evy

The good news is...

-Since June 12th I have lost 22 pounds. (Yeah, that's kinda impressive sounding. 22 pounds in less than a month.)
-I haven't lost any of my boobs!
-I'm going to be on my way to Canada a week from right now!

The bad news is...

-My clothes kinda fit funny because most of the weight I've lost is concentrated in weird places: upper stomach, calves (almost all muscle now bitches), lower thighs, arms, jawline.
-Yet, I can't seem to lose it in my lower mid-section or upper thighs.
-The thing that bothers me about my neck is more prominent than ever. However, my mom and I talked and did some research and it is a genetic anomilly and I can have plastic surgery for it and my insurance will cover it. Why is that? Well, it's actually an over growth of muscle that causes it, not too much fat (you can feel the muscles if you touch it, it's weird and not at all like a normal person's neck) and it can contribute to sleep apnea and throat infections because it causes it to be too narrow. Thus, it would cost very little out of pocket for me.
-I've hit a plateau.
-I'm nervous about going up there and meeting all of his friends and family at once. It's like what a normal girlfriend goes through in a period of weeks or months all crammed into less than 4 days. Yeah, that's rough.




And since I don't want to sound completely egotistical - on top of the fact that I really do care - keep the victims and the families of the victims of the terrorist attacks in London in your thoughts (and prayers, if that's your thing).

Plus, here are some moving quotes that this whole situation made me think of and forced me to put in someone else's journal:

"People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security." ~Benjamin Franklin

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." ~Theodore Roosevelt

And the lyrics from Goldfinger's song "Iron Fist":

Standing in the road and it's rush hour
Wishing I was far from this scene
Standing in the road and I'm freezing
It's hard to breathe

This morning I was dreaming of angels
Covered in the warmth of their wings
This morning was a different lifetime I've come to believe

So now I'm answering a million questions
Racking up my legal fees
Everyone's assuming I'm guilty

So now I'm watching as my house is raided
Like I'm some sort of terrorist
I thought that they were democratic, not an iron fist
More like an iron fist

Sitting on my couch like a leper
Interrogated sociopath
One hand is resting on their holster the other their staff
In my life I've been trained to respect them
Bred only to protect and to serve
Now I know they are paid by the wealthy
The meek won't be heard

If I become what they had taught me that is wrong
I lose allegiance to the country that I'm born
The country that I am born

I always knew that they would find nothing
No weapons, just a mind of my own
This country was built only on treason
These homes for the slaves
Homes for the slaves