{"id":493,"date":"2004-05-13T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-13T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2004\/05\/13\/revelation\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:54:50","slug":"revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2004\/05\/13\/revelation\/","title":{"rendered":"REVELATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

Work projects are heating up. Busy busy. Life is heating up, too. My schedule for the next two weeks just went ballistic.<\/p>\n

today: post office, pharmacy errands
\n14th: concert at 3, back to work after to make up the time
\n15th: grocery shopping, dinner party for 10 at our house
\n16th: 2 concerts back-to-back
\n18th: work dinner
\n19th: Martin to doctor for checkup
\n20th-23rd: 4-day weekend to Kolm\u00e5rden and Nyn\u00e4shamn to visit ozswede<\/a> and tallefjant<\/a>! woo hoo!
\n24th: massage
\n26th: interview, choir end-of-term dinner & party
\n27th: hair appointment, dinner with friends, book group
\n28th: Thai dinner with AWC
\n29th: trip to new gigantic mall outside Copenhagen
\n31st: AWC meeting
\n1st: 8th wedding anniversary<\/p>\n

And then, oh my god, it’s June<\/b> already!<\/p>\n

I just finished re-reading the first two Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde and started the new one, The Well of Lost Plots<\/i>. So far, the first one was the best, and only the first time I read it. Now it struck me as a bit too aware of its own cleverness and cuteness, like a child beauty-pageant star. I’d still recommend the first one for anyone that hasn’t read it yet, The Eyre Affair<\/i>, but I’m not yet sure I’d recommend the 2 sequels. If the 3rd one finishes up with a bang, I might change my mind. After I’m done with that I fully intend to re-read a childhood favorite: The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles<\/i> by Julie Andrews Edwards (yes, THAT Julie Andrews). If you’ve never read it, or her other book Mandy<\/i>, I suggest you stop whatever you’re doing and get your butt on over to Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Big Happy Birthday Wishes to:<\/b> redpirk<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Proof Of Commitment<\/b>: 4 days of power-walking, and yesterday it was RAINING, but I did it anyway. Go, me!<\/p>\n

I had a major revelation yesterday. You all will probably laugh at me, but it was really hard for me to admit. All my life (since I was around FIVE) I’ve been a rabid Coca-cola fan. Classic Coke is one of the few things I drink, and yeah yeah I know all about the bad stuff: the sugar, the fact that it can dissolve the rust off a rusty nail overnight, the caffeine addiction, whatever. I’m an addict and I’ve been kind of proud of it, I have to say. Better than many, many other things. Except that it’s equal to about 20 pounds a year. Twenty pounds! A YEAR! sheesh. I just found that out not too long ago. After analyzing my eating style, Marda told me that simply by cutting out “inappropriate beverages” and not making ANY other changes, I could probably shed 37 pounds without even trying. *blink*<\/p>\n

Of course, I AM<\/b> making other changes. I’m power-walking a half hour each day now, for one. I’m watching what I eat and working on portion control. I’ve switched back to sugar-free Kool-Aid (damn the expense!) instead of Festis. (Forgive me, Festis, you were soooooo good). So, yesterday, in the spirit of TRYING, I opened one of the Coke Lights* I bought the other day and poured a glass over ice to have with my dinner. And damn me if it didn’t taste EXACTLY LIKE COKE. *boggle*<\/p>\n

When did that happen? Diet Coke used to taste bitter and nasty to me. They fixed the aftertaste! Or was I just wanting SO BAD for it to be okay, that I convinced myself there was no taste difference? Whatever. I don’t really care. Bye bye 20 pounds. You’re outta here!<\/p>\n

*Sweden’s version of Diet Coke<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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