I did way better on the fat and sodium yesterday. Really close to target, actually. My last pair of new slacks seemed rather tight yesterday. I don't know if it was because they were made a little smaller than the other three, or if it was bloat because of all the sodium I have been consuming, or a combo. Either way, it wasn't pleasant and I am going to really work hard on reducing my sodium.

My 4 oz. of cottage cheese for AM snack has almost 500 mg of sodium. The safeway soups that I love have an absolute TON of sodium, so I am going to quit eating that when what I have is gone, or at least limit it to once a week, tops. We used to eat yogurt, instead of cottage cheese, but it just got sickeningly sweet so we switched to cottage cheese. The protein is an extra bonus there, though. It's not like I eat a bunch of heavily processed or pre-packaged foods, either.

Well, my kiddo's school is having a "Flowering of the Cross" this morning so I am going to go find out what that is all about. I am clueless. He went and picked out some fresh flowers at the grocery store this morning. I was proud of him: he intentonally picked from the cheaper bunches! That's my boy!!!

Update: Flowering of the cross, in a nutshell, symbolizes the new life that Jesus Christ gave us by dying on the cross. The children in the school all took turns adding a fresh flower to a cross covered in chicken wire in the chapel. It was very touching and beautiful. My son's teacher took a picture of my son and I in front of it. I will use that as my updated photo on here when I get it. I'm curious to find out if I will be able to see any changes in my pictures.

Elementary school children are very raucous. People that teach the elementary grades should be eligible for sainthood!!! I need to find some motrin...

More: Woah. I just spent my 1:00 PM hour slowly nibbling on the carrot slices from lunch and just now finished another 34 oz. of water. I am feeling bloated now. Hopefully it will go away before we get to the gym. And I still didn't have my cottage cheese and apple from this morning. Woopsie.

Job Update: I heard back from the recruiter on the job I interviewed for last week. They decided to offer the job to someone else for these two reasons: I have only lived in very large metropolitan areas and living out there is VERY different and they were afraid I really wouldn't like it (I thought the very same thing myself), and they finally decided that they really wanted someone with a little less IT in their past and a little more traditional accounting (fair enough) and they found an MBA who wanted to move out there to be with family.

I DON'T want a traditional accounting job. Blech.

*22 days remaining to find a job*