Cardioke, weddings, cancer

So. You know Billy Blanks, right? Tae-Bo? He has a son, Billy Blanks, Jr., who apparently is less into martial arts and more into dance and singing. So, he has his own set of videos, called Cardioke. Mostly they're a bunch of dance moves, but then there's bits where you're supposed to sing while you do the moves so you can build your stamina. It's got the words on the bottom of the screen and everything, just like if you were singing karaoke.

Not sure yet how I feel about them. I saw them on ExerciseTV, which is great because, yay, free videos. But, I only have access to them in my bedroom, and there is NO ROOM in my bedroom for exercising. So it's basically just me previewing them to see if I want to buy them. If you like dancy cardio videos, though, which I do when I'm in the mood, then they look pretty fun. I will say, though, that there's a heavier girl on there who's wearing the kind of workout shirt all the skinny girls usually wear (you know, the belly-baring, barely-cover-anything sort), which is fine, except that, being a bigger girl, she's got boobs and there's a whole lot of bouncing going on (bouncing moves, I mean, but that leads to other things bouncing). As a girl with boobs, it just seems like that would be a little uncomfortable...

Anyway, things have been going well here, just busy. Summer courses that are kicking my butt because oh-my they are tough, and I finally decided to pull the lead out on my wedding planning because I was doing well and then I kind of just.... stopped? For some reason? So, I realized I needed to get back on it. And, progress I have been making!

On the grandma/cancer front, things are... going? I guess? She thought she was going to be able to get surgery and (hopefully) be rid of her cancer, but then found out that it's very deep, so the surgery would put her down for a few months, which, seeing as how she's 91, is not a good thing. So, we're on to the next option. There's a medication that we're trying to get her approved for. It's supposed to cost her $5,000 a month, which she doesn't have, so the doctors are working on getting her on some program where it would be much, much cheaper. She also has an appointment next week to find out about radiation.

The good news in all of this is she found out that it hasn't migrated beyond the one spot on her lung and it's still relatively young and slow-growing, so if she can get the medication plus radiation she'd have a good chance. Now it's just a matter of finding out if they can get the medication down to a price we can afford.

Things are weird on the weight-loss front. My stomach measurements have been going down, but my weight is going up which, as heavy as I am, even if I am gaining muscle it shouldn't be going up. Maybe stalling, but not going up. So, I've decided to ignore it for a short while and see where it is in a week or two because it is obviously confused!

Anyhoo, I'm exhausted so I'm actually going to go try to sneak in an hour nap before I start my day, but I've been meaning to put up a post for a while now so I figured I'd get to it while I was thinking about it. Have a lovely day!