Life Exploded

So its been quite a while since I have been able to write.  Things seem to have exploded since I had that great weekend down in Huntington Beach.  What exactly exploded?  Well, work for one.  Things were getting pretty busy and then they sprang a major audit on us.  I can't wait until they leave at the end of this week.  Gabby also unexpectedly has come home from school for a while--she is doing some research and working through some issues and then is planning on returning to school in the fall - this has been taking up a fair amount of my non-working time.  I am also working very hard at getting back to being an athlete and a regular routine.  I'm going it without a coach this year--so there is also that time spent planning your workout program that I haven't had to deal with for several years.  Let's see--I am also coaching a friend who is just starting to bike--she has signed up for Cycle Oregon later this year  (and talked Don and I into doing it too!).   I think that maybe somewhere I might have a spare 5 minutes--anybody have a great idea what I should fill it with?

My diet has leveled out--my body seems to be adapted to being vegan as I am not noticing changes like I did the first few weeks.  My weight has stabilized at about 145 (which for me is 16-17% bodyfat)--so I guess if I want to get any lighter I will have to do it the hard way--I was hoping that the few pounds that I lost easily at the beginning would continue for a bit more.  I am finding that I feel satisfied now on less food.  I have found some great recipes and lots of good restaurants and am really not missing the meat or dairy at all.

So I think I am having a bonus, completely unexpected side effect of going vegan.  This is going to sound weird--but my hair is growing.  Now for most people having your hair grow is quite normal--but for me it isn't.  I went through several years of my hair actually getting shorter--and then we discovered that I was hypothyroid.  Getting some hormone into me seemed to stop the shrinking hair, but it hasn't really grown  (for the record I have not had my hair cut since we moved to Portland in 1999).  The last several weeks, it seems like its getting just a bit longer.  I will be tickled if it really is going to start growing like normal--somebody will have to recommend me a hairdresser!