I’m so psyched over the fact that April’s less than 24 hours away! Finally!!! April’s gonna be a fun month. We’re going to a department store for the first time in ages, I’m ordering another doll, and of course, the best part will be sending Teddy Bear her letter. He’s supposedly going to get paneling for the sheds, ceiling fans for the den and living room, shades for the bath and retreat, but I’ll believe it when I see it. As for the fences, plants, garage, porches, pool - I’ve given up. I don’t see any of that happening this year. God’s not gonna let me lock the cheeks out anyway, or else he wouldn’t have bothered to sic the freeloaders and their pig pal on me in the first place. I’m sure we won’t get fences till right around the end of the probation.

Those cheeks could come this week. I have another theory as to why he came twice in January. Maybe a lot of people on probation feel that a new year should bring about a new address as well. And all without telling their POs. Maybe it’s a New Year’s resolution thing for a lot of probationers.

The mice drive me absolutely crazy with their drinking. It’s non-stop! The things drink 4 times as much as the rats do and it makes no sense. How can such tiny creatures need so much water?

For about a week or two, I’ve noticed that my metabolism has been faster. I don’t know what’s speeded it up, though. I’m not really doing anything different than I have been over the last few months, though I have been eating more vegetables. There have been days when I’ve had 2000 calories and woke up a pound lighter the next day. I haven’t done that as often as I have lately since I smoked.

Later…

Another pound bites the dust. I’m now 117 and I’m sure this means I have to be stuck today. I’ve decided to get down to 110 and leave it at that. Just 7 more pounds! Maintaining is so much easier than losing! However, I must admit that trying to maintain 124 pounds would be easier than trying to maintain 110 pounds at my age.

I wonder what’s speeded up my metabolism all of a sudden, and why it took so long?