…and making progress.  I usually stop mid-day and take a long and strenuous walk/jog to keep my blood running and my mind alert, and to burn all the calories I consume munching on multi-grain tortilla chips, baby carrots, triple-flavor hummus, and salsa-oops, almost forgot the extra dark chocolate bar.  By the way, if you don’t live near a Trader Joe’s Market - get online and request that one come to your neighborhood a.s.a.p. because NO HUMAN couldn’t love TJs!  Trader Joe’s is my absolute favorite grocery store on the planet.  It’s like having a gourmet, natural food co-op without the ordering and delivery hassles and at extremely reasonable prices.  TJs automatically upgrades your life and lowers your food budget.   I’m ‘eating in’ while I’m away to save money and to stay focused.  I even bring my own Starbuck’s ground coffee along.  I’m trying out Sulawesi and it’s pretty nice - with  half and half, of course.  Today since it was rainy and cool, I chose to do my workout on the treadmill.

My back muscles are finally recovering from bringing a roll-on so heavily weighed down with all my writing and study paraphernalia, that when I went ‘heave-ho’ and hoisted it up to the overhead bins on the plane, I wrenched my entire body.  I couldn’t bear to check it just in case it was lost somehow.  Back in the early 2000s I took my only copy of all my personal contacts collected over time from my entire life, on an airplane to Canada and back (which the experts tell you never to do) and haven’t seen it since.  I still can’t find some of those old friends and acquaintances, even after Googling them.  And seeing that I’ve moved so many times, they probably think I’ve deserted them on purpose.  So how could I possibly risk losing 10 journals and 5 files of writings, 1 zillion sticky notes, 8 cds, 2 dvds, plus 6 hardback reference books????…yes, I am a complex creature.  Pray for my dear husband!

Back to work….

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