Heard from or about everybody ...

All my close family down in the Houston area or Louisiana...Nieces made it, one went to a shelter, another was with her husband in the north part of Houston. Brother at grandma's house; took him 8 hours to get from north Houston to Lufkin. Grandma didn't have too much weather.

That makes me feel much better.

Another Poem, another lost pound, and worries for my family

Haven't heard from my brother or nieces...wish someone would give me a call or drop me an email...

Down to 195. 57 lbs. It's important, but it seems petty to crow about it.

Poem: Crescendo

It starts soft,
often with a lovely sky,
and then feel air change,
the winds speed.
Racing clouds speed overhead,
not like those in a thunderstorm,
but streaming,
like the bands of chaos,
swirling towards the center.
Grey light, almost black at times.
And the roaring of the wind,
no sound exactly like that,
a polyphloesboean voice
tearing at your nerves, your ears, your home,
crescendoing
as you huddle there, waiting, longing for silence,
for no wind,
for peace,
then bit by bit,
the winds relax,
at first, you don't believe it,
but then, you untwist,
stand up,
look around you,
and see what the winds have done.

Evanescent

Storms are evanescent,
Fading from the scene,
ephemeral,
boiling up fast
in their winds and rain and rage,
but soon gone,
disapating,
departed.

Looking only at the sky,
we could be amazed that anything has happened.

But after the storm has passed,
and we see the results,
broken buildings,
broken hopes,
and broken lives,
we are left with the non-evanescent reality
that something that lasts days
can affect us for years.

Hard to believe...

My sister-in-law's family was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina...one of her daughters lost her home, and so did her sister and brother. One of my best friends had to move to Kentucky, and I still haven't found out if another one of my friends is alive...

Now Hurricane Rita is heading their way. I have lots of family and friends in the track of this storm.

May they all get out of harm's way in time. My brother is going to my grandma's in north Louisiana. I hope all my cousins do something as smart.

Weigh In

Current weight: 196

Chest(not bust) 38 .75
waist 37.5
abdomen 45 .5
hips 43.5

Original weight 252 Chest (not bust) 45
waist: 47.5
Abdomen started measuring a month into the diet): 52
hips: 52

About week 24, although I have lost track! I'll have to go back to my food diaries and recount.