Hi Dawn
Sorry that I havent been by your diary recently - but I have caught up on all that has been happening to you.
Margaret, Margaret, Margaret. I don't expect you to come cruisin my diary all the time. Especially here lately with you having your emergency surgery and all. Though I won't lie I do enjoy reading what you put in here. It invariably has something in it that I really needed to hear at the time.
By the way - I think that re the creep at the gym - when your husband said that he would need to start coming to the gym to look after you - you should have said that you would appreciate that. I know that you have mentioned your husband went to weight watchers. I would be delighted if I could get Rod to go regularly to a gym. It wouldnt matter if he thought that he was doing it to mark me as his or not.
I so agree with you on this one.
We all know people that are a lot worse off than we are - but that doesnt stop us from feeling sorry for ourselves and our comparitively minor problems.
It is perfectly natural to wish that our own lives were going fully smoothly and things that get in the way are very irritating. The fact is that you are rushing around trying to run a household and family, hold down a job, do loads of extra hours and make your weightloss dreams a reality. All that - and occasionally you mention other career aspirations too.
No wonder you get weighed down by juvenile behaviour that you meet at work. When you are busy - life can be tough enough just getting boxes ticked and things done. Extra stress helps no-one. We would all feel the same.
I think more than anything I am just tired of working a dead end job. I can't see myself still working in a freezer day in and day out for the rest of my life.
So all the "joy" ,and I say that very flippantly, that I had in my job is gone.
I just want out.
Whatever you do - dont tell Rod that it is possible to do as much exercise as you do and do as much housework as you do. You really do put me to shame. My house is the biggest mess on earth. I am going to try and stop him from looking in your diary.
This one had me laughing soooo hard!!!! 
If my dh could only pipe in here he would tell you that the house is not clean enough!!! 
Or at least the laundry bit of it. I do put in alot of hours exercising but that is only 'cuz like you I am being greedy. As for the house really only the basics get done. And about once a week one room gets an overhaul. At any given time you could walk in to my house and there will be dishes in the sink, baskets of laundry waiting to be folded, laundry on the floor in the kitchen over by the washer and the floor needs to be swept/vacuumed. So it's not nearly as clean as it sounds.
Don't get me wrong.......it's clean, just cluttered up!
So see Rod can still have a peek in my diary! LOL
I am sorry that you are having to do extra exercise to cover me for the challenge. I am trying to get out and get some gentle walking done each day to build things back up. I wouldnt normally count walking at that speed as exercise - but it is valid exercise for me as things currently stand. I am keeping my challenge scoresheet up to date each day - so check it out if things get on top of you as you may not need to get quite as much done as Kimberly calculated.
Don't worry about me having to get any extra exercise. I needed to ramp it up a bit anyway. And as most of my extra exercise has been walking it has been very peaceful. Think nothing of it!
I think that all three of us are currently looking at a higher weight than last week - so all of us are praying for that weightloss miracle! We still have until Friday morning - so there is time.
Take care
Love
Margaret
so she definately deserved the win!
"so and so says", or 
Sick, yeah right, they're going to say. LOL