CarolEsse's Journal

I got a new cat on Saturday. I love her so, she is a little Manx and she is just so sweet. She even sleeps with me at night, either at my feet or under the edge of my bed next to the night stand. I have missed my little Alex so, this little cat helps me miss him a littl less. Her name is Grace, she is grey and white with a little grey mustache.

I have been walking everyday since Thursday last week, although I did miss Saturday. I started doing resistance band work outs 3 mornings a week and I am trying to do a 20 minute pilates 2 evenings a week (Not much luck with the pilates though). I will have a 2 week break from school starting Sunday; that will help me get in the exercise habit before I start studying again.

My friend Dale is not getting any better. Every time he shows improvement in one area he slips in another. I feel like a vulture waiting for him to die, its not a good feeling. I have been talking to his wife a couple of times a week, she is trying to be strong but I can tell that she is very upset. My family is suppose to go visit her Sunday and help her around their property with the horses and such. It will be good to see her again, I have not seen her since my father-in-laws funeral at the end of June. I wish she had told us sooner that Dale was in the hospital; oh well, she was trying to spare us additional heartache. I understand that concept all to well. It has been getting harder to soften the blows to the kids as they get older.

I have been sticking to my diet real good until yesterday. Oh man, I blew it big. I had hunger pangs that were so bad; normally I eat pureed frozen berries for dessert with 1 tablespoon almonds. Well, last night I ate 2 hundred calorie bags of popcorn along with the frozen berries. That alone is not so bad but I also had a real hamburger for dinner instead of a Boca Burger on wheat english muffin. I must have had about 600 extra calories yesterday. Oh well, there are only about 2 days a month where I have trouble controlling my eating and I fine today so hopefully tonight I will not feel quite so hungry. Normally the second day I am hungry as soon as I wake up, this morning I was not even interested in having breakfast so the outcome looks better.

Have I mentioned how much I love my new cat? I am so glad I agreed to take her. She is so sweet, my dog loves her to. My other cat is well....she will get over it. My husband is excited about her to as when he gets home at 3:30am the dog and the new cat are waiting for him. Alex use to wait for Dan in the morning too. Georgia still goes outside most mornings and sits in his spot like she is waiting for him. It surprises me that since she is still missing him she is not more receptive to the new cat. I guess she has to remind Grace that she is in charge, I know she still reminds the dog every chance she gets.