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Feb. 11th, 2004 07:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleini had a nice quiet day today. i got out of the house early this morning, before 9:00. i went to the Hilton Resort Hotel and sat in their coffee shop with my knitting while i slowly savored a large latte. i got about 5 inches done on the latest sweater. It was interesting to 'eavesdrop' on conversations around the shop. Someone is leaving Kuwait tonight, going home for a month and then heading out for Germany. i wanted to say Hey! tell my cousin hello. i didn't.
A young newlywed couple came in and embarrassingly asked for coffee, and a cheesecake and another sweet, cut in half, and shared on two plates. He couldn't keep his hands off her. Unusual for this culture. But maybe they felt safe at a resort. One man made two long distance phone calls, both business. i could hear him, i just didn't pay attention. It is not time for me to think of work yet. The phillipina behind the counter flirted with every non-arab male who came
in. My regard for phillipine women is not very high in the first place and she did nothing to change that. But, that is my hangup, and if i don't want to be a part of it, i don't have to go there again. It took me two hours to drink my latte. Cold latte is not great.
Then i dropped two pair of slacks off at the ladies' tailor. i bought them last summer while i was home, and wore each pair only once. The second pair embarrassed me no end the day i wore them. They were so big for me that i felt the crotch was hanging down around my knees. Now, they are bigger still. What a neat treat to have them taken in all around, waist, rise, hips, crotch and legs. i didn't have them shortened yet. i want to see how they look altered. i can hem them myself, if i feel they need it.When i asked the tailor how much the alterations would cost, he seemed almost apologetic when he told me 3KD. That is less than 9$. In the states, in Iowa at least, i am not sure i could find a 'ladies tailor' in the first place, and to have two pairs of slacks completly rebuilt for less than 10$ would be nearly impossible, i think. i think i will keep these slacks and take them back to him when they need altering again. i wonder how much 'downsizing' a pair of pants can take?
Then i went to the beauty shop for a manicure. Since i won't be there on Saturday, Larissa gave me my valentine early. And she gave me a box of chocolates for Master. She is such a sweet woman. She showed me some new combs she had gotten for her hair, and when i indicated that i thought they were nice, she said she would get some for me the next time she was in the 100 fils store. i asked where it was, but she said it was easier for her to get them than to tell me how to find the store. i know of one store, near the campus. i think i will stop there on Saturday to see if i can find some. If i can, good for me, if i can't, i'll wait until i see her again.
My clock isn't here yet. Drat.
i have finally gotten the nerve to step on the scale for the first since before vacation. Imagine my surprise when i saw i was actually down, not up a pound. Hooray for me. i have set myself a new goal, that is to be down 15 more pounds before Master leaves for Texas. He wants to be down 15 more also. i am a bit nervous that when He sees the mother of His children, she will want Him back in Texas permanently. He says He hasn't been this weight since He got out of the navy in '87, and when He is down the next 15, He will be at His '84 weight. Good deal.
i am below my '84 weight i am pretty sure. But not below my 86 weight. Another 15 pounds and i will be nearly to my post first birth weight. i haven't told anyone in the family. i don't want them to recognize me when i get off the plane in August. That is my ultimate goal for this year. When i get that thin, i won't know how to act, i've been fat for so long. i think i have to thank![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rtbyjack for the little nudge i got (unbeknownst) from him. The good feeling i got from reading his journal entries made my determination stronger. He seems so content with himself and his life, and i want that. Thank you Jack.
A young newlywed couple came in and embarrassingly asked for coffee, and a cheesecake and another sweet, cut in half, and shared on two plates. He couldn't keep his hands off her. Unusual for this culture. But maybe they felt safe at a resort. One man made two long distance phone calls, both business. i could hear him, i just didn't pay attention. It is not time for me to think of work yet. The phillipina behind the counter flirted with every non-arab male who came
in. My regard for phillipine women is not very high in the first place and she did nothing to change that. But, that is my hangup, and if i don't want to be a part of it, i don't have to go there again. It took me two hours to drink my latte. Cold latte is not great.
Then i dropped two pair of slacks off at the ladies' tailor. i bought them last summer while i was home, and wore each pair only once. The second pair embarrassed me no end the day i wore them. They were so big for me that i felt the crotch was hanging down around my knees. Now, they are bigger still. What a neat treat to have them taken in all around, waist, rise, hips, crotch and legs. i didn't have them shortened yet. i want to see how they look altered. i can hem them myself, if i feel they need it.When i asked the tailor how much the alterations would cost, he seemed almost apologetic when he told me 3KD. That is less than 9$. In the states, in Iowa at least, i am not sure i could find a 'ladies tailor' in the first place, and to have two pairs of slacks completly rebuilt for less than 10$ would be nearly impossible, i think. i think i will keep these slacks and take them back to him when they need altering again. i wonder how much 'downsizing' a pair of pants can take?
Then i went to the beauty shop for a manicure. Since i won't be there on Saturday, Larissa gave me my valentine early. And she gave me a box of chocolates for Master. She is such a sweet woman. She showed me some new combs she had gotten for her hair, and when i indicated that i thought they were nice, she said she would get some for me the next time she was in the 100 fils store. i asked where it was, but she said it was easier for her to get them than to tell me how to find the store. i know of one store, near the campus. i think i will stop there on Saturday to see if i can find some. If i can, good for me, if i can't, i'll wait until i see her again.
My clock isn't here yet. Drat.
i have finally gotten the nerve to step on the scale for the first since before vacation. Imagine my surprise when i saw i was actually down, not up a pound. Hooray for me. i have set myself a new goal, that is to be down 15 more pounds before Master leaves for Texas. He wants to be down 15 more also. i am a bit nervous that when He sees the mother of His children, she will want Him back in Texas permanently. He says He hasn't been this weight since He got out of the navy in '87, and when He is down the next 15, He will be at His '84 weight. Good deal.
i am below my '84 weight i am pretty sure. But not below my 86 weight. Another 15 pounds and i will be nearly to my post first birth weight. i haven't told anyone in the family. i don't want them to recognize me when i get off the plane in August. That is my ultimate goal for this year. When i get that thin, i won't know how to act, i've been fat for so long. i think i have to thank
rtbyjack for the little nudge i got (unbeknownst) from him. The good feeling i got from reading his journal entries made my determination stronger. He seems so content with himself and his life, and i want that. Thank you Jack.
