I don't have any new pictures to post, so the pictures today are all old ones from my 2009 vacation to Colorado and Utah. Something to give me a little lift on my depressingly gloomy Sunday. The first one is one of the Ebert's squirrels my sister has around her place in Colorado.
I suppose I could turn on the Super Bowl if I wanted things to be somewhat more festive. I imagine that's what my Colorado sister is currently doing, now that I think about it. Or no, not yet. It doesn't start for another couple of hours, but given that the Broncos are playing, I'm sure she'll be glued to the set once it starts. I'm not much of a football fan though, unless I'm at my parents house. Then I tend to watch lots of sports because they like to watch sports on TV. My take on sports in general though is that they're only fun to watch if someone you personally know is playing, if you're watching them with a group of people, or if you're actually at the game. Otherwise I can't stay interested. Not even for the Super Bowl commercials.
I need to get off my ass and exercise this afternoon. I ate a lot yesterday - for the first time in a long time, actually consumed more calories than I spent. Today I need to get back on my calorie counting and exercise program. Still. It's okay to splurge occasionally, as long as it doesn't become a habit. I can afford to pick up a few pounds.
This picture is a young rock squirrel that hung around one of our campsites in Utah. These guys are everywhere out there, but most of them were fatter than this little guy. I imagine he was from that year's litter.
Yay! It's actually raining rather than the moist drizzle. Now if it will just stay above freezing it can rain all it wants. Especially tonight. Sliding to work on ice tomorrow morning doesn't sound like fun. Rain this time of year is good though. Things will start blooming soon - and probably get killed by the frost. The mid-70s to mid-20s temperature swings we've been having lately are making it hard on people and plants. There's been enough really cold weather this year already though for me to be able to wear almost all of my heavy sweaters - or anyway those that still fit and don't hang on me like bags.
I did get outside last weekend and cut all my roses back to nubs. It was gorgeous outside so I decided not to wait for February 14th to do it. I also cleaned out the garden area around my patio between the shrubs there, and cleaned out the flowering quince - removing the grapevine that was entwined through it. The quince is covered with buds already, some of which are showing signs of opening. That's the one that's going to get killed in the frost. It's opening too early, seduced by the warm temperatures. Or maybe it's not earlier than usual. It was in full flower in mid-February last year. We've just had colder weather this year. Or anyway, longer sustained cold weather.
This week I passed a milestone. Day 135. Halfway though my INH treatment. I'll be glad when it's over and I don't have to worry about remembering to take a pill everyday. Or worry about whether I'll kill my liver if I drink a beer. When I had that blood work done where I got the great cholesterol results, I also got not so great, elevated liver enzyme results. I expected it, because INH is liver-toxic. But seeing the numbers made me even more conscious that I shouldn't drink alcohol and stress my liver more than the drug is already doing. Four and a half more months. Not all that long I guess.
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