Today is my birthday and even though I am now even OLDER than normal, I can’t help but wonder what I will look like this time next year. I have spent 36 years of my life to date being fat and struggling with my weight. Now my life will be so different. 🙂 we shall see. I got breakfast in bed, and a beautiful card with jewellery. a pair of Brazilian amethyst and diamond earrings that Charlie got when he was in Rio in January.Than got some loving and a nap to recuperate after that So never really got up from bed until about 2pm. wonderful. hehe. 😈 We did some gardening work, trimmed plants and bushes and picked a bunch of daffodils and tulips for the house. Now I am going to try a longer drive into Inveruie to the store. it is not as far as Aberdeen, but at least I won’t be alone. That way we can go to the store and drive back. Charlie has the fire cleaned out already and a new fire laid for tonight so all we have to do is throw a match at it. and he has promised me cheesy chive mashed potatoes since we are not going out to dinner in Aberdeen. We were going to go to one of our favourite restaurants and I was going to get their cheesy chive mashed potatoes. hence his promise. It has been a lovely day, sun and nice. I put on a sweater today that my mom gave me at Christmas this year. I don’t think that it will be long and I won’t be wearing it any more. there is a major change in how it hangs on me even now with only a little over 30+ pounds off. Chalrie leaves on Wednesday. wonder how I will look in 30 days when he sees me next. think he will notice? 😉 I seem more mobile and a little more like myself. still tire easy but not as easily as before. I am sleeping so much better these days, on my side, without pain like before. sometimes I don’t get up for 8+ hours and I used to be up and down every few hours before. slowly I am getting better. I suppose that I will feel like a new woman in a few months. wonder what that will feel like? Dazzle 🙂