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::cell phone rings::

"This is your mother."

"Hello, Joanne." (Yes, I have always called my mother by her first name. Even when I was a small child.)

"Where are you?"

Just then, from behind me, someone screams "MOTHERFUCKER!!!!"

"Oh. You're home."

Yes, in my home, we scream random epithets for no apparent reason. Or, for very little apparent reason. Jimmy stubbed his toe on the couch.

He informs me that he is grievously wounded.

I think he will survive with the toe intact.

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I have guilt.

I have been off my 'healthy lifestyle' for about two months now. I have gained a few pounds back, but fortunately not many.

I need to start eating properly again, but I especially need to start some form of exercising. I had joined Curves last February, but after Jim and I started living together, I just stopped going.

And then we gained about fifty pounds between the two of us.

I am a non-insulin-dependant diabetic. I also have high blood pressure, asthma, and osteoarthritis, as well as a host of minor ailments. The extra weight made everything exponetially worse. My doctor had a cow, and I got the direct order to lose weight OR ELSE. I changed my eating habits, and over the course of four or five months, I lost about forty pounds.

I would be losing faster if I started exercising. Curves was ideal for me, it was low-key, low-pressure, and over fairly quickly. But since the whole thing about the founder's support of anti-abortion groups broke, I cannot in good conscience hand over my $40.00 a month to Curves.

He is absolutely entitled to his own opinions. I am absolutely entitled to refuse to fund his support of organizations that I oppose.

If you are unfamiliar with the controversy, check out Curvers for Choice.

Anyone found a Curves-like program to fill the void?