It seems that lately things around here have been a strange oscillation of slightly uncertain, a bit topsy-turvy, and relatively quiet. Its almost as though everyone is waiting cautiously to see whats going to happen next but they have no idea what that might be. Then again, maybe thats just the take I am getting from things. Although there havent been any recent arrivals, apart from the new med students starting their monthly rotations, there have been a few departures and pending dates to return home announced.

Right now I am RTU (restricted to unit) for the weekend. This is because I didn’t gain the minimum of 3/4 of a pound between Wednesday and Friday. When I got on the scale I was only off by a quarter of a pound and half-heartedly cursing myself for using the bathroom when I first awoke this morning. It is what it is though and theres not too much I can do about it at the moment. I’m still eating 100% of everything so the slight slip isn’t from lack of trying. All it really means is that I can’t go outside for fresh air breaks until the next weights on Monday. There isn’t any reason why I shouldn’t make that one unless my metabolism goes truly haywire and Wednesday morning is the one I really need to be sure to make anyway.

This coming Wednesday is the Target trip everyone has been waiting for. We are supposed to leave here at 11:30 am, lunching at Applebees first, and then carrying on to shop at Target and it’s surrounding stores. Then we are supposed to be back by 5 pm, just in time for dinner. I don’t plan on buying anything clothes-wise because I’m in such a transitional period as far as my body size goes right now, but I’m still looking forward to the outing whole-heartedly.

There is an Applebees menu floating around here somewhere too because most of us have to preplan our lunch order so no one is caught off guard when we are at the table and only have about 5 minutes to decide. I’m pretty excited about Applebees because the group of us eating there is probably going to prove to be very interesting. I think I am prepared for just about anything to possibly happen. I just need to make my Wednesday morning weights…my fingers (and toes) are crossed for it!

Other than that the weekend looks like its going to be pretty slow. Not being able to spend time outside, art being cancelled, and recreation being held in the gym tomorrow where I can’t go on RTU, theres not a whole lot left on the docket. Oh well, Maybe I’ll be able to get some artwork done. That would be nice and I have been eager to try out the brand new liquid acrylic paints my boss from the tattoo shop bought for me before I left. So thats the wekend – relaxation…its not a bad thing.   🙂