The Visible Woman...January 25, 2004

Sunday, January 25, 2004

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A Journal from Austin, Texas.
A Project of LBFFP Stealth Publishing.

health and mood

			sunshine Sunshine puts a different spin on things. Or does it? The weather report said it would be sunny. They weren't wrong. It seemed impossible yesterday for the sun to emerge from the drizzle and gray. But it did. Sunny with a completely blue sky. I guess I actually do feel sort of upbeat. When I was going to retire I thought that when it was beautiful out, I'd spend lots of time outdoors. Taking a walk, sitting at a coffee shop table sipping java, working in my yard, playing tennis. It doesn't seem to happen that way. It's funny when it's dreary that you know it can be sunny again. You've seen it. But still you are suspicious.
	reflection on a sunny bay...guess that's why they call them reflecting Ball(s)?
	JUST TYPING A new day. With sunshine. Can a new day provide a needed new perspective?
				Food Diary. *breakfast* 3/4 ounce Laughing Cow cheese 1 slice of smoked turkey banana *lunch* large serving of bread crumb fried catfish salad with spinach, carrots, green onions, broccoli, cheese, Peppercorn Ranch creamy dressing *snacks* two glasses of white wine several glasses (more) of red wine four-year-old cheddar and a few chips Clementine *dinner* marinated tilipia (fish) field peas with jalapenos two glasses of red wine Today I - ate fish but otherwise I don't think I'll comment on this diet.
				Time flies.... Stayed at home this morning to wait for the handyman to come and see about some jobs. Then went to the gym. From four to six we had a CD release party for our friend Karen Kuykendall. We went to Clarksville Pottery before that so FFP could look for 'accents' for the new room. He bought some stuff. You will have to wait for final, decorated photos to see it...this will be some time this year, perhaps. When we got home we invited some friends over to see some TV later on and I decided to dust off some stuff in the big room. It's ridiculous. The subs make dust and the maid does nothing about it. FFP and I moved it around. It will be bad this week, too, if the wood floor guys show up. We ate while watching the red carpet part of the Golden Globes. Our friends came over and we watched the Globes until Sex in the City and then we went back to the Globes and then switched to The L Word. I tried to get through the groaning pile of papers but didn't succeed...sleep overcame me.

				Reading. Newspapers. Best Essays of 2003 edited by Anne Fadiman. [Almost finished with this one.] The Conquerers by Michael Beschloss.
				nothing
				Exercise forty-five minutes on recumbent bike chest, shoulders and triceps weight program twenty mintues on treadmill
			. .	In spite of the sun, I felt a little blah. I felt good physically. At the party, when the songtress was entertaining, it was crowded so I sat on the floor. Yep, I can get on the floor and get up again. It's a miracle.
			It's a Tangled Web we weave...these days of our lives.	One year ago "I'm out to prove that my cheese and tortilla chip diet allows weight loss if you do three hundred minutes of aerobic exercise a week. Do you buy it? I'm donating my body to try it." Two years ago "It was an interesting evening. Boy, we have lots of choices for art in this town. The symphony was playing next door at Bass, there was a museum opening down the street we were invited to, we had to switch Zach tix for Slut for Art to Sunday and the tremendous quartet we heard last night was playing somewhere on campus, too. "

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