What a tool.

We nearly completed the desk! I need to get hubby a tool belt - he's awesome. The first man I've ever been with who is not only helpful with building things, but better than I am. I'm impatient. But I've always been the one to do everything. I built my daughters bunk beds by myself - balancing the top bunk, once built, on my head so that I could attach them. Yes. I built a huge entertainment center when I was 8 months pregnant. By myself. Now? I have a PARTNER! We didn't have enough time to affix the back piece of wood because he had to go to work, but wow. What a feeling. I'm not alone.

So now, after having lost my barbecue pounds (really, that intermittent fasting is rocking my world at the moment) I am enjoying a Schmailey's.  Haven't had much alcohol since Sunday, and that was a beer (with barbecue - lots of it - hence, the extra poundage).  I deserve a treat, dammit. Oh, that was 2 days ago. Well, anyway... I still deserve a treat!

My finger hurts. Yeah, it hurts to type, too. The only worry is that it's on my left hand, where the lymph nodes were stolen. I hope it won't become infected. Feels like an ingrown nail. If it's painful tomorrow I'm calling my doc. I hate this paranoia with lymphedema. I do tend to get ingrown nails once in a while (I have the worlds strongest nails and keep them very short because they remind me too much of growing up and painting my ridiculously long nails in high school - gross!) But I need to be more careful.

No hot flashes today. My neck is chronically a little bumpy now. But I'm hoping it will go away, since I'm mildly obsessed with my skin. I'm going to keep aloe by the bed tonight and if I get struck down by a hot flash, I'm gonna dump the goop on my neck. Good idea? Maybe. We'll see.

2 more huge pieces of furniture to build, but first, we need to get the desk up and running. I assume that will be much of our activity tomorrow evening. I love stuff like this. Life improvements. Isn't that what it's about?

Also, I got my taxes back from my tax dude, and I'm glad that I had anticipated being able to pay for the furniture. Yippee!

Ok, maybe another Schmailey's in bed while I pretend to read a little, play some Words with Friends if I have any moves, and some deep sleep. Last night I knocked out hard. Is it the Tamoxirest? I had a hard time getting up this morning, but my body is sleep deprived, and it really didn't want to move (though it did wake up before my alarm, as usual!)

So much to do, so happy to do it all. Weird.  This Tamoxismile shit is really powerful! I'm almost 3 weeks in... losing weight, feeling happier, and well - I'll take the little hot flashes if that is the worst that will happen. At least for a while, I need to hit that 2 month mark to know what's REALLY up! But so far? As hubs says, so far it's going pretty good.

One more thing. Last night I dreamt that I had my next surgery.  I was awake, talking with my surgeon, deciding which size implant to use. We finally settled on one, he popped it in, and I just got up and was walking around, blahblahblah, then we realized that he never sealed me up! Weird, no?