Lost two more pounds and awoke at 135, even though I had at least 2000 calories yesterday. Another thing that makes me think it’s not just water is that I haven’t had any leg cramps, which a sudden loss of water can cause. My tits are also still sore, which is caused by fluid build-up. If this keeps up, I may not need the Claritin, which would only be a half-assed, quick fix anyway. The Claritin would also be a lot more money for a much smaller quantity. I still may diet a little at some point. I wouldn’t mind a little suffering if I knew it was gonna pay off. It’s when I work so hard for so little, or for nothing at all, that I don’t feel it’s worth the bother.

Yesterday ended up being my best Netwinner day yet. I jumped over 8,000 points! I hit 5,000 once, then hit 500 3 times.

It looks like we may prep this place after all because as Tom pointed out, we don’t have much to leave behind anyway, so why not dump any bulky items we don’t want when we get the truck? This way, we won’t be giving them any more ammunition to take more of our deposit than what they’ll need for the carpet cleaners, since those damn horses didn’t race us into riches. Tom’s still sure that given a few months, once we get down there, if I’d be willing to deal with a noisy place, he can get us enough money that’ll allow us to be more flexible. As I told him if I’m going to go back to Phoenix like that and really put myself out and deal with people’s shit all the time, he better make that program work or else I’ll make him work 5 jobs! He does admit that while he’s sure he can “dial it in,” he doesn’t know how long it’ll take. If I knew it wouldn’t take more than a year, then yeah, I could stand to put myself out, lose sleep, not be able to hear myself think, etc., but if it was gonna take 5-10 years, then I’d want to be choosier as to where we went if we could ever be allowed to do that in the first place.

Speaking of jobs, it’s looking like we’re heading to Sacramento after all. Yes, it’s more expensive there, but there are zillions of jobs. And if he’s so sure he can dial in the horses, I would choose Sacramento over Merced because of how many more jobs there are, then if the horses race us rich, it wouldn’t matter where we were because then it could be up to us where to take it from there.

Eddie stopped by and he and Tom chatted for a half-hour or so. He suggested he call at the end of next week so that we can join him and his wife for dinner, which we agreed to.

Later…

I jumped 3 pounds even though I’ve eaten less today, so now I’m starting to think that maybe all I lost was water after all, and yeah, maybe this tea is a bust. The one thing that’s been consistently true that they also claimed this tea would do is give me more energy. Although it has nasty side effects, the FDA has approved the first over-the-counter weight-loss pill, so maybe I’ll try that once we get moved, or just get a quick fix every now and then from the Claritin. It’s just that if I keep climbing a few pounds a year, the Claritin’s not exactly going to be a quick fix.

Up to 105,000 points!