. But, they're never busy first thing in the morning on a Saturday.

Found a great B&B last night for John's get-away. It's in Jonesboro. I wrote them e-mail asking about availability. Hope they write back and say they have room. They have a lake and let their guests have fires around it at night. That will be fun. I'd love to own a place like that... 12 acres, lake, cottage, jacuzzi, fireplace... only - just for us. Not a B&B.

I miss John. Love ya babe.

Well, better go - Todd's asking me a question.

...later...