What's on my mind . . .In case you wanted to know!

I had to take Samantha to see the specialist in Annapolis again yesterday. Samantha is our 10-year old-beagle. She was not feeling well and was not eating. The doctor had taken her off medicine completely in April, but it appears that her IBD is acting up. This is not good news. The doctor was not impressed with the results that the predisone had the first round, so we had to switch to Imuran. That drug, while it worked, had a negative side effect which led to him taking her off the drugs completely. Now she has also got a urinary tract infection. Poor dog.
We decided to switch her to budesonide. This one is suppose to be better because it has less side effects than the prednisone. I also had to go to a special pharmacy to get the budesonide because they had to compound it especially for dogs. Now, I’m really not one of those crazy dog people who will do anything for their dog. I actually hate taking Sam to the vet because every time I go I know that I’m going to get bad news besides the fact that just to walk in the door, we pay over $100.00. Ok. So maybe I am a little crazy – I just don’t when to stop. I know she’s an old dog and we love her to death. I just pray that this medication will work wonders!
I got back on the elliptical today. It has been about a week since I exercised. I thought if I kept a record of it here that I might have a little more will power. About three weeks ago I calculated my BMI. I couldn’t believe that I was actually in the “overweight” category at 25.8. It appears that my BMI should be between 18.5-24.9, so I made a 4th of July resolution to lose weight – this is akin to a New Year’s resolution but only in July. Why not – I probably have better staying power in July than in January. I hate to exercise in January. It is so cold I just want to stay in bed where it’s warm. I’m not sure that I ever really “like” exercising, but in January it’s worse. It’s like all my muscles freeze up because they’re cold. But I digress. So, I want to lose about 25 pounds by January then there would be no reason for a New Year’s resolution! Now my family who is reading this is saying – 25 pounds – there’s no way that you need to lose 25 pounds. But according to the CDC—that’s exactly what I need to do! So, for three weeks, I exercised for five days a week. I was quite proud of myself. Then last week when I traveled everything got messed up, and it has taken me a week to get back into routine. I only exercised three times last week and will probably only get three times in this week – but I am determined to stick with it.