Ups and Downs

The last week has been full of ups and downs.

I indulged on Sunday and made a couple of loaves of sheepherder’s bread, then went over to my brother’s for a family Father’s Day dinner. It was the tastiest family dinner I’ve had since before my mom died: meatloaf (best ever, his mom’s recipe), mashed potatoes, pears poached in rum with ice cream.

Despite the above indulgence, my blood sugar levels continue to slowly drop, although I still have to very strictly limit my intake of carbohydrates and exercise. It seems like all I’m doing when I get home from work is cooking and exercising. I’m still managing between 1 and 1.5 hours of exercise a day, and I have more energy and a more agile mind for it.

Now that my head is clear enough to write, I need to make time for it. I’ve seen some great writing lately over at Dragon’s Mark’s Red Dragon Inn forums.

We adopted a pair of kittens Friday afternoon. They’re about nine and a half weeks old and completely adorable (aren’t all kittens?). They already have so much personality. I posted cell phone photos on Facebook but plan on trying to get some better pictures this week. Aya’s very interested in playing with them, though she still has some work to do in reading feline body language. She’s a little nervous that they’ll scratch her and isn’t reassured when I point out that their claws are tiny and soft.

Aya starts summer swimming lessons today.

I went out on a date last week, for the first time in years. I’m so out of practice. All in all, I had a lot of fun, even if I felt like an awkward/nervous teenager again. Maybe because I felt like an awkward/nervous teenager again.

Life is so complicated.