Tues 17 Dec

Back to work today, and I really hope to get the Christmas tree put up tonight so Christmas doesn't just get entirely lost this year. Last night, talking with a couple of the women in my Suzuki chamber mini-group, Marcy said her most important life lesson is that she is responsible for her own happiness. Tommy talked about the need to respect yourself even when it seems others do not. I feel God had me talk with these women because these were messages I needed to hear at that moment. I hope I can remember them. Got everything ready to set up the tree and the lights don't work on several sections. Looked for missing bulbs with no success and the fuses all looked good. I do not have the energy to try substituting another bulb for every bulb in the unlit portion to see if it would light the string. We will go out after dinner and buy another tree. This one had a 3-year warranty and I believe we have used it at least that long. I would get a real tree but I can't guarantee the old strings of lights still work and I don't have energy to string lights on a tree anyway. Food: 6:45 am 1 c Trader Joe's multigrain flaxseed cereal, 1/2 c light original soy milk, 1/2 grapefruit, 101 g blackberries, coffee 9:30 am 1/4 cereal snack mix 11:45 am Strawberry/banana soy shake, stollen, Babybel light 12:30 pm 1 Lindt truffle 3:30 pm 1 1/2 c cereal snack mix 6:30 pm Costco lamb shank, 2/3 c mashed sweet potato, 1 c fire-roasted veggies Exercise: 4:45-5:35 am DWTS DVD