Not Blogging Much

I haven't blogged for a bit. The fact is, I've been busy, and happily so. I went to the GAS reunion, where I had a really good time with old friends and made some new ones. I also got a new arrangement for both my corps for Sweet Caroline. That was the weekend of May 4-6.

Then we got tuned up to play with Blessed Sacrament on May 12. I'm definitely getting better with my breathing.

Then this past weekend was Cellucci's daughter's wedding, down in DC. And wow, it was lovely, although I'd never ever seen bridesmaids dressed in black. The reception was held at "Top of the Town," a penthouse across the Potomac from the Lincoln, so there was this magnificent view of the mall.

Sadly, the weather was gray, rainy, and foggy. It stopped raining, so we could go out on the balcony to get pictures. It was absolutely lovely.

I'm enrolled in this weight-assistance program called Noom, which works as an app on the phone keeping in daily contacts, more than once a day. It reminds me to log my meals, tells me how many steps I've taken (so long as I keep my phone with me at all times, which I can't always do), and gives all sorts of information and tips for self-control.

So far, I gained 5 pounds, and for the first time I weigh more than 240 pounds. I'm sick of myself. When I started on this journey of weight loss, I weighed 220. I haven't gotten below 217, and since January I just kept gaining.

The CPAP was supposed to help me lose weight. So far, I've had 4 weeks of sleeping 8 or 9 hours a night, and no loss. I'm not going to call it quits yet, but ....

Yah. Right.

Yah, no weight lost. Figures. But I'm working out still, and moving more, so there's that. Did 90 minutes in the pool tonight, which my NOOM app tells me paid off the calories I ate with that tub of Nor'easter Potholes ice cream, which was AWESOME.

I'm CPAPing nightly, and sleeping pretty well. I just hate looking like a teletubby
with the hose out the top of my head.

I head to Binghamton, NY, for the Greater Alliance of Seniors -- a reunion of old-school drum corps people. I'm playing with Archie in return for a room. I mean, I still have to pay for the room, but at least I get one. Probably won't get to blog in again until after the weekend.

I don't have a weekend free again until June 23. May 12 is a show with BSGK in Reading, May 19 is Cellucci's daughter's wedding in VA, May 26 is Atlantic Brass at the shore, June 2 is Wildwood / Liz's shower, June 9 is Gettysburg, June 16 is our summer party.  SHEESH!

And I've done jack-squat in my novel. I wanted to have it finished by now. I'm stuck mostly because I'm afraid to move forward. I wanted some advice this far in. I was hoping Carol Gyzander would step up, but she hasn't yet. Maybe I should give her a nudge.

Meanwhile, spring has finally sprung! It was gorgeous out there today! And I do WANT to do some more gardening. I did weed out the front garden. Tomorrow, I want to plant some seeds in different areas. I have lavender and cleome. I'm going to try to clear out the triangle at our property edge by the back gate to put the lavenders in. Then I don't know where to put the cleome where the dogs won't trample it, so maybe the front walk, off to the side where I've always wanted something, but nothing ever lasted. Cleome is pretty much a weed, so it SHOULD work.

I hope I have the stamina!