To all my wonderful buddies... thanks for being so patient with my inattentiveness. I haven't forgotten about any of you.
I didn't realize time would speed up to
warp speed and I'd be so pressed for time. The wedding date is approaching faster than Eddie Cheever's Indy 500 race car! (I think the world of Eddie... what a wonderful, witty man he is!)
Although I've kept track of what I'm eating and not much has changed in food, the lack of time to properly exercise has taken it's toll. It seems as if I'm now inching toward my goal. Scotty, just beam me down already!
What's harder than losing weight?1. Finding a dress for the wedding (I've shopped for two weeks!) and finding shoes to match a dress not yet selected.
2. Installing/mounting a 90-pound TV on the wall and reconfiguring the speakers to work (the subwoofer is still not working).
3. Vacillating between a butterfly release or a dove release for the wedding... but then having second thoughts in case one of the doves dies from the heat or a guest discovers a dead butterfly in their packet.
4. Appointments with the wedding coordinator. (Wish my daughter lived here so she could do it herself.)
5. Let's not forget to include keeping abreast with work obligations; thus a lack of sleep.
6. Sacrificing exercise time to do the above. Note to self:
EXERCISE DOES MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WEIGHT LOSS.
Ahem... and the dreaded fifteen flavors of cake tasting yet to come!!!There's an upside, though. I found my dress this morning at David's Bridal. It may sound a bit weird, but it's asymmetrical with one bat sleeve. (
Bat sleeve? Perhaps fitting... don't son-in-laws refer to mother-in-laws as "the old bat"?) The dress was not in the size I had hoped for, but it fits without alterations. If you're height challenged with a short waist, you know what a miracle that is! (I think it was intended as a mini length for someone an average height, so no hemming for me... a good thing since they said alterations will take SIX weeks and the wedding is in FIVE.)
The M&Ms are ordered. Did you know they can put REAL PICTURES on them? How cute is that! I ordered them in pearl, baby blue, and lavender with their names, date, and portrait. In hindsight, I should have order a few in dark blue and white (as in AF) and had a picture of a plane on some (considering both are pilots).
I see everyone is doing a great job here. Oh, and one in particular is now
BELOW her goal! Congrats!!!
Enough of my rambling. It's time to get back to work and be productive.
Unless you have a personal contact with the Enterprise and know of a secret way to get beamed down to your goal, keep on exercising...
IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
