I haven't posted because I've been running around Oregon with K and S, and then S went home and we've just been unwinding, and tightening our belts for the (hopefully temporary) hard money times we're in. He's off working in L.A., and I've been cooking a lot of healthy stuff to lose weight, mostly soup. I'm on a mission to lose 20 pounds before my 30th birthday this summer. Of course I'd be thrilled if I lost it sooner. To get there, I've cut out alcohol, flour, and sugar, and I'm doing an hour of cardio at least four times a week and also taking a nice long walk almost every day. It's actually not been as bad as I thought it would be, though I do miss bread.
Yesterday was quite nice, I got up at 4 a.m. to take a friend to the airport and went on to have the kind of wonderfully productive day that I always have when I'm out before dawn. I spent an hour and a half just driving around Portland in the pre-dawn quiet, listening to Tom Waits and watching the town wake up (or go to bed). Then I went home, made country-style tofu over polenta with redeye gravy, and spent the day writing. Around mid-afternoon I walked down to the park to watch the ducks and stroll through the gardens, then went home and made a leek-yam crustless pie (it had a crispy pecan topping and was so good). On the way home I even had another encounter with the little bunny who lives in the rosemary bush by the road! After dinner I wrote some more, took a hot bath, read a little of Fugitives and Refugees, and worked on my screenplay some more until bed. Every day should be just like that.
Today hasn't been quite so productive, though I have gotten a little done and I'm currently enjoying a lovely chicken and rice soup loaded with veggies and herbs. I'm working tonight and am enormously glad that Frugal January is over. Life gets better every day!
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