Muchacho Polaco

Matt and Dana gave us their old tree and even though we hope to be out of this house soon, Yun set it up so we would have a tree this year.

Scout has no control over his excitement. This often annoys Tila. Sometimes she has to bite his face to regain control. Then it gets infected. Good times.

Went for a walk near the river run by the house we hope occupy by the end of the month. December weather is so pleasant.

Yrem, Heidi, and the older boys came into town yesterday for some xmas shopping. It was wonderful to see them. We haven’t seen them since we left HMO. We went to Culinary Dropout for dinner and it is now my favorite place in Tucson. We had perogies for appetisers and then I went with the fish-and-chips. I paid the price dearly the next morning. Still, it was mostly worth it.

We have long desired our own home. In Mexico we were never eligible for financing and upon return to the US we were. It has been a difficult process, but we found a home we love. We finished negotiations moments ago. What a process.

We returned to Hermosillo yesterday. That 7am departure from GDL was brutal. Orlando picked us up from airport and we went out for some early morning fish tacos.

Later in the day, we went out to our favorite fly infested seafood place to have lunch with friends. It was nice to see them again.

Yun had a checkup this weekend with all 3 doctors for her surgery. She is recovering well.

Yun and I flew down to GDL from HMO last Thursday. Since then I’ve been of my diet and on my way to gaining it all back.

I hit my goal yesterday – down 30 pounds! Just in time for our trip south.

The losses don’t come as fast as they did initially, but they continue consistently nonetheless. I am down 23 pounds as of today, 6 of which occurred in the last two weeks. I am about 5 pounds off my goal of 185.

The YMCA up the street from me opened a couple days ago, so my hope is to get a membership there and increase my carb load proportionate to the amount of exercise I do daily. That will take me out of ketosis, but the exercise should prevent the carbs from turning back to fat.

If I could plan my day well, I am hopeful to begin riding my bike to work which would entail a 10 mile ride round trip. That should be good to begin adding some potatoes and other desperately-missed foods back on the diet.