August kicked off this week with Jim out on the field with the Army (photo of tent), Monika celebrating the end of her program (photo of her at Charlie concert), Jessi's ship is in Finland (photo with group) and Erika done teaching elementry summer school but still working on her UW coursework. I decided to take the week to fast since I offered my truck to Monika to leave for the week on a mini vacation she kicked off with Charlie XCX concert in Indianapolis. My 5-7 day fast was shortened to only 3 days because I felt so sick. Rather than spend a whole week getting nothing done, I decided to change it up after 3 days of misery. I kept my diet light but with enough to allow to get a bit of exercise in (a walk or yoga) and some housework in. I still lost 3 lbs. While the goal was not to loose weight-- I had read an annual fast could keep cancer and other diseases away-- I'm still trying to get rid of my winter weight and am almost there.
A week without a car means not having a lot of choices on what to do but I've found a bunch of things around the condo. I've cleaned out the junk drawer, cleaned a big corner out in the basement, stained the stairs, started painting the hallway, continue to work on the school newspaper website, met with Melissa for coffee, gave Balt a "bath" out on the front lawn, changed and washed bedding, and made both french onion soup and potato soup, not to mention watching a coupld of movies and a couple of seasons of a tv show. I've got 2 weeks left and I'm starting to get eager to start working on school prep but I'm trying to hold off and keep working on home projects.