Weight Loss (1.7 of 14.7 kg)
College Petitions (1 of 5)
Commission (0 of 10,000 words)
Got my official weigh-in yesterday and it wasn’t the prettiest thing the world. Actually, it was barely a weight loss at 0.1 kg, which is the smallest amount they measure. Well, 0.2 pounds, but I don’t like that system. There were a few things I did wrong. Fluffy seems to think that me not eating enough is contributing to the slow weight loss, and she might be right. I have been struggling all week to actually eat my full points. Normally, I’m shy 5-15 points a day out of my 44. I just get obsessed with work and, well, forget to eat. That and we took the new guy out for chicken wings about three hours before I weighed in.
So, this next week, I’m going to behave much better. I swear! We are also moving our weigh-in day to Mondays, not because of the chicken wings, but Fluffy’s new job starts Tuesday nights. Actually, it looks like she’s basically on second shift for the length of this job. We are both nervous about it, but I have faith that it will work out in the end. It also means that we are going to cram “together” time on Sunday and Monday nights.
I also stayed up late last night to reformat my laptop, which always takes twice as long as I think it would. But, it now has a brand new XFS file system and will let me write stories/novels upstairs with Fluffy instead of down in my “man cave”. I need to rewrite at least three outlets to make this happen properly, a lot of two prog ones, but I’m getting nicely down the getting settled path. After that, I have a MythTV box to move up stairs, a remote to get working with videos, and moving the boxes out of the garage.
An exciting time, right now, filled with a great wide plain of opportunities. And doors. Hundreds upon thousands of doors spread out before us. I’m kind of cheerful about that.
As a side note, Fluffy reminded me to just “not be depressed”.
Weight Loss (1.6 of 14.7 kg)
College Petitions (1 of 5)
Commission (0 of 10,000 words)
Another weekend has passed through my fingers. slipping away like sand and water and me without my panning bowl. It was a good weekend, filled with many good little things, but it still felt like a wash for me.
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Weight Loss (14.7 kg, 32.4 lbs)
College Petitions (1 of 5)
With my work on BooGame, one of the things I wanted to know is if my generics-based vector library is actually better or worse than hard-coding the entire coordinate system. I like PointF, but the original BooGame used something else. Physics2D.NET used a third option. And I used all three libraries at once. The annoying point is that simply everyone reinvents the wheel when it comes to core libraries like vectors, matrices, the like and it is kind of annoying. I’m guilty of that, actually, for the same reasons most other developers reinvent the math wheel.
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Weight Loss: 14.7 kg (32.4 lbs)
College Petitions (1 of 5)
It’s amazing. We packed and moved the entire house in Illinois in a matter of a weekend, but to move from a small apartment takes four weeks of effort. Today, I finally handed over the keys to the apartment after Fluffy and I got through our final cleaning last night.
Now, Fluffy did break her back to pack the house six months ago, but the loading of the truck, moving, and unloading still eclipsed the sheer amount of effort and took less time.
Oh well, I’m down to two residential addresses again. And this is a good thing.
I haven’t found my rut yet, but remarkably, I’m still happy. I did decide to hold off on finding a gaming group though. Unless I fall into one, I need to focus on everything else going on and it is something that I miss but can set aside for a few months or years. I’ll get my fix at GenCon this year and maybe actually be a bit less pathetic about enjoying writers.
If I can remember to pre-register for stuff.
And to finish the reviews I promised.
Weight Loss: 14.7 kg (32.4 lbs)
College Petitions (1 of 5)
From my first week of Weight Watchers, I lost 1.6 kg or 3.6 pounds. Pretty good, about 10% of my goal, but I already know that I probably can’t maintain that rate. I’ve been struggling today. With food, focus, and everything else. It seems unsurmountable, though I know that I just have to take one step at a time.
It doesn’t help that my doctor’s office–and a doctor’s who specialty is diabetes–is so damn… cheerful about this. Like celebrating the fact I’m pre-diabetic and almost treating me as if I already had this wonderful new disease.
I’m unhappy.
I also had a long talk to their general manager about blood work. In specific, the almost thousand dollar bill for tests that nailed my HSA like no tomorrow. I flat out said I wouldn’t be back until it had a positive balance so I have an appointment on May 27 for the a1c test which will confirm my diabetes… which is what it sounded like when I was talking to them.
Oh well, I can’t really do much with the a1c test since it is a three month test, but I can try to seriously get much closer to my goal weight in the next month or so. I figured I’ll use my annoyance to keep me exercising (though, I was really bad tonight with sushi).
I’m also not sure I’m going to switch doctors quite yet. What they say is verifiable, though I did have a good test and they do acknowledge that it is suppose to be 3 tests at 126 and I’ve only had two tests in the last year and a half and one of them was under the magic level. They can push all they want, and they are probably right, but I’m just a bit overwhelmed and scared at the moment for them being cheerful about it.
Weight Loss: 14.7 kg (32.4 lbs)
College Petitions (1 of 5)
Got an email out of the blue last night about BooGame. It was a simple question of “can I do this”, but it also got me excited about working on the project again. Like writing, I always work better when someone is going “ooh, how pretty!” Call it vanity, but I write for audiences. It doesn’t matter if it is programming, literary, or research reports.
(Side note, I’m going to use the official Weight Watchers weigh-in on Tuesdays to update the progress bar on the top. It is there to annoy me and remind me that I have something hanging over my head.)
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Weight Loss: 14.7 kg (32.4 lbs)
Rough night, mainly because I kept thinking too much. Stupid little things that keep you up. I call it my monkey, a little chattering thing that won’t shut up so I can go to sleep. Fortunately, not everything was negative, just… loud.
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According to my latest tests, I’m one test way from officially having diabetes. This… well, this scares the hell out of me because I feel like I’m in a blind panic to prevent something that I should have seen coming for close to five years.
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It is interesting how I’m finally in a state going through its own moral crisis when it comes to gay marriages. While I’m not in a gay relationship, I happen to believe that love is as blind as justice should be, and that as a society, we shouldn’t be saying who can love each other. It doesn’t matter if we disagree with religion, race, or gender. I’m completely apathetic toward the differences of love; though I’ll agree that people shouldn’t marry their dog but that has nothing to do with gay marriages. Seriously! I’m not sure why that keeps coming up in conversations about gay marriage.
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I didn’t celebrate Easter. Actually, it’s pretty safe to say I don’t celebrate any holiday. This includes the holidays of my chosen religion despite the fact I consider myself at least reasonably dedicated to the faith. Yet, I don’t care about the days.
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