it's been almost 3 weeks and no sugar. i've lost almost 8 pounds.

i had no idea i was so emotionally attached to food. ok, maybe i had a small sense that i was but MY GOODNESS. no bread or sugar or fruit (except granny smith apples) is really depressing when it's dreary outside, i have not had a lot of sleep and i am stressed-out.

for the up side: i feel lighter, my pms was definately close to non-exsistant this month and i crave water and nuts most often. i've started working-out now also, which makes me feel good cuz i wanna be strong.

things with the j. man are going very well. he is moving into his new apartment this weekend. we've been packing all his stuff slowly but surely and i'm realizing two things: 1-he has a lot of stuff 2-we work pretty well as a team. i love to organize & clean and make sense of that which seems impossible to make sense of. he loves to collect things. PERFECT! ;)

speaking of j.-i was driving through the hy-vee parking lot today watching this bald middle-aged man walk to the front doors of the store and i thought to myself 'he reminds me of j.-wonder what he'll look like when he's middle aged.' then my phone rang. as i answered it i looked up into my rear-view mirror and there was crazy j. himself running towards my car.

it's good to see him by surprise.

i will be posting pics of us someday. i promise.

soo...i am an aunt again. lauryn charlotte. she's the coolest lookin' girl i ever did see. i was joking jess and telling her i think she looks too much like my friend chanty, she's the cutest asian-lookin' baby ever. maybe it's her gigantic cheeks...pressing up against her eyes.

i got some sweet shots of her & the fam at the hospital. you'll get to see those too.