An Extra Day To Grow On

Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004 - 4:52 a.m.

Happy Leap Years' Day.

Yesterday was one of the best days I've had in a very long time.

I woke up around noon, and was at a loose end. Something sad had happened a couple of nights before, and I was still working through it, and since it involves one of my best friends on the planet, I am going to skip the details. "Don't worry," John kept saying. "You didn't do anything wrong." Even the friend I messed up with told me I didn't do anything wrong.

But I still would rather it not have happened in the first place.

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Anyway, John got tired of me being too quiet and ponderous about the dilemma I'd inadvertently induced -- and dragged me out for some retail therapy.

When I went to get dressed, my clothing was loose. I pulled my jeans on, noticed how baggy they were, slipped them off again, and went in to weigh myself. I've lost 18 lbs since the diet began, and I'm down exactly 50 lbs from the highest weight I ever was, which was four years ago. I reserve the right to be nebulous about what I weigh precisely, until I feel like sharing. :)

Then I got dressed again and out we went.

I didn't buy a darn thing, but I did remember to bring my little camera, and to take pictures as best I could from the moving car. Here's what the ocean looked like when the sun shone on it through the late afternoon haze yesterday; liquid silver.

When John and I got back home, he put "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" into the DVD player, while I made dinner. Pork chops, and broccoli with grated Monterey Jack cheese.

After dinner, my husband and I did something for the first time in well over a year -- We played Trivial Pursuit.

And we put on our favorite CDs. And John whupped the Trivial tar out of me, twice.

But with the weight loss and the calming influences of what is very obviously my better half -- Saturday made me feel better about myself than I had in quite a while.

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So. About that friend.

To paraphrase Semisonic, it's a fine, fine person with nothing but good intentions and a bad tendency to get burned.

Today is going to be a bad day for my friend -- the last day of a long painful process, and all I wish for is for the day to go smoothly for this person.

If it's at all possible to send good vibes to my friend, even though I cannot mention names or exact situations, I'd sure like my readers to give it a try.

As for my own efforts, I'm wearing black today, which absorbs light and reflects darkness. I'm also wearing an amethyst ring just above my wedding band, because amethyst is a stone of great strength, and it's the birthstone for February. I have my friend pictured surrounded in a protective aura of strength and good feelings, which I choose today to call 'sweetness and light' .

I think my friend is all set here. At least I hope so.

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So, tonight, it's Oscar night. I can't wait to see what people are wearing!

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