Blessed and safe celebrations to my friends and family.  Please, make good choices.  If you drink, don't drive.  If you're too tired to drive, don't.  And stay away from the mistletoe if that creepy person is anywhere nearby.

Officially down a size.

234.6 *squee*

236.2
Holy CRAP!

237.2
That's 5.2 away from my 'starting' weight back in January '04.  By proper dieting (proper portions/food groups/water intake/walking) I was able to get to 192 in 6 months.  Soooo if I start right now that means I should be back to my lowest weight since college by March of next year (if my metabolism still works as it did back then.)

Yay!

We found out about 4 hours ago.  In about an hour we should be on the road to Virginia to help with arrangements and whatever else needs tended to.  This wouldn't be possible without the generosity of family and friends as Robyn is still out of work (there's some silver lining on that coming up) and hasn't received any unemployment pay (potential ( Read more... )

EEEEE and SQUEE. Metlife deposit cleared TODAY instead of making me wait til TUESDAY! That actually solves one of yesterday's problems! Calloo Callay oh FRABJOUS DAY!  Bout time they do something ahead of schedule.  Of course we've already gone over the budget I set for the Jeep inspection and now my car needs looked at so the money ( Read more... )

You know. It's one thing to drop a shit load of money on your credit card payments, more than the minimum they were asking. It's another for other debtors to come up out of the wood work after 6+ years and even something else for those cr...edit cards to say you didn't schedule to pay ENOUGH! Oh my GOD. I'm.. I'm not getting anything for myself out ( Read more... )

Spoke to Metlife today... they actually answered the phone on my first call. My deposit (the real one, not the penny) will be in my account on the 15th. It is substantially more than expected as well as are the monthly payments going forward. Yes,... I would have liked it sooner but I'll take it. In other news I have a film crew ( Read more... )

I should have final Metlife approval tomorrow before close of business and a date when check will be deposited. As of right now my clinical is substantiated and the case manager has agreed that I am disabled at this time. It just has to go to the case manager's manager and he said he sees no reason why it would require additional information.