Day 15: It's raining, it's pouring!

Ok.  New phase started and doing good.  Apparently, I have a knack for picking good watermelons.  I picked up four more (one is for my mom) today at Trader Joe's.  I decided to get them there after eating the one I purchased this week.  It was sweet and juicy!  Had some of the one I gave my mom and it was as well.  The watermelon actually sustained me from about 9:30 this morning until around 6ish tonight.  I was pleasantly surprised.

As I do at the start of each phase, I did a weigh and measure.  I've lost another 2lbs and 1" all over.  I knew there would not be a big weight loss this week, as there was added food.  I'm not complaining.  That's a total of 13lbs altogether and I am ecstatic!  My hope is that at the end of this 26 days, I will be under the 300lb mark.  That would be a great way to kick off this healthy eating.

As I sit here, banging out tonight's episode, I can hear the rain on the roof.  It moved in late this afternoon, complete with thunder boomies and lightening.  We've been under a flash flood watch since about 4pm today.  Earlier, when I noticed it getting cloudy out, I checked the weather online to see what the forecast was.  We weren't scheduled for any rain until tomorrow.  That's ok.  I hope it continues into tomorrow.  I could live with that.  Especially with the cooler temperatures.  It's 83 right now.

Dad is home from the hospital.  They will be sending rehab people to the house to help him.  Where the tumor was located was on the part of the brain that controls motor function and balance.  Mom has borrowed a walker for him and made him promise that he will not try to get up to go to the bathroom on his own.  So, what did he do?  While we were at the dining room table, he got up and went to the bathroom.  Mom went right after him and scolded him to not lock the door when he is in there by himself.  Men!  He's so glad to be home, though.  Comfortable in his own bed.  Mom said he looked better already in just the short time that they had been home.

So.  The rain is falling and dad is asleep in his own bed and all is right with the world.  Well, maybe not the whole world.  But for right now, it is in mine.  I can't ask for more than that.

May all your watermelons be sweet and juicy!

Tally ho!
Nevada Smith