Okay, time for a broad update on what’s been going on in Kylene-land.
I’m back on the diet again after taking about a month off to handle with stress and not logging while we had company in town. But I’ve been logging again for 15 days now and my scale at home (that’s not terribly accurate) gave me a whole long line of 0’s on Saturday that made me very excited. It’s gone back up a couple pounds, but that’s what happens when I sit down with a bag of M&Ms on one day and a big plate of Kung Pao chicken the next. But I thoroughly intend for it to be back down again by Saturday. I might not make it down the full 50 pounds before my doctor appointment at the beginning of September, but I’m going to be pretty darn close!
I don’t know exactly how much weight I’m going to end up losing in the end, but my goal right now is to get my body fat percentage down around 25%. Wherever I land poundage-wise is where I’ll end up, but I want to get that percentage down there. I started at 42.2%. Right now I’m at 38.2%. Once I get under 32%, I’ll no longer be considered “obese” and THAT will be a very happy day. 🙂
The car thing is an end as far as I know. I finally called the claims department on Friday to ask what the progress was on the file and they told me that they had denied the claim. Wohoo!! I mean, the woman didn’t have a leg to stand on but it’s still nice to have things work out the way that they’re SUPPOSED to work. I didn’t hit her, I shouldn’t have to pay for it. And I’m not!
As far as I’m concerned, the matter is now closed. She can try to appeal the decision or take me to small claims court, but the insurance is going to back me up if she does that. I’m going to assume that she’s not going to be quite that desperate and just stop thinking about the whole thing. And now I can finally try to get the paint off my car, since I’ve been waiting until everything was resolved to try to work on that. Before I was just being lazy. But now I have more motivation to get it off.
There are things happening in the job front that I’m not comfortable talking about right now. You know that feeling like if you talk about it, you might jinx the whole thing? THAT. But hopefully I’ll have news for you there in a while.
I am still going to be briefly unemployed while the whole place shuts down for a couple weeks, but I’m looking forward to the time away from work. It’ll be nice. I’m hoping to get a bunch of projects done around the house. Because, you know, there’s nothing like a vacation to get some work done around the house. What? Relax? I don’t have time to relax!
In more trivial news, I’ve developed an allergy to my face lotion. I’ve been using it for a while and I’m about halfway through this bottle, but the last few times I tried to use it, I broke out in hives. It wasn’t pleasant. My only hypothesis is that there’s almond oil in the lotion. Of my nut allergies, almonds were pretty low on the list of reactions, so I picked up a box of cranberry-pomegranate granola bars (with almonds) and was eating one of those a day. And then I broke out in hives from my lotion. So I’m not eating the bars any more and I’m using aloe vera to moisturize my face, since we didn’t have anything else in the house that would work. Avoidance is effective and I’m doing just fine. But it’s kind of a bummer because I was fond of that lotion.
And to end on a more UP tone, I have a trip coming up to visit several people and I’m SO EXCITED about it! I’ve mentioned it here before, but I’m still just beyond thrilled to get to take this trip. I didn’t expect to be able to spend time with my siblings and it’s going to be so much fun! Lots of people know about it, too, because I can’t stop talking about it. I’ve already started my packing list—I’ve been trying to figure out how to pack everything in a carry-on so we don’t have to check our luggage.
But mostly, I just think, “I get to see the kidlets!” “I get to see my siblings!” “I get to see Grandma!” “I get to see the Barnetts!” And try to figure out how I could fit seeing more people into the tiny amount of time that we’ll be in each place. Like Sara! And Gillian! And Mom and Dad!!
But before that, I’ve got 3 projects that need to be completely finished up before the end of this week and 3 other documents that need to be released and mailed off for approval before next Tuesday, at the absolute latest. I have a lot of work to finish up.