hi everyone,

just a quick drive by to say hello and that i am alive and well. you know when you try to pack too much into a short span of time? well that's what it has been like this week and will continue to be until next tuesday. this is not really a complaint, just a fact. i am concerned about trying to remain on point with my calories. i have several meals planned away from home and that always gets troublesome. here's how it is working out for me this week:

monday - breakfast home, no lunch and then dinner out (italian) i stayed within my calorie range
tuesday - breakfast home -- lunch out (grilled chicken and salad) dinner out (japanese) stayed within my calorie range
wednesday - nuclear stress test at 8:45 AM -- no food before and will bring food to eat with me (but my routine will definitely be out of wack. 12:00 PM -- friends arrive for a day together (we haven't planned a thing yet!) i won't be able to cook lunch because i didn't plan ahead and i won't get back from the stress test until 11:00ish. that will give me enough time to shower and change before they get here. I am pretty sure we'll do 2 meals out.
thursday - my birthday -- i don't know what ralph has planned but we are going out to lunch somewhere. dinner will be on my own because he works nights and i didn't want him taking the day off just for my birthday.
friday - morning stress test -- part 2 and then i am definitely eating meals at home!!!
saturday - breakfast and lunch home and over to a friend's house for a birthday dinner
sunday - leave around 8:00 AM to drive upstate (ny) to meet friends to drive further upstate to the race track at saratoga. i don't have any idea what we are doing for food yet. i will plan some of my own down here and bring it with me. i'll be with my girlfriends until tuesday at one of my friends vacation home up in windham ny. i am sure we will have fun, but i hate the non-routine.
tuesday- at some time i return to earth and life as it should be with ck!!

none of the above includes all the other things i need to do during the next few days and the general things i usually have to do -- oh yea and deal with my mom!!


ok i just had to take a breath!! i know this is boring stuff, but it's all i have right now. i am too tired to write anything of substance. i will try to read blogs and catch up with everyone in between the rat race i have created for myself. I miss you all and can't wait to get back to normal!!!!


Grace!