Friday Roundup

Oh what a week it was.  The temperature and humidity were oppressive for most of it.  I stayed in as much as possible. It's feeling a bit cooler this morning, but still humid.   Hoping that we have seen the end of it, but I doubt it. Summer is fighting hard to stay this year.  She may just decide to pop up again.  

Tuesday I stayed in to prepare for my first day of class.  I was so excited that  I was like a little kid preparing to go back to school after a long summer.  It was only a month but I wanted to wear a new outfit, had my new bag out, packed all my yarn and knitting looms, polished my nails, and colored my hair.  Actually, I'd bought the outfit a couple months back but didn't have an opportunity to wear it.  Clothes got a lot of use last year because even during Autumn break I spent time at the park, but with the weather we have been having, I've just stayed in in my house dresses. 

I was so happy to get back to class.   I've missed participating in activities, and missed seeing my friends.  It seems all of us had much the same kind of summer with the weather keeping us in most of the time.  I'm proud of myself.  I did the whole hour of qigong, but I chose not to stay for dance.  I just don't want to push my body too much right now.  I did learn the very beginnings of loom knitting. 

It's actually fun.  This is going to be knee warmers for my great niece.  I'd wanted to make hats for everyone, but the teacher said I needed to use a bigger loom for that.  Darn, I knew I should have brought them all.  But, this is okay.  I think she'll like them. Plus, now that I know the stitches, I can start another one at home.  Next week we are going to spend the first two hours doing this, then crochet.  I used to do that a long time ago and really need to brush up.  One good thing with all this is it keeps my fingers moving and helps with the arthritis.

I felt great when I left on Wednesday.  Was pretty much able to walk normally, but the next morning?  I'm hoping it's just that I hadn't done the exercises for awhile, but I woke up with so much pain in my back...and my left knee had a burning pain all day.  Let's see what happens next week.  Monday I plan on line dancing.

My granddaughter had a modeling job this week.  She is so beautiful.

I was thinking about not going to my WW meeting on Thursday because this is the first week of the month, a day that I MUST get on the scale.  I've not been good this month, and I admit it, so I thought maybe if i had an extra week of low point foods, I wouldn't go over and wouldn't have to pay.  But I decided that running away from the scale is the wrong thing to do.  One has to face up to their mistakes if they hope to succeed.  Fortunately, I made it by the skin of my teeth.  We are allowed to go 2 pounds under or 2 pounds over our goal weight.  I was exactly 2 pounds over.  This next month will definitely be different.

Looking forward to a quiet weekend. I have absolutely no plans.

Have a good one.