Rampant Growth

I know, I know.  I'm a couple weeks late.  Here I am again, back on schedule.

Well, the diet didn't go so well last week.  Too many snacks, I think.  I'm back on it again this week.  I'm hoping to drop below 320 for my next weigh-in.  That's entirely possible, since I'm only 1.2 pounds about that.  I just have to buckle down again.

Kay has reached a very exciting time in her development.  She's crawling, teething, pulling herself up to her feet, sleeping in her own room at night, eating Stage 2 food, using a "sippy" cup and getting used to her new crib.  All of this all at once is a little overwhelming for Kay and Misty and I sometimes, honestly.  Misty wishes she'd slow down just a bit, but she's really proud, and so am I.  I'll have to remember to post some new pics and videos this week.

Tampa Bay Anime is evolving as well.  We recently appointed a new vice president, first of all.  She's a good friend of mine, too, and creative and clever besides, so I'm sure she'll help bring the club to a good place.  We're also changing our website.  For one thing, I want to get away from our current webhost, which keeps pissing me off.  I've had problems getting into my account far too often.  Once is too often, really.  Plus, getting that account under the same host as my others will help me maintain the site more regularly.  On top of that, we're converting most of the site into a Blogger blog, for many reasons, not the least of which is ease of updating.  I look to have that project done by the end of the month.

One last change that's affecting me is that my family is now on a stricter leisure budget.  I've got a set amount that I can spend purely on myself per week, and so does Misty.  We also have a separate budget for things we do together, or buy for the apartment or family.  Basically, we need to get moving in a straight line after far too long on a financial roller-coaster.  The budget's a little tighter than I'd like, and I'm definitely going to have to make some changes to my personal spending habits.  To be honest, those habits are a large part of what's gotten us into trouble in the past.  My first big challenge is saving enough to get BioShock, which drops this Tuesday.  I hope to get it next week, but the week after that is more likely.

So much going on... I might have to blog twice this week.  *gasp*

Current weight: 321.2 lbs
Total weight lost: 6.8 lbs

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson