For the past two days, I have felt like ass.

Seriously, my period came in this month like the Running of The Bulls and my body was its Pamplona. I am very thankful for my heating pad as, up until today, when my period arrived, it was a permanent fixture on my abdomen. I haven't exercised, I haven't eaten well, and I certainly didn't sleep well.

I'm taking the next few days to correct things, as I think the reason the pain and agony lasted so long was because - duh - I didn't take better care of myself, which includes sleep, clean eating and lots of water and sunshine. Glinny and I are off to dog beach in just a little bit. I just finished my grilled chicken and goat cheese salad, and need to change.

But since I couldn't sleep much - I was up until 2:30 this morning - I spent some time cleaning up this site and updating links and pictures. I hadn't even clicked on the "pictures" link under The Buddha's Progress in probably a year. I'd totally forgotten what was even on there and holy Moses. Talk about outdated. So I took down all the old progress pictures. I'm going back and forth about doing new ones, but I'm not sure I want my progress to be measured and recorded by that method.

I might change my mind. Who knows.

I added some new links, though no new blogs because I just do do blog linking anymore. I used to, years ago, but it felt like taking part in a game of popularity, which felt strange to me. I'm always, always linking to people's blogs, though. There are really too many great ones these days to choose from.

You'll note some of the links - notably, the Body for Life link - might seem curious. I stumbled upon the BFL link and I thought it was a great, FREE resource for anyone looking for recipe and exercise program ideas. I'm all about turning everyone on to the free stuff!

Finally, during my insomnia of last night, I found a copy of Turbo Jam's "Punch, Kick" whatever - it was the copy Linda told me to get - and bought it and it should be on its way this week. I sent a letter to my gym last week and am just waiting on the word that I'm officially no longer a member there. I'm sure it will take months and they'll end up charging me another few times, but the ball is set in motion.

Today I'm going to head off to the used sporting goods store in town and pick up some 10-lb. handweights as I only have five- and eight-pounds weights to work with at the moment. Hopefully they won't cost me too much.

Posted by Erin at 12:52 PM | filed under: Random