I got up and went to the gym this morning. I worked up a good sweat and had lots of energy for the day.

When I got home I got ready to do some writing. Spent the entire afternoon working hard at a cafe and got a ton of writing work done.

That’s about the extent of my day. It’s one of those kinds of days.

–lunaKM

We are going to Harry Potter tonight so I’m blogging earlier than I normally do. I’m so excited! Master even treated me to greasy burgers for dinner!

I’m struggling to finish the book I was reading for a review this month on Submissive Guide. It’s not that it’s a bad book, per se, but that it’s not my style of book. Since I write the reviews as my opinion this is likely to not be a great review from me when I finally finish the book. (I’m not telling what book it is now, you’ll have to wait till the review on subguide.)

Master has been working really hard this week on a work project. He always works hard but I can see it pressing when he has a deadline. He has been pushing me to work harder on Submissive Guide plans and has now offered me a prize for making a certain bit of progress. He says he will get me a new laptop of my own choosing should I reach this goal. I’m thrilled with this and certain that I will push myself hard to accomplish all that he wants me to so that this dying laptop that I am currently using will pass on and perhaps I can get a girly, feminine laptop

I would reflect on my training but it has been given a bit of leeway since we were under stress. Now that the stress is being lifted then I will be back into my role just as firm as I was. I realize that I should not relax in my duties, but also understand that a relationship ebbs and flows. And we are both perfectly happy right now with the state of our love and commitment.

–lunaKM

We’re under a lot of stress right now and I’m not in the mood to write. This is it right now.

–lunaKM

I’ve been watching the Harry Potter movies this weekend leading up to the finale this weekend. I’m pretty excited to see how it turns out. While it will never top the books in depth I hope that they are able to make a good story out of the ending. I won’t be lining up to see the premiere but definitely will be seeing it early next week.

Master and I have had an “on our own” day where we tend to stick to ourselves and do our own think. It probably is healthy for our relationship considering we are around each other all the time. I’m hoping I’ll be able to spend some time out at a cafe later this week. I do enjoy my time out and it’s been a long while since I’ve done that.

Tomorrow though will be full of grocery shopping. You’d think it wouldn’t take long being just the two of us eating, but I’m a frugal shopper and tend to go to at least 2 stores to get everything I need. I’m also starting a price book to track the prices on the more common things that are on my list so that I can watch for the best prices and sale cycles.  It’s likely that once I have a pretty good hand-written list that I’ll be creating a spreadsheet, but hand-written is what I’m comfortable with right now.

I am picking up my knitting to try to get some more squares done for the shaker-style afghan I’d like on the bed. I’ve completed 3 so far since the beginning of July and have plans to finish 3 more by the end. I’ve noticed some irregularities in the square sizes so it will be rather interesting putting it together, that’s for sure. I really miss cross-stitch but I’m afraid that if I pick that up I’ll leave the knitting and so I’m going to focus on one craft at a time. Only makes sense, right?

Training in progress:

• Teeth brushing is going okay. I’m at about 3 times a week so I hope that this week will be at least 4. It’s such an embarrassing thing knowing that it was never pressed on me growing up and now I’m having to teach myself now.
• Dishes are getting done and goodness it feels so good. I rarely have to remind myself to get to them before too late. End of this month I’ll consider this task completed as it will be part of my normal routine.
• Make up is failing miserably. I’m not sure why. I love putting make up on and wearing make up so I can’t explain why I’m not sitting down to do it.
• Using Master’s title more frequently but I’m still catching myself saying things with an implied direction of conversation. You know, like “would you like some coffee?” said in his direction  instead of “would you like some coffee Master?” Yeah, gotta work on that.

–lunaKM

Paycheck is late. Anyone who freelances knows that it is a pain when the check is late. We are stressed and depressed today which lead to lots of tv watching and private time. Sure we got together to bump uglies but the tension is so thick. We need that paycheck bad.

So, it’s likely that this post will be short. I’m not really in the mood to think about my current training or how I’m feeling.

Thank you for the recipe suggestions. The next time I go to the store I’ll be planning a demi-induction phase for me. I’ll try for about 40 gms of carbs a day and see how I do for about 10 days or so. I’ll need to get a scale so that I can monitor my weight while I see where the carb number is that my body can handle.

It’s a waiting game.

–lunaKM

I’m still recovering from my fall on Monday. Something about being as fat as I am and hitting a hard floor while doing the splits really has done a number on my inner thigh muscles and my back. The thighs are healing well, my back still hurts if I stand funny, sit funny or move too fast. If I’ve learned anything at all about this, is that I should scrub the floor while on my knees and not bent over. I’ll be closer to the ground when I fall then.

The house has been clean though and it feels so good to get it done early in the morning mostly all before Master gets up. I still need to get into the bedroom and do the laundry but both of those require a bit more back muscle than I’m willing to attempt right now.  Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be feeling well enough.

Master has been patient but frustrated about the lack of sexy time while I’m recovering. He’s hoping as much as I am that we can get our naughty on before my period shows up next week. I’m doing my best to heal by just sitting around practically all day long.

I’m enjoying the low(ish) carb eating we are doing. I’m finding all sorts of ways to eat my vegetables and have fun with creative ways to make food that normally would involve bread, buns, potatoes or rice. Instead of a cheeseburger today for lunch I made cheeseburger soup. Mine had zucchini and carrots instead of broccoli and cauliflower, and velveeta instead of cheddar but I used what I had on hand and it still rocked. I will have to try putting lettuce in it next time (anyone else see the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode with Grover’s Bar and Grill in it that had the Cheeseburger soup in it? OMG, yum).

Training Items:

• I fail at brushing my teeth on a routine basis. I suck.
• The dishes are being done every single night before bed. By this time next week I won’t have to keep it in my reminder of things to do!
• I’m almost always remembering not to shout into the next room for Master, but with my back I’ve been lazy about it the past 2 days.
• I haven’t gone anywhere so no makeup…. I did wear nail polish though and that’s pink and girly

–lunaKM

As I was cleaning the bathroom this morning, crouched over the toilet scrub brush in hand, cleaning that crease between the toilet and the floor that seems to collect God knows I felt my foot slip. It was sudden but at the time it was in slow motion. It slipped further and further apart from the other and I felt myself falling to the ground, legs spread painfully wide. I grabbed the sink to help slow my decent only to hurt my shoulders from the strain. I scraped my calf on the vanity as I went down, bruising and cutting it. I hit the edge of the tub and then the floor in a painful whaump.

Master hollered from the bedroom where he was still sleeping, “You okay slut?”

“I don’t know yet, I’m going to sit here awhile,” I moan as I pull my legs closer together and wait to see if I’ve hurt myself more than the scraped leg. Adrenaline is pumping through me and I’m trembling but still unsure if I hurt myself. I go to get up and realize that I ache from head to toe. My back especially hurts and my bum is tender.

“I think I’m okay,” I tell him as I tip toe out of the bathroom and into the bedroom where he’s still lying. “I can do the splits, although painfully.”

The incident cut short the rest of my cleaning and I haven’t been able to accomplish much in the way of other work either. Although I haven’t given up. I’m sitting and resting to make sure I don’t injure my back more and hopefully will be back to my old self tomorrow. The scrape is going to leave a lovely bruise once the redness and swelling subside, I just know it.

And we had hoped to play tonight. Sigh.

–lunaKM

Well so it’s Friday. Next Friday we’ll hopefully have  a paycheck. I want to take Master out for a steak dinner if he’s up for it. Of course that means getting out of town because we haven’t found a good steak here. We are both sick of the crappy food we’ve had to deal with. I’ve been entering my food into the food log I use and it’s about 1300 calories each day. I’m not hungry at night so I’m eating okay I guess. I need a bit more I realize. I should be at about 2000 calories. These are lean times.

We go to a munch tomorrow. I have all the pickings for a picnic since it’s a bring your own lunch event. It should be a nice time to get out and stop thinking about the lack of yummy food here and the insane heat.

And did I mention the heat? The past 2 days have been 97 degrees with high humidity which equals above 111 degrees heat index. Yuck. We’ve basically hunkered down at home and just waited it out. The AC is struggling but I’m not surprised with the humidity it’s fighting. At least it gets back to the set temp by morning which means it is still working.

We are probably going to watch some fireworks for the 4th but other than that nothing special is going on. I know that Master is getting antsy for some play so hopefully that will happen. I’m aching for some fun also.

Training Items

• Brushed my teeth last night, will remember again tonight. I swear I’ll get better at it.
• I didn’t wear make up today – opps!
• I have another load of dishes to do before the kitchen will be cleared but that will be done too.
• I remembered several times today to go to where Master was before talking to him. That’s progress!
• Calling him Master however didn’t happen as planned. I still use it, just not as often as required.

So, what should I add next? I think the gym requirement needs to be readded when we get paid. *nods*

–lunaKM