Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3

[llcoolvad]

It's a serious day full of serious things, but oddly I'm feeling kind of happy and hopeful this evening. I had a pretty good weekend, and although I felt kind of dragged down all day by the rain and by various physical ailments, I am comfy now and have some good things keeping me buoyed up: 

• As Patrick mentioned recently, I bought a new mattress and box spring (oh, sorry, foundation) on Friday. My current bed is so old (20+ years!!) I have to sleep very carefully to avoid permanent spinal damage, so I am totally fixated on how great the new mattress is going to be. Oh, so nice! Kind of expensive, but so nice! And I'm going from a full size to a queen size, so I get to buy new sheets! An excuse! It's being delivered on Saturday. Happy dance! Tap dancing happy dance!  
• Harry has been forcing me to surf the emotional rollercoaster. Some days he eats, some days he doesn't. He ate for the last two days and nights, though, so...score! I brushed him tonight and he was very head-butty and purry. He has been pretty active the last couple of days, too, so overall he seems pretty ok. This is good.
• I went to the doctor yesterday, told him my laundry list of ailments. He gave me a prescription for the generic of Flonase, and after just one dose suddenly I can breathe normally! I am not coughing and being all congested constantly! I can breathe! Why didn't he give me this a year ago when I complained? I haven't had a non-congested day for about two years (literally). I figured it was my asthma getting worse. He figured it was my asthma. And it wasn't! I'll get the official diagnosis in a couple of weeks, but it's some kind of respiratory irritation. To my friends who have shared a hotel room recently: it's possible my snoring will vanish! Unbelievable. I think I'm going to ask him for an allergy test. Or whatever. I've never been allergic to anything, but I know that can change over time.
• I've been to my doctor about four times in the last three years, and over that time frame I've somehow lost almost 50 pounds! The main difference in my life (besides living with mother)? Bringing my lunch to work. Who'da thought? Seriously!
• The Red Sox are still in first place. I watch almost every single game all summer long, see. Sure, sometimes baseball is a little too soothing, and I nap with a cat. But for me, baseball = summer, and winning baseball = stress-free summer. As long as baseball is still on, it's still summer, and as long as the Sox are still winning it's a happy time!

Anyway, that's what I'm thinking of this evening. I hope you have reasons to be cheerful tonight, too!

Comments

[p-j-cleary.livejournal.com]

I *knew* you've been looking slimmer over the past few months, and I know how you blow off observations about that, so I almost never say anything, but congratulations on the 50lbs!

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I don't really pay close attention to that stuff. I notice when my clothes don't fit -- because usually the change is in the other direction. But since I wear things kind of loose anyway there's a lot of room to not notice...

I knew the overall trend was downward, and I mostly knew what I weighed, but until he reminded me of what I weighed three years ago I hadn't put a number on the total loss.

Anyway, I feel kind of cool about it. Now I should actually TRY, and see where that goes. Like that hasn't been on my To Do list for 25 years.

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

It's good to find out the easy way, instead of by having troubles at the elevator!

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

HA! too true

[elevengirl.livejournal.com]

I'm glad for your good things, especially the health-related ones. I love it when one day on a medication can make that much difference, and definitely congratulations on the weight loss!

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's a good thing! I hope the breathing continues...