You may have noticed that I took off the ticker for my weight loss. There are a couple of reasons for this. One, I've pretty much put the weight back on. It's been a lot trickier to get more exercise in with my full-time job and part-time school. Now, I haven't given up on the weight loss, I'm just putting it on the back burner. Right now, I'm working on something much more important. How I feel about myself.

I've recently had a revelation. I realized that part of the reason that diets and exercise regimens don't usually work is because the person is trying to change themselves physically. They don't like who they are and are constantly zeroing in on the parts that bother them about themselves. I've come to realize that I certainly didn't respect the physical me. My body does a lot for me even if I didn't realize it before. I can function on a day to day basis as a result of my body carrying me through it. I rarely get sick, I don't have any real physical problems (aside from being overweight), and my body does some pretty extraordinary things for me. I'm coming to understand that I'm a pretty remarkable human being physically. :) So now that I'm getting things straight and I'm beginning to respect and care about myself the way that I am, there's a better chance for me to realize that I'm changing to be healthy not to make myself more attractive, because I like myself just the way that I am. :)

Things are going pretty well. I feel great on so many levels. The apartment is great, school is going great, and so is work, of course things are going great for Berek and I. We've managed to work through a minor issue that was bugging me.

Poor Berek was having a pretty rough time the past couple of days. He went to the market on Monday with his dad (because his dad was feeling particularly lonely). On his way to his dad's house after shopping (to drop him off), Berek realized there was a nail in the driver's rear tire. There was a loud hissing sound coming from the tire and he noticed the large rusty nail protruding. Because of the time of night they were out, there weren't any tire places open with reasonable prices on their tires.

So yesterday, Berek drove me to work in Ben's car (Ben is in Thousand Oaks, house sitting for Val's parents and he has Val's car) and then drove to dad's house and went to buy a new tire for the car. As it turns out, we really need to change the other 3 because the tread is practically non-existent. We have to buy a spare too because the one we have is not a viable tire. (Had we had a viable spare, this wouldn't have been a huge issue.)

So we replaced the tire and that was that.

We have some appointments in the coming days. On Saturday, we're taking Naboo for a blood draw and Hal for his annual exam. On Tuesday (yes that's Halloween), Naboo is having his teeth cleaned. So that ought to be exciting. So, we're shelling out money left and right. Just to have the blood work done is $130! The dental work is between $270 and $400 depending on whether or not any tooth extractions are warranted. (Plus, the tires being something between $80 to $100...and we need 4 more!) Ah well. Life is still good. :)