Crazy Tired

I am so so SO tired today.

I've done nothing.

I took a shower, then took a nap!

No gym today.

So tired.

Maybe the events of the last couple

of weeks are catching up with me.

That's ok - bound to happen.

Endorphins

Had an AWESOME work out today.

Did some Bosu jumps:

I am hoping to graduate to box jumps at some point:

Did some dead lifts. Started with the bar only (45 lbs) to get the movement down.

Eh.

Tried the dead lift machine, with weights. Better.

Moved on to the leg press. GREAT!

Finished with 30 minutes on the elliptical, heart rate up around 160.

Sweat was dripping off of me.

I smelled so bad!

IT

WAS

GREAT!

Thank You

My mother's funeral was yesterday.

The weather was perfect, not a cloud in the sky.

She would have been happy, I'm sure she was.

My brothers and I got through the

Eulogy just fine, even had a few chuckles.

My mother's brother, Fr. John, said the mass.

What a tough thing for him to do, but he did

a beautiful job.

Our Hospice nurse was there - Kathleen, what

a special lady.

Miriam, our first in home caregiver, who has

been in the hospital with heart problems was there!

Some wonderful friends from school were there.

My son, Dylan, played the violin during the

meditation after communion.

He played Toura Loura Loura, an Irish lullaby.

It was very difficult for him to do.

He played it through tears.

I couldn't be more proud of him.

Thank you to everyone for all the kind

words, and touching emails.

Thank you.

The Wake

I am overwhelmed by the outpouring

of love shown yesterday by

my parents' friends

my parents' co-workers

my friends

my co-workers

my Buckley family

people we haven't seen since we were young

Lines out the door.

Just overwhelmed.

Sheila

My mom passed this morning.

Dad and I were with her, holding her hands.

I'm so glad we were there.

I miss her.......

Hmmmm.

It looks like I should be a lot taller than I am,

but I'm working on it.

Down 32.

Update on Mom

My mother's health had been pretty

much the same for the past couple of weeks.

However, today, she had 2 seizures and she's

not taking in any food or water.

I'm so sad.

Food Day

Today was a food day.

I ate

and

ate

and

ate

and

ate

and

ate.

They I had dinner and after dinner

I ate some more.

Ok, whatever.

Back on track tomorrow.

My Policeman

So, for Valentine's Day, I gave Dylan a box of candy.

10 days later, it's still half full.

Don't understand it, but whatever.

So, I'm having a sugar craving which I would normally

cure with an orange, but

COME ON

THERE IS CHOCOLATE IN THE HOUSE!

So, I go into his room.

He's on the computer (really? what a surprise!)

I see the box of 1/2 eaten chocolates and pick it up.

He GRABS it from me!

"What are you doing?"

"I just want one. I can have one."

"No, you can't. You'll thank me later."

then he

WINKED AT ME!

Little shit.

Today's Favorites

Great show about Portland Oregon - where 30 year olds go to retire.

I've been on a Greek salad kick. I should have been Greek.

Orange Vitamin Water. It reminds me of Tang...and I liked Tang. Weird.

I have one in every pocket of every coat I own.

Herbs de Provence - I added them to the soup I'm making right now, White Bean Provencal. The house smells so good!

Sick of Being Sick

Ok, I've been sick since Wednesday night

and I am so tired of it.

I have a sinus infection and

THE WORST SORE THROAT

ANYONE HAS EVER HAD

IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORY.

(look, I studied Drama in college,

as you can tell, I did very well)

I didn't want to drink anything because

I would have to swallow it and I'm pretty

sure the earth shook each time I swallowed

although I'm not positive because the pain

was so great I think I blacked out a little bit each time.

(again, drama class)

The only thing that

seemed to help was....ice cream.

Yeah, I just lost 30 pounds and suddenly

I'm on a diet of ice cream.

Great.

I incorporated some ice pops too.

Eventually with the help of antibiotics,

I added vitamin water -the orange one.

Oh, and white bread to take with the

giant pill the Dr. prescribed.

So, here is my diet:

Breyers vanilla ice cream

Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia Frozen Yogurt

Edy's Pineapple fruit bars

Vitamin water - orange

White bread with no nutritional value whatsoever.

-and no, no trips to the gym.

And because of this illness, I haven't

been able to visit my parents.

But I call a couple of times each day.

Sick

I'm sick.

Sore throat.

Cold.

Fever.

Chills.

Aches.

I guess Dylan felt bad for me because he came home sick at 9:30 am.

Here he is:

Sick.