Doctor

Unfortunately I don't think this post is going to be happening any time soon. I'm somwhere between 120 and 124 depending on the day and the time of day, I've been like this at least since the last JitW (which includes that week where I ate nothing b/c of the Ben paper).

Now I'm home and I have to buy pants for Israel and have to just deal with the fact that I'm not the size I want to be, yet.

And the other thing is that I have a doctor's appointment in <1 hour [11am]. This is just a general check-up. But last year, she told me that I needed to lose a little weight. I'm not sure if this is enough. I'm sure she's not going to be like "Rachel, you're still really fat!" because I'm not, and she's really nice and wouldn't say something like that in the first place. She might even tell me I've lost enough. Which might be worse because then I'd have to give up all hopes of being 100 lbs. My body just might not be able to do that. I certainly will never be a size 00 like cynara_linnaea, even at my thinnest, even if I am her hobbity height. Even if she would only weigh 5 lbs less than me at that point. The smallest I can hope to be is a 5, or maybe a 2 at the Gap [once I fit into a size 2 skirt there...very weird]

But hopefully my gym application will be processed today and I can work out at the JCC. Shinyness!

Back from the doctor's office

So I just got back from the doctor, the JCC gym, and the dentist.

The Doctor, Dr. G:

Apparently I'm fine. She said she noticed that I had lost weight when I was at her daughter's wedding, [Dr. G is a frum Jew, and her daughter's wedding was the one I went to on Lag B'omer, and am still crocheting the blanket for] though she wasn't going to call across the dance floor to me. Yay!

( female health stuff, pretty graphic details, don't say I didn't warn you. )

Then I had to get a tetanus shot, since it's been like 10 years, and I need it updated for Israel. I had to wait for 45 minutes because the receptionist never told the nurse that I was there! The nurse asked how old I was, and I said 21, and she said that I looked older. [Which would explain why she was asking about college in the past tense, like I had already graduated.]

My upper arm still hurts from it. It'll be like this for a few days.

The JCC:

I went to the JCC afterwards [since by then I lacked the time to go home] and gave them the registration forms. Turns out we had to pay 75$ less because registration fees don't apply for the summer! And the woman there also asked how old I was, and I told her, and she told me that I looked older. 2 for 2!

She said I could use the gym right away [which is what I had hoped for]. I had been smart and brought gym clothes. So I did 17 minutes on the elliptical, since I didn't want to be late for the dentist. I burned 150 calories. Yay!

The Dentist:

I usually get one of 2 dental hygenists. The one I usually have is really nice, and she doesn't give me a hard time for not flossing as much as I should. The other one does. But I had the nice one today.


Then I drove home, stopped by Michael's to get a new size 12 crochet hook [to restart the tgs kippah. If I find the old one, I'll use it for something else, since right now it's just white anyways]. Then I stopped by stop & shop, and bought food, including coffee milk!! Only in RI is there more coffee milk than chocolate milk in the grocery store. I've been craving it since last week. FG doesn't even have coffee syrup, which can be used to make your own coffee milk [just like chocolate syrup is used for chocolate milk.] They sell coffee milk at trader joe's in the small 1-serving bottles. Which is admittedly better than no coffee milk at all. And usually I bike downtown once a week, so TJ's isn't too far out of the way [21st and Market from 15th and walnut on the way to 39th and walnut]. It's worth it. I'm not sure if either autocrat or eclipse brands of coffee syrup are kosher, but if they are I'll probably just bring some back with me to Penn next year. Maybe I'll bring some to Yaakov and Dede's so I can show all you Maryland people the joys of coffee milk!