This is the problem with daily blogging. Life intervenes. Life in the form of an increased work schedule, the crescendo weeks of American Idol, kids spring concerts and school plays, and don’t forget Cinco De Mayo and beer. Mmmm, beer.

A round up of some weekly conclusions of past “change”. For starters, the vitamin D thing is amazing. I can most definitely feel a difference since starting supplements as well as thanks to increased REAL sunlight! It’s not quite “wow, I popped a Quaalude and suddenly everything is perfect with the world!” (note: I have never actually popped a Quaalude, my exposure to ‘ludes comes solely through Go Ask Alice and other reading material of the hitchhike and peace sign era. I have always wanted to SAY I popped a lude though. It sounds much more exotic than popping a Lexapro or Wellbutrin.) At any rate, the changes have been real. I have noticed distinctly less random body pain and my arthritis has been less active. I’m sleeping a little better and it may be the non-vit. D effects of the sun or it may be directly related to the vit. D, but I feel a little happier.

The vinegar rinse thing is another full scale success! I have had several people compliment me on my new haircut, except I didn’t get a new haircut! The hubster says it just looks sleeker. I think it feels much softer and much less dry, I am shampooing every other day now as a result of no conditioner and that’s been nice too.

Waking 15 minutes early, not quite the rousing success. It’s a battle, and most days I lose. It’s alright. If I try it and it just doesn’t work for me, then that’s just the way it goes. Saying hello to strangers has been nice, but in a town this small I am running out of random strangers. The salmon season starts next week though, and we have a bunch of new commercial fishers in town so there should be some fresh juicy choices to Hello from this weekend!

A few days ago I made a new change. This one is slightly embarrassing to own. I changed my drivers license. This may not sound life impacting but uh… here’s where I am stuck admitting that not only did my prior license actually expire a full two years ago- I acquired it a whole 3 states ago! Why I had not rectified it sooner, I’m not sure. It became this annoying obstacle that I was afraid to fix I think. I figured it’d been so long, it’d be all too difficult to correct. Kind of like returning and paying for a long overdue library book (oh boy, now there’s a future topic…). The process was surprisingly unpainful. Because my prior license had been valid within the past 5 years I simply had to fill out a form, bring in the various paperwork bureaucracy demands, take a written test and pass an eye exam. Two years of waiting (oh okay, if we count the years spent in Hawaii and South Carolina it’s actually been about six years past due) fixed in about 20 minutes time for the reasonable price of $20. I can now rent cars again without worrying they’ll say no and better yet I can pass cops and not break out in a sweat. Almost makes a person want to go speeding down main street- just for the satisfaction of it all!