Tom’s been handicapping most of the day. We took a walk to the store earlier. It was my first time out since my appointment. It wasn’t as cold, snowy and icy as the day I had my appointment, but it was still cold enough in the high 30s, and damp, too.

Unfortunately, he does have to work tomorrow. They want him to do inventory which he says is stupid because it only takes a few minutes.

Wednesday we’re going to go to Fred Myers early in the morning to escape the worst of the after-Christmas-sale rush, and Thursday we’re going to go to a bookstore so I can get more books.

Later we’re going to hem my two new pairs of pants with that glue. We tested it on a strip of material I cut off from the ends and it seems like it should work really well.

My Angelina doll made it into Portland this morning and will be here tomorrow. I still can’t believe my Tonner collection will be doubled tomorrow, all in the space of just a few months. I also can’t believe that at the end of next month, I’ll be raiding the boutique for just about everything I want.

I can’t believe I have to drop all the way down to 1000-1200 calories a day just to maintain my weight! If I’d have had 1000-2000 cals a day in my 20s for the few weeks that I’ve been having that amount, I’d be down to 110 pounds by now, maybe lower. I just never would’ve thought my metabolism would get this slow, but it happens to the best of us. I’d hate to think of how slow it’ll be in another 10 years from now! I’ll have to have just 800 to stay 20 pounds overweight. I may drop to 800 calories for a few weeks just to see if my weight still holds in the low 120s or not. On Claritin, I think I could do it. Just not for a long time.