Necessary Mutilation

Weight: 235 lbs. (?!)

Yippee! Today starts the beginning of my vacation, and boy do I need some time off from reality! We have a million things to do to get ready for our trip which may end up feeling more like a forced march than a vacation, but it still beats our usual grind!

I have bought a ton of snacks for all of us, and comically, many of them I can’t even eat but they were fun to get. There are: 2 kinds of grapes, cheese crackers, peanut butter filled pretzels, jars of nuts, wafer cookies, fig bars, granola bars and other crunchies. Janet said that she is bringing licorice, snack bars and pretzels. Not sure yet what or if Debbie will be contributing to the carb. loading. Hopefully everyone won’t end up passed out in a puddle of drool (especially the driver!) before we even reach our destination. I am also bringing flavored and regular bottles of water and my diet cheese sticks so I at least have something semi decent to eat and drink.

Tomorrow there is laundry to do, packing, confering with our cat sitter, gasing and cleaning up of the car, etc etc. Wheeee…!

I have already managed to gain another pound just in anticipation of the delicacies I am likely to be exposed to both enroute and while there. I figure - why wait!? After all, this way I won’t have to be so depressed about gaining while away, if I did it before hand too!

In good news, it seems as if the bank has finally cooperated and refunded our money to us - although at last check there remained a stray international fee that hadn’t quite come through yet. But, close enough for now, and at least we won’t start out broke. That will come AFTER we are there, like it should! LOL!

Well, I am off to fuss and fidget with all that must be done, and will post once more before launching on Saturday. For those who are covering in my absence, Roy said that if you want to send a draft to him in advance of your chosen posting day, this would be fine. Just let him know which date you want it posted on, and he will hold it until then. In a way he prefers this, as this way he too can take a little break, and he won’t have to be anxious waiting for each of you to follow through on your specified day, not knowing what time he should look for it etc.

But, this, as well as the content is up to you - and we trust that you will do what works best and makes most sense. (But I am warning you that I will cry real tears if anyone writes about losing endless weight fast and effortlessly and dropping like a stone - leaving me in the dust and to feel sorry for myself over my relatively slow and arduous process!) Ha Ha!