"I have been but little in," said Ninian hastily...

Amy and I broke up tonight.

I'll probably feel like talking about it at excruitating length later, but right now I just want to sit in my rooms and be sad. We talked, we talked, we talked (this has been goign on for about two weeks), there was anger, there were tears, and there was a lot of hugging each other and not wanting to let go. And now we're apart, we're both miserable, what a great solution.

Good thing it's dark and raining.

Friday work continued in the tiresome trend of the morning. ( Read more... )

Well, I dragged myself home from work around 8, heated up some leftovers of the yummy dinner that A. made on Thursday, and settled down to watch some telly. I had gotten about half an hour into a PD James mystery (with an unfamiliar new actor playing Dalgleish--a change from Roy Marsden, but not bad at all), when A. arrived from a gym workout. She showered, then I filled her in on the programme, fed her white wine and biscuits (her tummy wasn't feeling so great), and we snuggled and watched the rest of the show. The cats came and snuggled with us, and she made much of them and petted them. :-) We talked a bit and snuggled some more, and went to bed. She's up and off now; IBM training all morning and afternoon. :-( But we're making plans for dinner this evening. In the meantime, today I'm going to try to get my taxes done (should have been done *ages* ago) and do some chores around the place, plus get some of my new Flames of War troops based and primed. Theclub is having a tournament in April, and I'd like to get some games in with them before then.

Back home; A. is making a a tasty dinner/tea (roast chicken, asparagus risotto). The procedure went fine. They found two small polyps that they're going to test and get back to me about, and I should do it agian in 3-5 years.

FOOD! YAY! :-)

Rupert and I went out for a little exercise, and I went all around my usual route, including up the third side street, which I don't usually do. Goodness, but I would like to go somewhere flat more. I need to go back to my useful practice location and spend more time there. But a lovely cold day, with breeze.

Gaming went well yesterday, and A. had dinner and spent the night, and we did more Talking. I'm really quite astonished (and pleased). More on that an on the game later. But first a shower is needed!

On top of all the medico stuff and clearing most of my day's to-do list, I had a simply lovely evening! A. made us a delicious dinner--red wine, steaks with a garlic rub, baked potatoes, and a fresh greens and peppers salad. She liked her prezzies (flowers that had arrived at her office, something pretty from www.figleaves.com and chocolates from See's), and she gave me two lovely gifts--a supersoft and wonderfully warm pashmina scarf and some lovely bath oil and shower gel from L'Occitane! Yum! And two cards, one with a lovely kitty surrounded by roses! We were thinking of watching a movie, but we ended up canoodling instead :-) until it got late and I had to head home. Now I'm sitting here typing with a soft cat on my lap and just hugging myself at the thought of what a lovely evening I had and what a wonderful GF I have. She's just so lovely! I am a very happy badger!

I had a very pleasant weekend, spent mostly with my inamorata, the lovely A. We toasted the New Year together, watched stuff on the telly (she enjoyed Sports Night and a series of Nick Aardman short films, and she has apparently memorized most of the dialogue to "Room with a View" :-), played some games (she liked Odin's Ravens; she found Twilight Struggle a bit much to take in), made a run to Balducci's for yummy cheese and bread and other stuff that we noshed on over the weekend. We talked a lot and snuggled a lot and went walking along the Potomac. It was a lovely time.

Now the hard work begins. Not with A, but with myself (in fact, being rather athletic, she'll probably provide support and encouragement). I successfully avoided gaining any weight over the Gorging Season (in fact, I appear to be down 4 pounds from 11/20). But I want to lose 20 pounds this year, so I need to move from maintaining to shedding. Eventually, my long-term goal is to work up more muscle tone and more aerobic stamina and take off about 50-60 pounds, but I figure 20 is a good place to start. I managed to lose 20 last year, but 10-11 of them have snuck back. >:-( So Measures Must Be Taken. Once I'm OK to get back on the bike regularly, that will help. A. enjoys running, but I'm not sure if I'm quite up to her level of fitness (OK, let's be real--I *know* I'm not); that will probably take some work. In the meantime, I think I may make another attempt to inculcate the South Beach Diet; I need at the leat to get back to the principles of Phase 3, and starting a Phase 1/Phase 2 cycle would probably be a good idea.

I had a very nice dinner with a charming lady last night and then a terrifically pleasant phone call with another lovely lass. I'm a lucky badger! :-)