I started a diet/exercise program and I've lost 6 pounds in 1 month. I was on a pretty good roll but then I started eating really badly over the long weekend and apparently a few bad days can really pack on to you. On the bright side, I've started running and I'm up to 5 km in 45 minutes (9 min/km). Not bad since I started at 3 km in 27 min (9 min/km).
I'm super sore though because Nice Guy and I planted a vegetable garden on the weekend so I was squatting for hours. We have sunflowers, corn, garlic, potatoes, and onions so far. He says we can't plant the other stuff yet because the risk of frost is still here for another 2 weeks. But eventually we'll have tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and other things that I can't remember. Oh we're having pumpkins and squash and gourds too, as soon as he rototills the other half of the garden.
We hatched out baby chicks at the end of April! They are so cute! I have named the only yellow one with white wings Castiel (Supernatural reference anyone?) We don't know the sexes of any of the chicks yet but I don't care. I like him.
We also had baby ducks at the beginning of April. Nice Guy got me two Runner Ducks that I named after my sisters and he got Cayuga ducks (2 boys, 4 girls) that are going to have ducklings next year (hopefully). On a sour note, I thought it would be nice to let all the chickens run around the yard in the nice weather this weekend, but when I let out the two roosters who were rooming together (and had been getting along fine for the past month) they started fighting each other! One of those roosters was Dinner the Symbolic Chicken and the other rooster hit him in the eye and made it all bloody and now I think he's blind in that eye. Stupid rooster..... grrrr.... So now they are separated and I hope something eats that other rooster.
My dog got his final leg in Rally Excellence. So now he has RE after his name. And we got High In Class so we have a big blue ribbon that I'll have to hang up somewhere. I'm also babysitting my friend's dog while she's in Cuba. She's a little overly-energetic but I'm hoping she'll calm down soon and go to sleep.
I also got really homesick on Monday night and started crying in the car with Nice Guy. I missed my brother's birthday and Mother's day and I'm going to miss out on so many other things that I just got so sad. And I realized I hadn't heard from my siblings in a while. My mom is usually pretty good about calling but I hadn't heard from her in a little while either. So I called her when I got home and she made me feel better like she always does. She's going to come visit me this summer!
I think that's it for now and I'll try to post again soon. Maybe I should include some of the recipes of the healthy food I'm eating...
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