Last night I tried to cut my finger off. Just kidding. I was in the middle of checking up on all of you when I thought I would nuke a potato. I got out my trusty steak knife and began poking holes in it. Next thing you know I got a big gash in the fingertip of my left index finger. Mike thought I might need stitches but I stated that I would do anything to not have to go to the emergency room and get them. I hate needles and have never had stitches. We called the nurse hotline and got some good info and took care of it at home, but it never stopped bleeding completely because it's deep. This morning the blood soaked through two band-aids. I haven't checked on it since I saw the school nurse this morning but the bleeding has reduced. The nurse said it looked really good and that the gash closed up nicely.
Anyhow that's why I haven't gotten around to you, my friends. I have just enough time to post this before I have to make a second 2-hour commute for today. There's a condo we are going to check out. On top of it all it's TOM so I am overwhelmed and stressing big-time with all this business.
Thank you so much for all of your comments! I am so excited! We are setting the date for mid-July 2008. I know it's a long time but we have many reasons for choosing to wait a little.
First we want to have a wedding anniversary when I am in the middle of a school vacation. Summer was best because I will be on summer break no matter what. Then if we want to celebrate Mike can just take a day off work or we can intermix summer vacation traveling with our wedding anniversary, etc.
It would also be nice to be able to reserve a venue we really like and have time to save up money for the event and the honeymoon. Etc etc blah blah blah.
Anyway, on to the rest of the trip:
Tuesday was the first day at the park and the day Mike proposed. We went back to the park after the proposal and went on the Indiana Jones ride. We wanted to see the fireworks but they cancelled the show due to wind. We did end up going to the confectionary and getting some good fudge, though.
That night I had a major blister on the pad of my left foot. The next day it was feeling better but didn't take long before the pain returned. We spent half the day in Caliornia Adventure walking around. To be honest, it's not nearly as cool as we were expecting. The only interesting ride we could manage to get on was California Screamin'. The water ride was an 80 minute wait or you could Fast Pass it for after 7pm! Nuts. We went on California Screamin' twice and it was definitely my favorite.
We were really tired by the late afternoon and hung out at the hotel until around 7:15 when we went to Midieval Times. Mike made reservations for us as a surprise! It was so cool to watch the show. Everyone gets to represent a Knight of the Round based on the color of cardboard hat you wear on your head. We were red but the red knight wasn't that great. lol The show still was really awesome. Free beer!
The next morning we checked into the park an hour earlier than they normally open in hopes of beating the crowd. Didn't happen, there were a billion people already there at 7am. Most of the good rides weren't open yet so we crammed into the 45 minute line for Space Mountain. They changed it so you get to hear Red Hot Chili Peppers music and watch a light show while you're on the rollercoaster. Apparently that's not the norm for that ride. It was my first time.
Then we went on Pirates of the Carribean and the line took maybe 2 minutes to get through! They extended the ride and incorporated Johnny Depp's "Jack Sparrow" character 3 times which was really cool. It was better than I remembered as a kid.
Then we spent the last 12 hours of the day flying back to Utah and then back to Washington.
Great trip overall. Notice I didn't mention a lot about food? That's because neither of us watched what we ate the whole time. I look forward to stepping on the scale at WW next Monday. It's going to be scary. It's already terrifying to see on my home scale, so terrifying that I won't even admit to you what the gain has been. Plus some of it may come off over the course of this week.
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P.S. I am sorry I haven't gotten around to saying hi to many of you. I got 4 hours of sleep last night. I don't even know how I wrote this post. I will try to drop in on all of you tomorrow! For now it's sleepy-time.
Hey!!! Sorry it's been so long but the trip was awesome. You're going to want to read this.
Last week on Monday was "travel day 1" because we took two flights. The first was from SeaTac to Salt Lake City, UT. Then from SLC to LAX. We had a few hours layover in Utah so we went for dinner at Dick Clark's Grill at the airport. They wouldn't seat us in a booth for some strange reason so they sat us near the booths at the back of the restaurant. Five minutes later they sat a man in one of the booths only a few feet away from us. No fair, right? Turns out it was David Boreanaz. OMG I used to watch "Buffy" and "Angel" all the time!!! I don't watch his show "Bones" but so what!
I had to do a double-take about 10 times before I confirmed there was no mistake it was him. Plus he was talking to several people on his cell phone and looking over some papers. He was dressed very inconspicuously and wearing a cap. Mike kept telling me I should go ask for his autograph but I am so shy and I've never seen a celebrity before! We also saw him waiting at our flight gate and we're pretty sure he was on our flight to LAX. A celebrity flying to LA would make sense, right? I later read that he bought a house in Utah.
We had to wait a whole hour for the Disneyland bus to pick us up at LAX. A family of 12 came to wait with us and they jacked a van going to Anaheim which was mean. They said they had kids so they got priority. Bite me, jerkfaces. We had been traveling all freaking day and it's 10pm. Eventually we made it to the Marriott Anaheim and everything was great! The bed was comfy, too.
On to day 1 of Disneyland! We walked everywhere. The park was a 20 minute walk from the hotel and that was great for our legs. I got 40,000 steps in by the end of the day. It wasn't good on our feet, though. Mike started calling me Tiny Tim because I was limping but still in a great mood like, "I'm great! I can do this! Let's go on some rides!" But my left foot was falling apart.
That first half of the day we went on the Matterhorn, walked, shopped, walked, went on the Jungle Cruise, walked, went on Star Tours, and walked some more. The lines were horrendous everywhere because it was spring break. We had to Fast Pass Indiana Jones for that evening. In the middle of the day we walked back to the hotel.
We changed clothes and I was primping in front of the closet mirrors when Mike looked at me in this sad expression and said, "This is supposed to be the happiest place on earth but I'm not a happy man." So naturally I was worried that he wasn't enjoying himself. I asked if it was me (because I had been a little moody earlier in the day). He didn't say anything so I thought it was me! I said, "You're not having a good time? I'm having a good time, I thought we were having a good time."
Then he pulls out a teak wooden box, gets down on one knee and asks me to make him the happiest man on earth!!!
I was in shock. The world really did come to a stop. Of course when he asked me to marry him I said yes. Then I hugged him and started bawling my eyes out. I don't think I've ever been that emotional in such a way. It was the happiest moment in my life.
That's all for now. I will tell the rest next time.
It's Easter evening and I saved the secret from Tuesday all the way until today so I could surprise my parents. My mom is going crazy-excited with wedding plan dreams running around in her head. My sister can't stop talking about it. I'm the first in the family so this is all new for everyone. Yay!
Happy Sunday everyone! I am feeling so much better. Last night all my energy came back unexpectedly and I have been feeling completely normal ever since. Don't ask, I have no idea.
We're doing laundry today and packing for the trip. I am so excited but time just can't go by fast enough! Get moving, clock!
Anyhow, you won't hear back from me until Friday. We leave tomorrow and get back late Thursday night. I hope all of you have a fun and exciting week!!!
Thank you all for giving me such good advice. I would like to find a middle ground but unfortunately for now that's not going to happen.
Last night I got 13 hours of sleep. I woke up about 8 times to go pee which is strange because I drank the same amount of water as usual and I usually get up once each night. I think my body is trying to get rid of something.
I woke up and felt good this morning with normal energy. We went out for lunch and the went for a drive and by the afternoon the energy was completely gone. Even a deep breath takes effort. The whole world seems strange like being in a daze. I'm zombified.
One day left to get ready for the big trip. I don't care what it takes, I will be healthy by Monday! I hope all of you have a great weekend!
I need an opinion on something. I have pretty much already made my decision but I want to know if you disagree with me doing this.
I was honestly hoping that I would have the energy today but I have less than I did yesterday. It's killing me, I don't know what is wrong. I am worried that I could be getting sick.
My choice is to just stop exercising until I get back from vacation, rest up and relax. Take a breather. I'm making this sound really good, aren't I?
At the same time that would mean two weeks of not meeting the challenge I'm in, no 15 AP's a week.
Also my stomach has been a problem over the past couple days. I have been overly hungry, far more than usual even though I eat the same amount of foods every day. I use my flex points but it's like I can't get enough. It doesn't help that there isn't an ounce of energy left in my body.
What do you think? Take a break for 6-7 days and then get right back on track? I've never done that before in the history of the changes I've made in my life so this is why I want thoughts and opinions.
About 4 days left until Disneyland and the week is already almost over!
I am disappointed in myself that I don't think I will be getting in 15 AP's this week for the challenge. I skipped my workout on Sunday and Tuesday and would have been ok working out straight through Saturday. Unfortunately I was exhausted and stressed from work today so I managed 2 AP's instead of 3. I am worried that I will be tired tomorrow and Saturday. Lots of stressful things going on at work, not enough sleep and my energy is depleted after the hour commute. I tried, though. 2 AP's is way better than none!
No, not American Idol. I could say a lot about that at this point in the competition but whatever.
A man in my building called me his idol yesterday. He's probably in his 60's and I met him in our little apartment gym a couple months ago. He's friendly in the way that he actually speaks to people who live here. He said he couldn't understand how I could use the elliptical trainer. He walks on the tread mill.
I went to the management office yesterday afternoon to pick something up and he was chatting with the managers. When he saw me he was like, "Hey, it's the exercise queen!" and then he told the managers how I was his idol and how he tells his wife all about me. I didn't think people in real life took such notice about what I do to be healthy. It goes to show how bad my self esteem has been for so long. One of the managers even went on to tell the man about the weight I've lost, since he wasn't aware. That was really nice to hear from people I barely know!
I hope everyone is having a great day! The week is halfway over and it has been speeeeeeding by faster than ever. Time to go check up on all of you!
Eat one apple and one yogurt every day (I am fully stocked for the next 3 weeks!)
100 oz. of water every day
Stay on plan
That should be enough for this week. We have no plans until Monday when we leave for our trip. Yay no plans!!!
We just filed our taxes and filled out that stupid required government survey. I'm going to use my tax return to finally finish paying off my credit card. It's been too long since I spent all that money on new clothes!
Next up for the week is paying the bills and then we're off to act like kids in Cali.
Yay the weekend is over! I say this because I messed things up for myself. I was too tired to go see the movie on Saturday so I came home from work and took a nap instead.
Then I went to exercise. Two of the machines are broken and the other two were occupied. In other words I didn't exercise. That's ok because I already had 16 AP's for the week! Thank god for Thursday's 5 AP's.
I went to Kat's birthday party and was the first one there at 7pm. I started by drinking two very strong rum and diet Cokes and was tossed. At this point my judgement told me it was ok to chomp down on full-fat chips/salsa, home made honey wheat bread, pizza, cake and ice cream. So much that I wanted to puke! Then I had to wait off the alcohol until 1am so that I could drive 45 minutes home. Nice job, Leanne.
Then today, since I had already gone off-plan, I decided it was ok to get ice cream from the store and mix peanut butter cups, chocolate covered peanuts and Nerds into it. Separately, though! Oh yeah, and then there were Wendy's french fries and jelly beans.
I'm ready for a fresh week starting tomorrow. There are no plans for the next 7 days and I will do better this time around.
We did see "300" today and I really enjoyed it. I'm not a fan of war movies but the artistic way in which is was done left a good impression on me. I really don't care about the implications people say in relation to Iraq.
I later read that he bought a house in Utah.
He's probably in his 60's and I met him in our little apartment gym a couple months ago. He's friendly in the way that he actually speaks to people who live here. He said he couldn't understand how I could use the elliptical trainer. He walks on the tread mill.