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jay ([personal profile] jay) wrote2003-10-21 07:49 am
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Struggling a bit

Thanks for your collective support yesterday :-). I went home and crashed after dinner, sleeping 10 hours. Leaving the dishes undone, sigh. Two of three relationships have felt shaky over the past week, and I've been struggling to not obsess or lose focus altogether.

It doesn't help that I'm also dealing with weight issues -- over the past three trips, I've gained 11 lbs. Lack of exercise and too much travel have been prime culprits. But (body image) just looking at myself is depressing... my clothes are tight, and I'm now 23 lbs over my actuarial ideal weight. And (health) my blood pressure, which closely tracks my weight, is up to its highest level ever -- 140/95. I have a lot of work to do.

This morning... 7:30am and I've already had my first call from JL, and I'm busy working from home.
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[identity profile] dawnd.livejournal.com 2003-10-21 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
Oy. I can see why you're feeling down.

*hugs*

Hmmm. Perhaps we should choose the Fresh Choice for lunch today? Good for both of us. :^D Though I draw the line at walking there (that's too far to fit into the time we probably have).

See you soon.

[identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com 2003-10-21 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds good. How far is the walk, BTW?

[identity profile] dawnd.livejournal.com 2003-10-21 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm. Not sure exactly. I know it's about 2 miles to the BART station. Maybe three or 4 to the Mall (where Fresh Choice is)? Let me Mapquest this...


*goes away for awhile*

Wow. That was much harder than it should have been (Mapquest couldn't deal with the intersection, or the Mall address; had to find an address for a nearby restaurant). And I was right, it's about 3 1/2 miles to the Fresh Choice from my house. Not an impossible walk, by any means, but a bit far for lunchtime on a weekday.

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2003-10-21 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
(wry smile) maybe Fresh Choice, or nibble at bits of sushi? I'd rather skip large chunks of red meat or volumes of pasta, for now... thanks for understanding. I'll probably be free at work around 11:30... looking forward to it, albeit a bit nervously.

[identity profile] dawnd.livejournal.com 2003-10-21 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
I'd rather skip large chunks of red meat or volumes of pasta, for now

Yep. I never eat the pasta (or the bread, or the potatoes) at the Fresh Choice--usually just the salad. And I hate all their salad dressings, so it's usually "dry," too (which is why I usually permit myself a small dessert item).

But we could walk to the sushi place, if you'd rather. :^D That's only about a mile or a little more.

[identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com 2003-10-22 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, four miles is a bit far to walk for lunch - but a brisk 2 mile round trip with sushi in the middle sounds good :-)

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2003-10-22 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
That was what we decided... but I was help up in traffic behind four different freeway accidents, and while I was taking over an hour to drive the 38 miles to San Leandro, [personal profile] dawnd had other problems arise... I was late and we were both stressed-out. Pressed for time, we didn't walk to the sushi place. In some ways, it was characteristic of what's been happening to me this year... and we could have both used the exercise, given our respective stress levels. At least lunch wasn't a huge calorie hit, and it was great to see Dawn again after nearly two months.

[identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com 2003-10-22 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, nuts :-(

it was characteristic of what's been happening to me this year...

Uh-huh :-(

Still, glad you got your lunch date together :-)

[identity profile] dawnd.livejournal.com 2003-10-22 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it was a bummer. 4 accidents! Plus, in the hour and a half before we left for lunch, I had 2 phone calls from a friend at inconvenient moments, one asking me a technical question about the mail servers that I couldn't answer, 3 from Brian about being late, and 3 from the dentist asking about our current insurance policy AND for a visit they hadn't been reimbursed on from 2002 (requiring me to look up information that was no longer at my fingertips due to having my wallet stolen in August), as well as trying to get dressed again (I HAD been thinking I'd exercise at home--hah!), pick up Allegra's room, get bed linens set out and unsuccessfully look for money to pay the maids who (theoretically) should arrive while I'm out to lunch (!) with Brian.

At least we had a nice lunch, and I got to fill Brian in on all the happenings for us in Scotland!

Hopefully next time will be better, and we'll be able to walk to sushi. *sigh*

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2003-10-22 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It was still a nice lunch, even if we were both a bit strained. And next time we'll walk. Did you find the 2002 information for the dentist?

[identity profile] dawnd.livejournal.com 2003-10-23 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. Metlife Primary, and Delta Dental secondary, as of that visit in 5/02.
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