Crazy Cats... and a big belly...

This sums up my evening.

Hopefully I will stay awake long enough to finish this post.

Long day at work... I hate filing.

I ate too many cookies... I have a big belly.

Cat's are on drugs... I love dogs.

I'm a fraud - at least for today.

I made Diana touch the back of my hair... maybe I shouldn't do that until I know people better. I'm a freak.

I had a great idea for a birthday present but it didn't work out... I'll explain later but I think I'm starting to fade fast.

On my agenda...

Yesterday I had a bit of a run in with some cookies. The good thing is that I didn't eat them all.... there are some in my garbage can (the old me would have eaten them all and/or seriously considered rummaging through the garbage).

I am back on track today... Tomorrow Chad and I are going to lunch. He's going to show me around Williamsburg. It should be fun - I always enjoy Chad's company.

I purchased a ticket to go back to Seattle in December... only five and a half weeks and I'll be back to a normal life... although I don't know if I can ever go back to a normal life after this. It's just going to be a different life.... more about that later.

Look! It's me and Russell Crowe!

Martha, Martha, Martha!

I think I'll just do a photo montage for you with a few anecdotal remarks..







I stood in line...



This is what I wore...



They let us into the waiting area





I used the restroom...











They gave us cookies (Yes, I washed my hands and I counted the points...)







I had my ticket...



I waited....



Then I was escorted into the studio..



This was my seat... (excuse the grin... I was having a cookie high...)



This is Martha's set



And this is Martha...



This is Justin.. he works for Martha...



He handed me my copy of Body and Soul as I left...

I also received a silicone brush from Joey - the audience wrangler...

The show will air THIS FRIDAY THE 21ST!

Brad Garrett is on the show - I don't want to ruin anything for you so I won't go into details now.

Look for me in the second row center, I sat next to Lucy who asks the first question in the stress and food segment...

What to do on my Birthday.

I've been trying to figure out what I should do on my birthday.. originally I had planned on recovering from a hangover from my birthday party the night before but the party has been pushed back to the 28th (Damn MFA show)... I could go to a Cubs game - they're playing the Cardinals, or I could go get a massage or I could take myself to a movie. Maybe I'll get one of my non MFA friends to take me out to brunch or to the Chicken Hut.

After stepping on the scale this morning the cookie incident was not too harmful, considering that I didn't eat anything when I got home I guess that was good. I just need to steer clear of Wallgreen's... those dollar shortbread cookies are really good (and lethal).



This is a shot of part of my MFA piece. I'll take more photos later for you all.

I'm crampy - you know how I get when I have cramps. grr.

cookies are the devil

I succumbed to cookies on the way home from the studio today. It was pure emotional eating - a textbook case.. eventually I came to my senses and started feeding the shortbread cookies to the squirrels but not before I had eaten 27 points worth.

For those of you not in the know here, my allotment of points for the day is somewhere between 21 and 25. I went way over.

I got all of the work done that I wanted to at the studio today... that's good news.