Dieticians and CHEESECAKE!!!

Yes it's true!

Tuesday was national dietician's day, and we hosted a cheesecake party for approximately twenty dieticians. That tells me either they aren't very dedicated to their profession, or our cheesecake is made with healthy ingredients.

I'll vote for the latter. Although we can't find a fat-free recipe that is any good for cheesecake, it is still a relatively healthy recipe, and lets face it, even dietician's are allowed to cheat sometimes! We are even in the process of negotiating a deal to have our cheesecake sold by a national health food distributor. So I guess one would have to conclude that our cheesecake is healthy.

We are also in the process of setting up a writer's panel of some sort. We will have a few local authors talking about the publishing industry, so local authors, get your notebooks ready--this will be a free event where you can meet published authors and learn a lot about the business of writing. Topics will range from traditional publishing vs. self publishing, marketing, agent submissions, writing tips and more.

So back to the topic of health, I just spent $600 I don't have on an inexpensive eliptical machine, something I will probably use twice before it becomes just another decorative house piece along with my ab lounge--but I guess the fitness thought is better than doing nothing at all. I figure if it is in the house I will be more inclined to use it than if it isn't. If nothing more, the cats can have a new climbing toy.

Be well.

Let the past, stay the past

With my 20 year high school reunion just around the corner, it is no wonder that I am getting blasted with emails from former classmates asking me if this is really me, and if I am attending the reunion.

I answer with a resounding "HELL NO!"

First off, I hated high school to begin with, and now that one of my few close friends from those days has passed away, there is no one I have a strong desire to see. I have kept in touch with maybe three of friends from high school, and the rest - I don't know them, and don't really need to.

Second, what are high school reunions for? Well in my mind, they are for the jocks to relive the glory days, now that they have lost all of their hair and are working at Taco Bell. They are for the once "unpopular" people to show up in their rented Mercedes 350SLK's to try to show all of the "popular" girls what they supposedly missed out on. They are for all of the former beauty queens to show everyone pictures of their brilliant kids, and talk about why they divorced their first alcoholic husbands. Reunions are rediculous. Of course, even though a woman is married with a loving family, has a great job and everything going for her in the present, she will diet and tan, get her hair done, and try to impress a collection of people she hasn't seen or heard from in 20 years. What's the point?

Although I do miss my fallen friend, and the other close friends I grew up with, I do not miss high school, and I have nothing to prove to those people, and no desire to try to impress them. Nor do I have a desire to see most of them.

I remember hearing people saying things like, "I can't wait to show up at my reunion with my Porsche, two blondes on each arm, throwing cash at everyone I see...Blah Blah Blah" Just plain old insecurity.

While I am definitely not going myself, I don't want to give the impression that I think less of people who do attend reunions. Many people just go to see old friends, reminisce about simpler times, and for one night, go back in time. I am just not one of those people. Maybe it is my anti-social nature or just my cynicism, but I say let the past stay in the past!

Be Well.