Holidays are over for another year...

And I just ain't that sad. I so overcommitted this year, to the extent that I had not one minute to myself, I shit you not. It was exhausting and not very fun... Carol and I baked over 600 cookies by the time we were done, and yes, they were a big hit and everybody loved them, but I had no life. I spent almost every day either driving Elise somewhere, or late to something, or not having wrapped something, or not having cooked something... You get the picture. I haven't put fingers to keyboard for weeks and weeks and weeks, and I'm starting to have withdrawal symptoms.

There were one or two fun things we got to do: We got to go see Walking With Dinosaurs:





Which was crazy cool! This was courtesy of Carol, who bought the tickets for Elise and I as our combined Christmas present!

And even better, here's a quick piece on how they made the dinosaurs - REALLY incredible...





With the holidays over, now it's back to Weightwatchers, which has been a bit tricky - losing weight is SO not about the food I'm eating, but about the thoughts I'm thinking, and my head has been sabotaging me right and left. Christmas was fine - I didn't lose any weight, but I didn't gain any either, but now suddenly I've gained back three pounds, AFTER all the candy and crap are gone. Weird. I've gotten recommitted to my diet, and I'm hoping this next week will be better, but we'll have to see.

I think it's because I'm a bit insecure right now. I'm looking at making changes to my life, which always make me a bit panicky - Carol is starting her own company and the process of incorporation is making her crazy. I've volunteered to learn grant-writing so I can get her some funding, and I'm seriously considering this as a career change, which is always a scary thing to do. Understanding that THAT's why I'm eating like crazy is more than half the battle.

This is a bit of a nonsequitr, but...

One of the publishers I support at work sent me a very nice Christmas gift: a Flip Video Ultra Series CamCorder. This thing is so cool! Today I recorded highlights from my Weightwatchers meeting, and I'm going to post it for everybody to share. I'm still learning all the ins and outs, not only of how to take videos, but of how to edit them and make them available and all that. I'm sure my first bits are going to be very rough.

Okay, gotta go now. I've been at my computer almost since I got off work on Friday, and I'm sick and tired of it. I'm going to play for a bit!



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