My First Day Off

Well I will warn you all now that this will not be an action packed day for sure and you may find that my day was just plain out boring. I am writing though as I made a commitment to try and blog every single day so even if it is not the best of information.. I am still here none the less.

Once again I slept terrible last night. I tossed and turned. Got hot then cold. I watch some television and the shows are all on weird times here.  This time change is weird and a show that I normally watch and 9 on Monday's came on here at 10.  Once I fell asleep about 5 AM I woke up again to the sound of my cell phone ringing. Not even looking at it I answered it and it was 6:58 in the morning... It was a question from the insurance company about a medical bill I just filed and I told this lady the same thing I told the one who called me Friday with the same question. She said oh yeah I see that in the notes now!  So I close my eyes and then at 7:17 the phone rings again and it was a family member that I have not spoken with in several years calling wanting email, physical addresses and phone numbers. It totally caught me off guard and I said I would just have to email it all to her as I was not near my computer.  Since this was extra strange, I called my mother to discuss this with her and we talked FOREVER!  Well one hour and four minutes... and I enjoyed it and then realized that my sleep was over now.  Then at 7:53 another person called me and it was a friend I had not talked with in almost 2 years calling to see how I was doing.  Now I know this is going to sound strange, but I got more phone calls today from people I never expected to hear from.... maybe they had a feeling I was needing some human conversation today and not to just talk to myself.

After a few more phone calls and an email with the required information I decided to try and rest some more on the couch but oh I totally forgot to weigh in for the day... I lost 2 pounds exactly! So something was going right for me.  The sun was out but it was still under freezing and the melting snow was freezing so I decided not to venture out at the moment.

I tried watching Curling.. and it so made no sense to me and sis not hold my attention so I made a grocery list and as I was getting ready to head out my boys called me.  Prestin was so cute and he asked how many days have you been in Arizona. I told him three days. He said okay mom I had to make sure I had my marks right you have 87 more days until you come home.  He asked if I was all alone and I told him yes that I did not bring anyone with me. He told me about his day and that he had a new neighbor move in and that he was getting ready to eat supper. I also spoke with Martin for a few and he said he was doing very well in school and I am proud and he and his friend were installing a new stereo system in his car.

Just after that my Jeff called me and for the next nineteen and a half minutes I smiled and then he had to go as his phone was almost dead. He was going to attend the monthly Geocaching meeting. If you do not know what Geocaching is, it is one of our hobbies.  It is high tech scavenger hunting complete with puzzles and sometimes a test of mind and body. It is played with hand-held GPS units and I have been doing it for three years. It is how Jeff and I met.  Check it out at Geocaching Website It is free to join. My user id is  My Profile and Jeff and I have a joint account under Our Profile. I am so glad I got to talk to him.

So now I decided I needed to get to the gym and the grocery before the weather got worse so I changed and took my list and headed to the gym. I had my membership card made and then I did a 5.25 mile bike ride in 35 minutes. The roads in the country club where I live were very icy so I just stopped at the activity center and grabbed a dvd New in Town as I felt it was a fitting title and I did not even get any of the Starbucks they serve!  I will get the shopping done tomorrow before I have to go to work for sure.

I made it home and fixed some dinner, washed dishes and read all my comments on facebook and talked with a few more people.  I have to say that I feel so loved even though I am so far away. Thank you everyone for making this transition a little easier as I try to adjust. The phone calls, emails, etc really do help.

I have work tomorrow night so I will have to adjust my blogging a bit to accomodate that I will be working nights... I am actually looking forward to it.

Goals for tomorrow:
1. Get some rest before I work
2. Go to the gym for another 30 minute workout
3. Have a positive attitude

Night everyone!