We haven't had a real smooth road. Well, the Rock Star has but I have taken the whole process very hard as it has opened some really bad emotional baggage from years ago. And just like opening luggage that's been closed for a long time, it has been pretty nasty at times. But like washing out old, well-built suitcases and well-made clothes, the end results can be profitable (like selling them in vintage clothing stores). I'm not selling my marriage at the flea market or giving it to the Goodwill. I'm keeping it because by golly, this old suitcase is the bomb.com. But I did get rid of the 50-year-old straws and napkins. The bell bottom jeans are staying too.
I have been through a lot of issues about my body size, and tomorrow I may feel totally different, but I'm in a little better place since I decided to stay away from the scale and focus on looking the best I can for the adventure that day will bring. My diet... well, that's whatever I need to do to keep my blood sugar in a good place. If my blood sugars tend to run over 140, my feet hurt a lot. Now, other things can aggravate the feet too, but if there's no other logical reason (such as a heavy workload or strenuous exercise the previous day, or lack of sleep or an incoming storm or weather change), I look at my blood sugars. I don't check it every day but I do look at it several times a week at different times of the day and if I see it trending upward I keep a close eye on it until I get it under control. I need to exercise more but we've been doing a lot of hiking and in general I try to move more than I did in the past.
And then I didn't end up with one ounce of weight loss, and I thought maybe I needed to have a gastric bypass, but the doctor suggested a change of lifestyle, and I changed it a little more by watching my diet a little closer and moving a tad more, and changing my diet drastically, and then thinking, this is not sustainable... and going through another low point where I felt completely devastated. So several people I talked to said, "Go to another doctor, surely you will find someone who will help you with this," and I realized that I really do not WANT to have a gastric bypass at this point in my life. I may later, if I continue to gain weight even after the lifestyle changes, or if I don't lose any weight at all... but at this point I am not ready for that. I am enjoying the "new" Randy a lot. He seems to be enjoying me too. I have a lot to be thankful for... and one of those things is that Randy likes to do a lot more stuff outside the house and it's really great to get to do that with him.
I'm actually sort of a Cheatham County Rock Star myself these days. Randy's band "Traveler" invited me to be a part of their lineup and I'm happily doing so. Always on the lookout for more gigs and singing opportunities... so keep looking here and on Facebook for updates (www.facebook.com/travelerclarksville).
This week on RFD-TV they're featuring from 2/26/1977, Season 8 episode 22, with guest stars Ernest Tubb and Jody Miller. I'm not sure how I feel about this "Hee Haw" episode... it features Ernest Tubb, which is great, but Buck Owens is singing "Peaceful, Easy Feeling" and I'm not sure how I like that. Funny, though, I may go back and listen to it again sometime so I can feel for some higher harmony. Too bad Don Rich was already gone by the time this came out...
And this song "Roll Me On the Water" by Jody Miller... wow. Those are some risqué lyrics for the 70s. She was cute though. Wonder what ever happened to her??? Well, I wondered and here is what Google told me. http://www.jodymillermusic.com/
Hee Haw salutes Ernest Tubb's hometown of Crisp, Texas! I heard that the Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Music Valley Village has closed. I sure hate that. I wonder what happened to the old tour bus there?
Well... that's not all by any means, but it's a return to the blogging world and I hope someone is glad I shared.
