One Month Gone

I keep thinking that I need to blog more, that I should be writing, sharing my thoughts and insight, tid bits of my life, journaling, etc... and then the cold medicine kicks in and I drift off into yet another over-the-counter drug enduced sleep.

I've been sick since Oct 4th, and this cold is taking its sweet time to cycle through my system, let me tell you! The good news, I'm down about 12 lbs now, bringing my total weight loss to just over 40 lbs- VERY EXCITING- although not how I planned on losing the last bit! Living on soups, ginger ale, water, popcicles, and the occasional bowl of chicken w/rice has been pretty dull for the last 22 days. Most of my free time has been spent sleeping, especially since any cough medicine I try knocks me out within minutes... and then 4 hours later I wake up for the next dose and drift off again. On the average, I've been sleeping for 10-12 hours a day! That is WAY too much for me normally, I'm used to sleeping for 5-6 hours.

This weekend has proved to be fairly productive, as I get ready for November. I got my living room re-arranged, I'm painting my bedroom (which is turning out wonderfully- I'll post pics asap) and have 2 big boxes of clothes to donate. Of course, I slept for about 26 out of 48 hours... just imagine how much more I'd have gotten done if I wasn't stinkin' sick still!

So, to bring this to a close, that is how I spent most of my October. I'm really hoping that November holds so much more.