and I thought I was doing so well...

Until I took a month off from writing - over a month actually...I'm not quite sure why I've let it lapse for so long, but perhaps that's why my head is all jumbled.

So much going on...I think I just got sidetracked and busy with work - and since our computer at home is acting up, I just haven't been posting like I used too. I'm gonna work on that.

We've moved - and I've pretty much taken the last couple of weekends OFF. You know how when you move, you get all psycho and want to start decorating and unpacking and you spend every spare minute getting "settled" - yeah, I STARTED out that way...but I've completely and utterly taken the last couple of weekends off. I'm talking NO laundry, NO cleaning, NO organizing -the most I've done is prepare a few meals and done some dishes...and that's all she wrote. I am a complete lazy butt...and I'm ready to get back on the wagon.

I have to admit, it really did feel good to sit on my butt and watch so much TV and read and not do anything though...hee!

SO, a few weeks ago - I was stuck at home for a couple of days with some sort of stomach virus thing. I went back to work - but still didn't feel like myself - and my digestion still wasn't up to par...I basically had what my grandpa always referred to as "the squitters".
AHEM...

So, after a couple more weeks of that and not feeling any relief and being SO BLOATED every time I ate anything, so that I was only wearing elastic pants because nothing else fit me...I finally went to the doctor. She thinks I'm lactose intolerant...
SO I've been ordered for 2 weeks to stay off the lactose and see if I feel better - and I DO!
I was honestly hoping that I wouldn't...because that would mean that cheese is my enemy - and I LOVE CHEESE...but of course, it seems that lactose is probably causing the bloating among other things.

On the plus side, hopefully I'll lose some weight!

Also, our new little neice is going to be born tomorrow morning - woooooooo!
I have to be at A and C's house at 5AM (DEAR GAWD) so I can be on kidwatch...and bring them to the hospital to meet their new baby sister...
We're all very excited to meet her and see who she looks like. This is it for them - she's getting her tubes tied.

Of course with all the baby talk about here - Doug and I have been talking more and more - and I think we've decided that sometime NEXT summer (2006) will be a good time to go off the pill and let things happen in their own way...
at least this is what has been decided SO FAR - you never know about us. We really want to get a good chunk of money in savings so we won't feel completely financially strapped...with less income...we'll need a buffer zone.

Let's see - what else is going on...
OH! Doug and I are going on vacation in a few weeks - nothing big, we couldn't afford our DC trip like we wanted...so we're heading down to Venice Beach and Universal Studios and the art museums at LA county - we're gonna stay with my aunt and uncle for a couple of days and then head over to Palm Springs to relax by the pool for a couple of days as well. We're both really looking forward to it - we need a break! We will miss our kitties though :)

There is other stuff going on, but I'll have to write it out later - must get back to work...