WHAT??? NEXT???? dammit!!
Geezzz... WHAT NEXT?!?!?!
So... I suffered thru the bronchitis -thing, which left me with no voice for two weeks (which my coworkers loved!! as I could only stand there and take their verbal abuses (all in fun of course!) without shooting back) 
then I went on drugs... and I got my voice back!!! (yeah!! no more sounding like a frog!!) and for the most part - my cough went away (yeah!! no more hurting my ribs and throat!!) but then...
yes...there's a "but then...."
I got diarrhea for three days straight... 
(caused by the antibiotics)
and as they say in my homeland of Minne-snowta... "uffda..."
NOT how I like to lose weight (but I did see the 60's again!!! for awhile anyway...)
And... I thought I was being soooo smart; when I was talking to the nurse about my latest "problems" ~ I proudly told her that I was eating lots and lots of fiber to try and get the diarrhea to stop... and she goes ..."um... that's the complete opposite of what you should do... you should avoid fiber and do B.R.A.T (bananas, rice, apples, toast) instead..."
so much for being smart...
but... I think I can finally venture more than 5 seconds away from a bathroom now, and can finally take a walk outside in this gorgeous spring weather!! it's been torture (on all levels) being stuck indoors during 50-60 degree, nothing-but-sunny-sky's kind-of weather... it's just not right...
but I do FINALLY believe that ~ to paraphrase that good ol' Aerosmith song ~
I'm BACK!! on the treadmill again.... I'm BAAAAAACK!!!!
(everyone sing it with me... don't be shy...)
p.s. and Kate..? thanks for the comments on my photos; it was a much-needed giggle (but you made me blush... ) my friends are always commenting on how I'm never in any photos (because I insist on being behind the camera) so this was a compromise... at least parts of me are now in the photo...