I Can Hardly Believe It Myself...

Day 28

Wow. You want to talk about encouraging? I lost seven and a half pounds this week. Keep in mind four pounds of that was water weight, but still....soooooo stinkin encouraging. I guess cutting down on sodium isn't so horrible after all.

Also, I just tried one of their soups. Not the best thing when you're really hungry (as it is just a broth) but a really nice change from the cookies. I'm really excited about this jump in weight loss. It REALLY makes me feel good about what I'm doing. That means that in four weeks, I've dropped almost 17 pounds. Can you say WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!! I'm seriously all grins.

So I didn't blog when I got back from my weekend as a Renaissance pirate. So here we are:

Friday:

Left work early for the first time in like two years. Ran to Wal Mart, grabbed lunch, met Tanika back at the apartment. We loaded up her car, locked up my two rowdy kiddos and headed to Arlington for our costumes. Long story short, we didn't get on the road until close to 4, but luckily traffic was on our side and we didn't hit anything too crazy. We missed our exit on the way...kind of. We stopped at a Fed Ex Kinko's in Conroe to print off our tickets (since we had to have them to get into the camp grounds...we were running later than expected) and then got back on the highway and kept driving. Only after we realized we weren't in Conroe anymore (by about 10 miles) did we stop and ask for directions. Come to find out, the street we were on with the Kinko's...was our exit. :) Tanika is one of my very most favorite people in the world so the drive down there was a blast. We sang and rapped and told stories and laughed like a couple of maniacs. It was glorious.



So, once we get down there...we realize how huge the camping thing is. If I had to guess, I'd say there were 3-5 thousand people camping. there were RV's and tents as far as the eye could see. And they don't mark the campsites, you just pull your car into a field where there is room and set up shop. It was really windy, and starting to get cold, but we got the tent up, air mattress blown up and grill going in less than 45 minutes. Skill baby...this was right after we got all set up. She's amazing. haha.





I love that woman.

So Saturday, we woke up...freezing, but the sun came out and started to warm things up. I cooked a yummy breakfast of chorizo and egg sandwiches and we indulged in the tent. Then we got dressed and headed over to ze' fair grounds. Self portrait. :)



The fair was huge. So much bigger than Scarborough. We were like kids in a candy store walking around. Looking in shops, people watching, drinking some beer. It was a beautiful day (a little chilly, but lovely nonetheless) and there was so much to see. We caught a couple of shows, but mostly just walked around drinking it all in. I got a lovely own necklace for $12 (total steal, I LOVE it) and we watched boys walk around in kilts all day as it was the Scottish theme weekend. There was even a storm trooper in a kilt...



And my favorite barbarian was there of course...



He is such a doll and is always at Scarborough. Here's a better shot of the whole outfit. I seriously could dress like this every day, but then it may not be as fun. Haha.



Then Saturday night was the party. We discovered on Saturday morning that there is a bonfire at night in the campsite. So we played some dominoes and indulged in a little whiskey. Tanika who doesn't drink liquor...haha. Oh boy...



After a game of bones and almost the entire bottle of Jack, we loaded up a plastic bag with some beers and went on the hunt for this bonfire. Well we found it. What a blast...oh we had so much fun. There were people out there with drums, everyone was dancing and talking and drinking. We met some really cool folks. Met up with my friend Monika who was down there as well and just had a blast. It got dark so early for the first part of the night we couldn't believe how early it was then we turned around and it was pushing 4 a.m. And we were happy...



Haha. Needless to say, I had the best weekend I've had in awhile. I definitely needed to just get away for a bit. Sometimes all you need in life is a tent, some dominoes, a bonfire and some drunk strangers to make you happy. I know it sure worked for me.

:)

SEVEN AND A HALF POUNDS IN ONE WEEK!!!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEE!