July 30, 2012, - Monday evening, 7:10pm

    Back to reality. I have started writing a story today. A story about what might have been. I've been busting at the seams every time I'd take a break today, anxious to get back to the keyboard to write it down.

    This morning, I went to Maximum Access with Brian to work. Mama was up, and made coffee. I boiled about 4 eggs, two for me and two for Brian.

    Uncle Jay came in, and everyone was in good spirits this morning. The weekend must have done everybody good.

    Daddy got up, got some coffee, and began his daily business of work, going about the internet.

    We all chatted, and Mama said she liked my blog. I was finally able to coerce Daddy into reading it.

    We talked about me writing a book, and everybody agreed, that they would have no problem with it, so I went to Daniel's old room, my Daddy's shotgun shell room now, that has a desk, and no one is in, and sat my computer on the desk, and began writing.

    I wrote a dedication first, and then began my first chapter, which I finished today, and turned out to be about 12 pages.

    We had to go to the bank today, Chase in Monroe, so Brian drove us, and it was such a pain to have to drive that far, but it's totally worth it, just to be anonymous.

    When we got back, I made Tuna Fish, and we put that on a bed of lettuce. I figure around 400 calories altogether.

    Granny came over, with pies, which I resisted. I didn't really get to talk to Granny today, and I really regret that, cause I love my Granny, but her time with Mama is precious, cause she's always so busy. I usually call Granny near bout every day and we have a good ole chat, and keep each other posted on what we are doing each day.

    After Granny left, I went to take a nap, and slept til 3:30. When I got up, I wrote some more, and finished Chapter One. I was unsure whether I needed to let anyone read it, but I was busting for some feedback, and needed some support, so I got Brian to read it, and he said it was good. He edited parts of it, parts that didn't match, and I corrected them before we left this afternoon, printed a copy, and left it on Mama's computer, for her and Daddy to read tonight.

    Mama and Daddy had gone to Monroe, to get Daddy some more glasses. That man goes through more glasses, he is so tough on them. They went by Sears, and found some tools, and Mama said they were having a sale, so she bought some Bermuda shorts.

    I love it when my Mama gets excited about something, because she gets so funny, and her hand motions go wild, and it's just so fun to be a part of.

    I started on my second chapter, and it's totally different than the first, and I suppose it's supposed to be.

    At 5 oclock, Brian and I closed up shop, and went to Walmart for groceries, and my Diabetes medicine.

    We were so starving, my stomach was cramping up, so as soon as we got in Walmart, me and Brian grabbed a bag of beef jerkey, and ate while we were in the store. That was 240 calories for the whole bag, with a grand total of 15 carbs. We were doing good.

    We bought Mr. Sully some Healthy Weight cat food, cause he's trying to lose weight too. That little kitty does everything we do, so he'll be sure to lose weight as well. There's no way he's getting left out of anything, my furry little friend.

    We ran into Sheila Hales on our way to the groceries, and she said she had been keeping up with me on Facebook. I thanked her, and was glad to see her.

    We bought more beef jerky, soups, and lots of canned vegetables. We were thinking of steak fingers, but I checked the back of the bag, and for just 2 of them, it was 240 calories. Forget that. Not doing it.

    We scanned the salad dressing aisles, and I found some with only 15 calories in them, fat free vinagarettes, and picked up some salad fixings, lettuce, broccoli, and carrots, and that was the end of our Walmart trip.

    Hopefully, we won't have to go back for a long time.

    We're home now, and Brian is watching Espn 1^st take. He records it every day. It comes on at 9am, and though he could watch it at Mama and Daddy's, he doesn't. It can be really stressful there in the mornings, getting everything together. Brian does a really good job keeping up with everybody.

    So today, because I had beef jerky, I'm not eating dinner. Brian is doing great too, but he's having some soup tonight, with crackers, which I'm not judging him, cause he's supposed to have more calories than me anyway.

    Calorie Count: Coffee (200), Eggs (200), Tuna Salad (500), Nuts (220), Beef Jerky (240), Cold Coffee mix (30). Grand total : (1390)

    Dang it, I shouldn't have had those nuts. And I did buy Coffee mate today, opting for that instead of the half and half, because it has less than half the calories. If I walk tonight, for at least 15 minutes, then I should burn 100 of those calories, and that will put me at 1290 for the day. That's not so bad, not so bad at all.