My good friend, Patti, who helps me get in and out of the pool when we exercise has pneumonia. I have not been in the pool all week and I am crawling the walls.

So, I'm down on myself for not doing any exercise for a week. I have not sparked for a week but I have eaten things like fried chicken and mashed potatoes. Hamburgers and strawberry shortcakes. This has been a r-e-a-l-l-y long period of eating wrong.

So, I won't be able to get to the pool for a couple of weeks because I have a hard time with stairs and they're putting a new elevator in my building. So, no access for me who does not do stairs well for a couple more weeks. However, I'm going to try to do stairs while the elevators is being repaired and show myself that I can do stairs. They also installed a chair lift from basement to first floor which scares me to death but I might try using it.

OK, well, onward and away.

Jem

P.S. I know it sounds like I have lots of excuses for not using the lift or doing stairs but I don't know if I'm too heavy for the lift or if the lift will break if I use it. I know that I am going to try to just walk the halls and get off my a - - instead of making excuses for not exercising. And tomorrow I'm writing down everything I eat.