monday's not as bad as it used to be

wow! i've been "retired" for almost THREE monts now! that went fast. i can't tell you how awesome it is when it's sunday night and i'm watching Six Feet Under (the show ROCKED last night) and thinking about doing laundry and realizing that its almost 10pm and realizing...hey! i don't have to stress about anything because i don't have to GO anywhere tomorrow!

i'm happy to say that i still get up between 6am and 8am and go to the gym. i decided to totally amp up my workout routine since i have all this time. my detox lost me about 5-6 pounds and i am maintaining a vegetarian diet for a little bit to hopefully sustain the weightloss. i'm afraid my system isn't ready to process meat yet. well i have no idea if it is but the thought of eating an animal right now is not appealing, neither is dairy. wow! that is so interesting that i have no appetite for that stuff. i also had my first diet coke today since last monday and it's weird. it tastes funny to me and i don't even want it, its also too sweet tasting.

saturday - angel island

on saturday willo picked me up with lulu and mat and we all headed over to pier 41 to catch the ferry to angel island for lucia's 3rd bay anniversary. i have been DYING to go there ever since i saw on one of those SF magazie TV shows that you can take a ferry there and have a picnic. that sounds so fun!

we met up with some peeps on the boat and off we went. it totaly rocked! it was so warm out and almost perfect for a day of hiking and beaching and stuff.

here is a view during our hike.

i am definitely going back there especially since you can CAMP on the island. i know, lot's of you are thinking hez does not camp. it's true, i'm not a huge fan of it but, there is something appealing about taking a ferry to the campground. and i am having longings of just a bunch of us pitching tents and getting trashed around a campfire...with BBQ. how fun does that sound? plus you can ride bikes AND go to the beach, my two favorite things.

papers and stuff

so today i am supposed to be writing TWO papers for class tomorrow. this is for the "ignatian seminar" and the text is a book the dalai lama wrote. we're supposed to be contemplating ethics. you know, i dig buddhism and stuff but these books literally take 250 pages to say something that can be explained in one maybe two paragraphs. its like reading in a circle.

anyways, so instead of writing my papers i am blogging and baking bread. nice. see, since i am not working right now my therapist isn't charging me so i keep him "paid" in baked goods. love that! plus, i haven't made bread in awhile and willo's friend, lulu, inspired me.