i challenge myself when i go to the grocery store. living alone, in an apartment, i always try to carry ALL the bags into the house at once. i push the plastic handles up my arms so i can fit them ALL on my person. then, with milk and frozen veggies bumping against my legs, i prepare the key, pointing it at the door. but not before i go for the mailbox. why waste a trip.

when i do it ALL, i win!!


and today, i did it even with my gym bag in tow.

i love when i do that....

i am indeed a slacker.

summer is here, flowers are planted. some really "up" sides to apartment living are that i don't have to shovel snow, nor pay for parking. i don't have to fix my plumbing or my roof.

but what is really grating on me as of late is the whole coin operated laundry scenario. either down the stairs in that dingy dark room, or at the laundromat, i am really growing to hate having to schlep my laundry and make sure i have exact change. inevitably that one thing i want to wash is forgotten or misplaced. and now with the advent of 3-times a week YMCA visits, even MORE laundry! let's not get started on the sheets and towels.


on the flip side, i can now make it an entire 15 minutes on the elliptical, with even a bit of incline thrown in! and so far the weight is still coming off. slowly, but steadily. that's what i love to see!!

i now plan to go back to lolling on one of my plastic deck chairs for a while, basking in the sun. aaaaah, SUN!