sometimes, my 18-yr-old speaks wistfully about "the old days," pre low carb in our household.

"I miss the days I could suggest we order a pizza, and didn't get laughed at," she sighs.

I laugh heartily, inadvertenly emphasizing her point.

"It's been a long time, huh?"

"Yeah!" she says. "It used to be, when I'd suggest we order a pizza, sometimes, you'd say 'That sounds like a good idea.' And...

I went out to eat with a friend today. Sitting there perusing the menu, deciding what I was gonna get...including deciding how on plan I was going to eat. And it hit me.

Yes, this journey takes staying power. Yes, it takes focus, and dedication, and commitment. And yes, it certainly takes time! It's easy enough to say, "It didn't pile on overnight, so it won't drop overnight." And it's also true, no doubt.

But that doesn't help when you're dealing with...

I am pleased with myself today. I did a better job of taking care of me than I sometimes do.

Nothing special. Just being a little less driven, I guess.

I've been overbooked with work for a while now. Good long while, actually. And the last couple of weeks, I've really been feeling the stress.

Now, I've been working for myself for a long time...Eight years, matter of fact. So I should have some idea of how to manage it by now. You'd think, at least. But when...

You know how I've been getting my exercise today?

You'll never guess.

I call it the "Space Cadet Workout."

I go downstairs to get something, totally distracted the entire time, and then when I come back with something else or, better yet, nothing at all!-well, then I cuss a minute and turn back around and head right back down the stairs. I've been known to take up to three trips...maybe more sometimes...to acheive my origianl goal of gettig up...

Slowly but surely, I'll get the rest of the LCE content back up. It's kind of a slowish process sometimes because:

1. My "day job" clients don't always cooperate, and
2. The import process is a little buggy and some of this content is old, so it all has to be cleaned up.
3. There are several things rolling at any given time that need to be done here or on the webserver we live on or, for that matter, in any area of my life...

I dunno. I get frustrated because things don't always go as...