General update!

[annathepiper]

Today when I got up, I weighed 169.5 pounds. This is the first time that I have been back into the 160's since September, ladies and gents, which means I have made quite a bit of progress in getting rid of the extra pounds that my thyroid issues put on me! My current plan of Raisin Bran in the morning, avoiding chips and cookies with lunch and having fruit instead, and allowing myself one (1) tasty treat on the weekends seems to be working really well. I'm even actually wondering if I've tipped myself slightly over into having a bit too much Synthroid in my system at this point; I've got to go in for another testing of my levels this week, since I'm due to go talk to my endoc on the 13th. It'll be really neat to be able to walk in and tell her that I've been trying to implement her instructions to get my weight down, and that it's working. :D

Meanwhile at work, I've started having people come up to ask me if I've implemented this or that process, and asking me for estimates on when I can get stuff done. I'm starting to feel like I'm getting a handle on what the hell I'm doing, and it's a good feeling. So far things really still feel like a very laid-back version of a software/web company, with hardly any of the same levels of crazy I've historically had at any of the software companies where I've worked. It's a refreshing and soothing change!

solarbird, spazzkat, mamishka, and I had a great time yesterday going out to have lunch at Mama's downtown and to see Superman Returns at the Cinerama. I'll have a totally separate post on the movie, because I do have a great deal to say about it. We had a range of reactions amongst us. Mimi really rather liked it. I thought it was pretty decent but agreed with the descriptions of it as a "fan film". Dara by contrast added to that that she's seen much better fan films. And Paul didn't care for it at all. My picoreview: not spectacular, but definitely worth a matinee viewing.

The word has come in that emmacrew has given birth at last, so big congratulations to her and wrog! I don't have data yet on the baby, but the initial word is that mother and son are doing well. Hurray!

And I did get to fire off the partial manuscript for Faerie Blood yesterday morning, so it's on its way to Bantam now as we speak. Lament needs some more work to get together, since I've got to re-draft the synopsis for it and still go through all of my input from the beta readers on the actual chapters. I hope to charge through this today, modulo going down to the shops for the Sunday market with Dara. If all goes well, Lament should be in the mail tomorrow. To wit, eeeeeee!

Thursday miles: 3.2
Friday miles: 3.4
Saturday miles: 4.5
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1175.9
Miles out of Rivendell: 717.9
Miles out of Lothlórien: 255.9
Miles to Rauros Falls: 133.1

Comments

[howlinhobbit.livejournal.com]

Come out the 4th Ave side of the Cinerama. Turn right (towards the Seattle Center). Walk two blocks. You're at my place.

Actually, that'll work from the other side of the Cinerama as well except the alleyway smells worse.

HH

[howlinhobbit.livejournal.com]

Ooops! And you'd have to turn left.

HH

[annathepiper]

Yeah, I seem to recollect you mentioning whereabouts you lived! Heh. :)