Necessary Mutilation

Weight: 190.6 lbs.

I had the most glorious day doing absolutely nothing except floating stupidly in a foot of water in our backyard yesterday! I fit perfectly into a swimsuit that I haven’t gotten past my ankles in years, and once I added some shorts to the mix, I was good to go! Other than some leg and underarm flubber, I felt I didn’t look too hideous, and Tom actually complimented me on how good he thought I did look. Although franklly, between us, I still expect that we exceeded the limit for the baby pool we were in, and probably looked quite ridiculous if someone were to have peeked through the fence slats!

But…who cared, and I may go back for more today. I have found that this inflatable pool is perfect for lounging and sitting, and it has these blow up pillow type chambers in all 4 corners that allows you to either sit up higher, or lay with your head on them, all stretched out as if on a raft. It is heavenly…and clearly does not take much to please me! I am a huge water person, and can’t be more thrilled to be able to do even such a simple thing now that my weight is no longer a hinderence. I suppose that I could have 110 lbs. ago, but its possible that I either would have been too embarassed, the pool would have exploded, or I wouldn’t have even entertained such an idea. Now it feel like I am breaking myself in for bigger and better summertime things, including our upcoming cottage/lake rental. Now I am also no longer white as a ghost, albeit I am rather burned in places where the sun has not seen in decades. I may have to even out my burn later today, as I guess I spent too much time on my back, and with one short leg pulled up higher than the other, given the strange and uneven looks of me. This will be a good excuse to do it all over again today!!

Not that I don’t have more serious things to accomplish later. But, I can’t remember when I enjoyed “nothing” quite as much, and it sure is good for the soul. Errands and such will just have to wait!

And food wise, other than the munchies I must admit that we snacked on while in the pool (leftover taco chips and veggie straws from like a month ago), I was good all day. We did grill some turkey burgers and dogs, and I had some bunless ones because it seemed to be the right thing to do on such an occassion. Plus, I was getting sun strokey by afternoon, and when my friend called from South Carolina to say “hi” and caught me feeling light headed and weak, she suggested that I needed sodium to rebalance. I was all for that and stuff sure seems to taste better when eaten outdoors or in water!

As to drinking, despite a hankering for a pina colada or something, I stuck to diet sobes, and made sure that I hydrated often. The pool had these little inflatable bottle holder things built in, and they were fun to use and to watch the drink circumnavigate the pool in.

It really doesn’t take much to please me, does it?!

Let’s hope I remain as jovial when the work week starts back tomorrow!

Sigh….