Here is a link to my sparkpeople page.
I haven’t updated in awhile as this past week has been a bad one for diet/exercise. I fell off the bandwagon in a big way and I’m now trying to climb back up on it.

Am I still sick?
Er.
Sort of?
I live on Claritin lately and it seems to help a bit but I do wonder if it is contributing to the general malaise I have been feeling. I have felt like the evil cranky bitch from hell lately and I just don’t know why. I’m literally forcing myself most of the time to do anything except eat chocolate and sleep. Going to the dog park this past week has been a major operation.

Blech.
Maybe I should try being OFF of Claritin today and see if that helps? I’m all snotty but I’m at least not feeling like killing people is a worthy occupation…

Still sick.

Doctor says it’s probably just allergies. He gave me Zyrtec samples. I don’t like Zyrtec – it turns me into a 12+ hour a day sleeping zombie and it does nothing for any of my symptoms except make all of me except my nose dry. I’ve been trying Claritin – which stops up my nose but does nothing for the persistent coughing and/or Dayquil which basically just makes my whole body fuzzy so I don’t so much care. The human body is a finicky thing.

Had my last trip to the personal trainer this week. I will miss having that as a motivator I think. Total weight lost – 15 pounds (and it took three months to do it). Inches lost – er, a lot. Most body parts were like 3 to 5 inches down (helllllllooooo muscles) and my body fat percentage went down a goodly chunk too – 5% or more. Aside from that, I think I shall be moving all of my weightloss/exercise/dieting blogging to my sparkpeople page. If you’re interested, post me a comment and I’ll get a link up for that.

What did Mr Dog learn?

He can: sit, stay, wait, lay down, come when called, he knows his name, he goes to bed. He knows how to do puppy pushups and what the word “uh-uh” means. He knows how to ring the jingle bells to go out and he knows (sometimes) to ring the other doorbell to come in. He knows how to loose-leash walk and how to sit when people come up to pet him. He knows not to on people jump (most of the time) and that he’s not allowed into the pantry where the litterboxes and cat food live. We’re working on sitting with very big distraction (such as balls bouncing nearby and suchlike) and on staying where he’s told to even when we leave the room. He’s also learning how to roll over and I will, I think, be adding play dead to that list. He knows how to leave it for dropped food and how to get it for dropped or thrown items (sometimes!). He’s got a lot further to go but in general, he’s a very well behaved dog.

He’s also got an upper respiratory infection and doesn’t feel very well. He’s very coughy/hacky/pukey. He’s banned from the dog park and we have a follow up vet visit next week to see if he’ll be cleared for activity.

That’s okay. I’m sick too. Since February 16th. Yuck. I’m finally breaking down and going to the doctor tomorrow. That will be the first time in years that I’ve gone to the doctor for anything other than a routine pap smear. I’m hoping it’s actually allergies and they’ll give me some happy drugs to clear me up. I fear it is not. If it’s not – maybe I can have Valley Fever. As opposed to the  TB that Jeremy at work keeps trying to convince me I have…

Kristy has requested an update.

Mr. Dog graduated from Puppy Obedience school and immediately started intermediate classes.

He didn’t like the hat.

My friend from Indiana came to visit. We had Fuddrucker’s, suishi (twice. It’s growing on me a lot. Especially the tempura battered and deep fried Las Vegas roll with cream cheese and tuna….) and Angel Sweet Gelato. We went to the Body Worlds 3 exhibit, the Phoenix Zoo, the Renaissance Festival and did some shopping up in Old Town Scottsdale.

The Renfest especially was fun. I think we will do it again next year. But if so, I will be going as a wench with bosoms to flaunt. We got some pictures, especially of the jousting. And the pirate dog. Hopefully the pirate dog will be uploaded soon – he was cute and lucrative.

I’ve also been sick since February 16th. Nothing terribly serious – coughing, sneezing, and some sinus congestion. It just never seems to go away. I suppose it could be allergies but I’m more afraid that it may be Valley Fever. And I don’t really want a fungal infection. But that’s 20 days of being ill. It’s really cutting into my gym time.

I only have three more personal training session and while I would love having more at $60 an hour it’s not really in my budget, especially for my long term goals of paying off credit cards and saving up money for my new car (goal: October of 2008. Not really LONG long term. Semi-long term?).

Anybody do anything fun?