After spending the weekend and several days before that laid up with the flu, it felt really good to get outside again and feel the air on my face. I first turned my sites on the nearby Borders as the first destination for my lunchtime walk. I’ve become quite addicted to my favorite manga, so I was hoping that some new volumes would be out. I was only slightly disappointed that Day of Revolution vol 2 wasn’t out yet since it is due this month, but the first volume was very very late too. But more than filling the void were new volumes of xxxHolic, Chibi Vampire (aka Karin), and Fruits Basket. Since I’m trying to hold down spending, I only bought xxxHolic, since I’ve waited a long time for volume 8, and Chibi Vampire because it appears to be a relatively small printing run, so it could sell out quickly. Onto that I stack a 30% coupon and a few holiday savings bucks, so I got off cheap.
From there I decided I would stretch my legs, but perhaps not too much having just been ill, with a trip to Corner Bakery for a chopped salad. After getting up to my usual quick pace, I was surprised I was able to move so fast after having been so sick. It was like some bottled up energy was being released. It felt sooo good. The chopped salad proved to be well worth the trip too. I hadn’t had one of those since I started my diet four months ago. I was surprised at how big it was and wondered how I could ever manage to eat so much food, which was proof enough that not had I been successful in losing weight, but changing how I looked at food and how much I really needed. Yayyy!
This time of year usually brings with it assorted Santa Claus-like figures, often with the canonical jelly bellies of lore. I didn’t see any of these on the way back to work, but I did spy an attractive black lady with a seriously round jelly booty. We’re talking some serious sphericity here! This one guy did a total rubber neck to get a better look. As I passed by, I could only wonder how the jeans were keeping it all in. It wasn’t that it was too big, but it had an almost liquid quality to it. To get any more data would have required physical contact, which, alas, is generally not permitted!