The Sickness

..... It got me! I was the sickest I've ever been, and I am finally starting to feel ok again. It all started last Monday when I woke up with a sore throat, and by Monday night I was in full-on sickness mode. I didn't leave the sofa for four days, went through 2 full boxes of kleenex, and ate dozens of popsicles. The only good things that came out of this was that there was a marathon of Season 4 of America's Next Top Model on and I totally watched that for days. good times. But now I am well, and back to work. Today was the first day since I've been sick that I really went out and did anything. I wanted to wear my brand new red jacket that Dan bought for me, and that I havent worn yet because it hasn't been very cold out. But it really wasnt cold enough, oh well. Let's see if I can find a picture of it...

Anyways..I still have all of winter for a chance to wear it.
Halloween is on Wednesday and for some reason in the midwest the celebrate Halloween with trick-or-treating and stuff the weekend before the actual date. I am not sure why. So Saturday and Sunday was when everyone went out and got candy, and I was sick. I think I may have missed my chance to dress up. Dan has to work at the skateboard shop on Wednesday and he was going to wear a costume that day. He wants to dress up like Brett Michaels from Poison, so all he really needed was a blonde wig (the tattered jeans, and bandana are easy to come up with). Well we went to this huge Halloween store today and they were already taking down the Halloween costumes. Dang, too bad for being sick and missing out on all the fun.
Also, I started my diet today. It's not any specific diet, just really trying to limit my calorie intake and planning out my meals for the day so I know what I am going to eat, and I already cheated with damn Halloween candy. Ugg. My plan it to lose 15 pounds by the end of this year and I totally think that is reasonable, except for the fact that the rest of this year includes Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years...all well known holidays for weight gain and over-indulgance. Dang, I think I'm screwed :(