Moving furniture can do wonders for your mental health

Well now. That solves that... or at least really helps, if not solve. I'm referring to my rut that I've been stuck in for quite some time now. It's been all I can do to not curl up on my couch and rot away watching episodes of Dr. Who. (A fantastic show, by the way). I've been needing to clean my room for.. oh... about a year now. Nearly daily I've said, "Okay.. I'm going to clean my room today." And then things happen, and it never got done. So I finally decided I not only needed to clean my room, I need to completely change it. If a cluttered room is a cluttered mind, then a changed room is a changed mind.... sort of. At any rate, it definitely worked. Because I moved every piece of furniture in here, I had to REALLY clean as well... so much was accomplished yesterday. I'm not completely finished (need to put books away now), but it feels outstandingly refreshing, and I have more 'umph' to do stuff. I have watched some more Dr. Who episodes, but am cleaning and rearranging at the same time (as opposed to simply vegging out on the couch).

I'm still quite sleepy these days... though if I do go to the gym and get a work out in, I feel MUCH better afterwards. My goal of running a mile in less than 9 minutes is slowly becoming more attainable. My time today was 11:15 (better than 13:00!... which is where it was a few weeks ago). For the first time in my life, I'm getting a trainer. There was a good deal going on at the gym: $100 for 5 one hour sessions. I haven't gotten a call to set up a time yet, but hopefully that will happen soon. I'm stoked about this.

I forgot to mention last time that my count was 21. Lame and shocking all at once. I would have put money down that it was in the 40's. Though wouldn't you know it, just a day or two after I got the lab done, it became physically apparent my count was lower then what it had seemed to have been. NOW it seems like it's in the 20's..... so maybe it was higher... and then my second round of Phosphorous dropped it. *Sigh* Whilst moving furniture around, I got some bruises on my legs... blue and purple, as per normal these days. It was a year ago that my count plummeted into the teens. I remember the doctors in the hospital making it sound like this would be all over, fixed, and done in just a matter of weeks. HA! Weeks my left shoe! I keep going back and forth about really caring and getting bummed out about it, to not caring and not even noticing (cause I am ridiculously busy these days!). I'm still hanging in there, but every now and again I just want to throw my hands up and give up hope that they'll ever be normal. Ah but that's dramatic. I can't forget that I've only just started HPathy... only a month and a half. Some people who take conventional drugs have a wait even longer before they see results. So I should stop complaining and continue on with life. Yes. A good idea, Kate. Why thank you. :)

My throat is hurting just a little bit. The student teacher at work got a nasty cold/flu.. and a lot of the kids are sick as well. Hmmmmm. *squinty eyes* Perhaps I should suck on some zinc... just to be safe.

Two more shows left for the musical! It's been going very well. The audience has yet to be a good one... they've been okay, but I'm still waiting for a keeper. It'll be a relief and a bummer all at the same time for me. It was a great work out, but my back can't take much more. Nearly 3 hours of playing the piano.. yikes!

Next week is DISNEYLAND! WHOOHOO! I love my job so much. That's right.. we're going to Disneyland... first to sing, and then to play. And I hope dearly that I get to see Jess while we're down there. I miss him.

My birthday is this Sunday. I didn't reach my weight goal of 130.. not anywhere close...140 currently.... but I AM losing weight.. so it's a step in the right direction. Didn't reach my platelet goal either... which wasn't a set number.. just higher.... but like I said, life continues. I should think in the future presences in this regard, perhaps. Hmmm.. Interesting idea.

Here's my new hair cut: Short and simple
(It's a bit of a mess.. and I was running out the door to go to a gig..
the next shot was of my laughing and saying I needed to leave)

Right! Back to Dr. Who and cleaning!