I know I'm made of epic fail as far as journaling lately, and for that I do apologize.  There's too damn much to do and, as has been the case for awhile, by the time I'm done working all I can do is collapse in front of this computer and follow ball games, and on the weekends I'm mostly recuperating from the week and following ball games.  So I'm less than productive and a lot of things that I *should* be doing are suffering as a result.  At the moment I'm SUPPOSED to be ordering my sister's birthday present (now that I finally know what she wants, three months after the fact), but am taking this opportunity to check in while I gobble down some canned soup.  Way to eat healthy, right?  S'okay...I think I'll cook some brown rice and heat up some greens to go with the rotisserie chicken that's defrosting in the fridge.  That can be my second dinner.

My new back exercises given to me by my physical therapist are working beautifully.  I can now actually stand at the sink and do dishes for an extended period of time, and I'm not having near the amount of morning agony that I had in the past.  I go back to see my PT this week and hope to get still more exercises.  I'll also soon be starting a fitness program via work, with exercises tailored to my specific needs, this after undergoing a fitness evaluation by our wellness director.  This is an organization-wide initiative, and I think about 3/4 of the employees are taking part, so it's not just me, LOL.  Anyway, I hope to be big and strong within a few months.

In baseball news, I am SO glad that we won today after yesterday's mess.  Extra good news is that Tampa Bay lost, so now (if I updated the standings correctly in my head) we are only 4.0 games out!  Now if we could just quit it with the injuries...

Speaking of which, was that not the sweetest thing EVER, seeing Coco rush to Jacoby's side when he slammed into the wall today? I started crying, both because I was worried about Jacoby and because Coco's concern was so obvious and really precious to see.  I've gone and gotten myself cuckoo for Coco of late anyway.  I guess I needed to find myself a new baseball boyfriend on the team, seeing as how my original two are either gone or as good as gone.  Covelli Loyce has been bringing a rather well-rounded game to the table recently, so I don't have to slink around in shame and hide the fact that I like him (ahem), at least I hope I don't.

In other baseball boyfriend news (yes, I'm shallow), I'm still keeping tabs on Manny, who will be on TV tonight.  The alleged televising of yesterday's game turned out to be a regional free for all, and I got ATL/STL, which was just fine, because it gave me a chance to watch Albert, who has been on my list for several years.  He is currently tearing the cover off the ball and is tied with Chipper Jones in the batting title race at .359 at the end of today's game, with 2 HR, 5 RBI in the past two days.  Scary good stuff.

That's all for now.  Will be checking in and out here this evening as usual, although I'll hopefully mostly be making progress on house chores in the other room while I see what Manny is up to. 

Late Edit: Per Baseball Tonight, Chipper is still ahead in the batting title race by a tiny fraction.  Hopefully my large economy size NL baseball boyfriend will remedy that situation soon.  :)