unofficial end of summer

It's Tuesday again. It is the unofficial beginning of fall and the school semester here at the college where I work. We are back on regular hours, 8:30 to 5; our summer hours are 8 to 4:30. It's nice getting out of work just a few minutes early to spend a few extra minutes in the good weather. Now that I am in the habit of coming in for 8:00am I will continue to do so for a while.

I keep one of those bag chairs in the back seat of my car. I haven't taken it our much this summer but today I decided to take it out and sit outside for my lunch break and read a little of my book. IT was wonderful and I hated coming back in to work. The sun felt like a warm blanket and I was so comfortable. I think I will do that again tomorrow if the weather permits. I usually have lunch at my desk while I continue to work. I think it will be good for me to get of my office for a bit of time each day.

I didn't lose much weight at all this week. I haven't' been eating bad or making poor choices the weight just isn't coming off. I have increased my walking to two times a day. I walk for about 45 minutes in the morning and then again after work I do the same. I still haven't started doing anything with weights, (other than buying some 3 and 5 pound dumbbells and carrying them home from the store). I don't think that counts.

This morning I weighed 237 pounds. Just one pound down from last week. Still beats the heck out of the 335 pounds I weighed about one year ago. I bought a pair of size 16 slacks and they fit. Most of the bands I have to buy size 18 still but I was pretty happy with the 16's.

My daughter made the Varsity Volleyball team at school and her first game is tomorrow afternoon. I am going to leave work a little early to go and watch the game. She seems to really like it; even though her forearms are all black and blue. I am looking forward to seeing them play. My granddaughter is going to come with me and then come home to spend the night. I will bring her home on my way to walk on Thursday morning and then her mom will take her to school.

My mother-in-law is still at our house and things are going okay. Last night her and my husband got into a disagreement and things were pretty intense. She decided to go out to her motor home to read and he went to bed at 8PM. I was so glad I rushed home from work to spend the evening with them, NOT.

Tonight I am not going to make that mistake again. I am going to walk for 45 minutes in the cemetery near my daughters house and then I am going to stop at the mall and pick up some protein supplements, after that I need to run to the grocery store to pick up a few things and then I will head home. All of those things I would have done last night had I known I was going to be sitting alone watching TV at 8pm.

I really don't like conflict at all. I go to extremes to avoid it. I gives me a stomach ache.