Nausea, Legal Pleadings & Holiday Parties, Oh My!

Weight: 132 (ARG. Hate holiday parties and all those delicious little chocolate morsels.)
Alcohol units: 4 (Very good considering.)
Cigs: very few (Too busy praying to the porcelain god. )

So. It's been one hellofa week. Tuesday was my birthday. The days of waking up excited, my bed covered in presents (one of my Mum's traditions), and feeling the thrill of being just a little bit more grown up...that era is over. I had the faintest notion of waking up with beautiful skin, a great body a la Jessica Alba and a renewed sense of confidence that I'd been lacking in my younger days. Nope. Just the same old me.

As my birthday fell on a weekday this year, I wasn't expecting much. After a long day at work, my office co-workers surprised me with a card and a key lime pie (my favorite) which was a pleasant surprise, but not much help in my quest to lose the pounds I've gained since the wedding (7 lbs--fat spontaneously regenerating on own volition).

Met T at home where he swept me off in a cab to a lovely little French bistro that I'd been dying to try. It was a delicious dinner, but rich to say the least. It was my birthday, a little indulgence wasn't going to kill me, right? I'd never been so wrong before. What the hell happened to wisdom with age???

A cocktail or two, several celebratory phone calls, and then home to snuggle and watch a movie. Am a very responsible grown up. Very good. Not a bad night...or so I thought. Around 4 am, I woke up with the most intense cramps I'd ever had. Thought it was a girl thing until I proceed to throw up for three straight hours. As I lay on the delightfully freezing bathroom tile floor clutching my stomach and praying to die, all I could think was what a bad start to a new year.

After throwing up everything I'd ever eaten or even thought of eating, I had to get up and work a 12 hour day. Fun, fun, fun. The rest of the week went pretty fast, blurred feelings of nausea, legal pleadings and a few holiday parties filling my days.

Now I'm in holiday limbo, trying to avoid going shopping but knowing that I've still got a few gifts to purchase and more cards to send out, lest I be considered a royal Scrooge. Am trying to get in the holiday spirit as am feeling better, my Mum is coming in next week from Louisiana (so excited!) and I am hosting my first real Christmas dinner (daunting--someone call the caterer!) but difficult when so much to do. Ever the optimist, am sure I'll catch the holiday bug (the non-vomiting inducing type) and get back in the swing of things asap.

Happy happy holidays & keep in touch!

xoxo,
Leigh