The title of this post is the answer to the questions:
1) How were your holidays?
2) Why haven’t you posted to your blog in such a long time?
We had five separate Christmas get-togethers. The evening after the first one, I fell in a parking lot and broke my pinky finger. Going with my upbringing (If there is no blood and no bones sticking out, you’re fine!) I continued the holidays wondering vaguely why my finger hurt so much.
The day after actual Christmas, I hosted a 65th birthday party/roast for a friend who has had a rough year. You can’t go wrong with 20 old friends and Threadgill’s comfort food. Then it was off to Longview for the last Christmas and to see our family there.
Every bit of all this was a blast. We had wonderful holidays and I wouldn’t have changed a thing. The first day back from the trip it was time, however, to get the finger checked out. Eight days after the fall I found out it had a hairline fracture. No wonder it hurt.
New Years came and went, and two days later I was wrestled to the ground by a virus. It had the earmarks of flu but no fever, so I just had to tough it out for two weeks with over the counter medicine. It ended the day the cedar pollen went through the roof, which landed me back in bed.
Okay, enough already. I am finally well and anxious to get back to my life. And back to my writing. My pinky finger can finally hit Enter without too much pain, and I’m ready to go forward.
One benefit of the illness, I was able to restart my diet. I had turned into an eating machine over the holidays, but that all changed with two weeks in bed. I’m pleased to report my stomach has adjusted to Small Bird Diet II, and I’m on my way to whipping my figure back into shape.
I’ve been fighting the battle of the bulge my whole life. I was a fat baby, child, and teenager. As an adult, my weight roller coastered so much, I collected enough different sizes of clothes to start my own thrift shop. But one of my New Year’s resolutions is to declare war on my body, get control of my weight this year and keep it under control. My other resolution is to cut back to three or four Christmases next year.
So if you haven’t seen or heard from me in a while, now you know why. But I’M BACK! Pull up your socks and tune in for adventures in 2014.
I certainly didn’t have such an exciting holiday season or even a virus, but I am with you on the diet. I had to pack my scale away when I got ready to move last summer, and with the rehab of my apartment, which started immediately after my move, I did not know how much weight I was gaining. I finally unpacked just about Christmas time and discovered I had gained Seven big ones. I had no idea! So on January first, I started on a small diet, and so far have lost 2.5 lbs. Have a way to go, but will eventually get there. I have a Lunch with the Ladies on Friday, Jan 31, which should set me back some but I will overcome. I can’t believe that I was in such denial I gained a pound a month without realizing it. So now I am sentenced to walking and measuring. That’s what I get for not paying attention.
It’s good to have survived the Holiday Apocalypse once again.