February 6 - Alex's birthday

Post 734, Day 37 of 2013
 - and 768 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I'm thinking about my son Alex today, and have been since I went to bed last night (after midnight), so, yes, today.

I'm a little bit... wistful - I only got to speak with him long enough to say, "Happy Birthday." Bad timing for that call.

And I'm remembering the Winter day twenty-seven years ago, when I drove to St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY and, a few hours later, met him for the first time. Remembering the feelings I had that day. Those feelings have, over the years, never left me, and I continue to feel them as I write this.

The memory is a little faded, but I can still conjure the feeling.

Poughkeepsie, NY was where my father's parents lived when I was very small. It's a disconnected thought, but one that just popped into my head, out onto the page.

Happy Birthday, Alex.

You mean the world to me.

I am very proud of the person you have become, the person you are.

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 Food and Diet Section

First-half year 2013 daily weight

Today's Weight:         206.6 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     208.0 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.4 lbs

Diet Comment

Better, but not good enough.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
At Ling-Ling's Chinese Buffet and Grill:

Brussels sprouts, kimchee, and from the "Mongolian Grill" my go-to dish, pork and chicken with bean sprouts, cabbage, onions, mushrooms, green peppers, snow pea pods and broccoli.

Snack
Celery and hard-boiled eggs with home-made mayonnaise.

Dinner

Natural turkey burger, wild-caught salmon burger, cole slaw and (not shown) steamed broccoli. 

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  30 oz,  Water:  90+ oz 

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