Close to the Edge

So the entire weekend I wore two pairs of shorts that were a 34 waist.  Before I started my program (back in February), I was wearing a 38 waist.  The 34 is a little snug, but it fits!  Hooray.

We had a graduation party for my daughter on Saturday and it was a big hit.  The kids played with water balloons and guns and buckets and got each other wet for several hours.  I made hamburgers and hot dogs.  Most of the kids had one or the other and that was it!  I suspected that 14 year old boys would be throwing down a couple of burgers down their throats and then a dog on top of that!  Then the sun started going down, so the water fight stopped and it was time for make your own sundaes.  The kids all brought toppings.  We now have 4 bottles of Hershey syrup in our house.  Then they played Manhunt in the dark.  Well, mostly they sat in circles and talked.  Best part for us was that the kids were only in the house for bathroom breaks.  My daughter had a GREAT time and I guess that was the main point of it all. 

Sunday was Father's Day.  I had a nice day.  Played softball in the AM and we won.  My parents came over about 2:30.  My sister had stayed over from the night before.  I barbecued again.  This time London Broil and tilapia.  I grilled some zucchini and I made up a batch of my peppers and onions.  The food was a hit!  I love cooking for people.  Just make sure you compliment me afterwards.  I need my ego stroked, people!  And I deserve a little stroking after my hard work.

In the midst of all of this, I had to get 5 presentations done.  3 were done by Friday night and submitted to the powers to be.  One wasn't really a presentation, it's a panel discussion.  So I didn't have to do a PowerPoint for that one, but we still had to finalize what we were doing.  The one that's left, well, I hadn't really started it until last week.  I had it about half done as of Friday night.  So I needed to work on it in the midst of all this other craziness going on.  And as of Sunday night it was all packaged and submitted.  Yay for me!  :-)

So I feel great today!  Why?  Because I got all my presentations submitted.  The other stuff?  Just gravy!

Oh, and the kids leave for seven weeks on Saturday.

Down at the end, round by the corner.
Close to the edge, just by a river.
Seasons will pass you by.
I get up, I get down.
Now that it's all over and done,
Now that you find, now that you're whole.

Give The People What They Want

Fine Jocelyn, you want me to post, I will post.  I'm all about giving the people what they want.  Here are a few quick hits:

I've been working out and I've changed my diet.  I've lost more than 15 lbs.  My weight fluctuates a bit, but that seems normal.  I've gained lots of muscle and I have some definition now.  I've lost at least 3 inches off my waist.  Last time I did that, I weighed at least 15 lbs. less than I am now.  Must be the exercise.  It's definitely changing the shape of my body.  I'm starting to wear more form fitting clothes.  I don't mind showing it off.

You know what's odd about exercising?  When I weigh myself after I'm done, I've usually GAINED weight.  I attribute this to all the water I drink.  I probably drink 30 - 40 oz. of water in an hour workout.  Anyone know of a better reason?

I was sick last week.  Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  I did nothing those days except stay in bed, watch TV (World Cup games were fun to watch) and played XBox here are there.  I had lots of work to do, I need to finish a presentation from scratch by this Saturday.  I'm confident I can do it, but I should have done it last week.  Except my brain wasn't working so well.  But I could have done SOMETHING, right?  I'm such a procrastinator.

My daughter has an evaluation at a theater school tonight.  I'm taking her.  I like doing things like that with her.  Therapy has helped my relationship with her.  At least I think so, hopefully she does too.  I studied with her last night.  She didn't want to study with me for fear of my wrath when I found out how little she knew.  But I was calm and I explained it to her in real world terms.  Later that night she came and hugged me and thanked me and told me she finally understood it and she'll remember the example we came up with for the test.

I guess that's good for now.

Well, it's been said before, the world is a stage
A different performance with every age.
Open the history book to any old page
Bring on the lions and open the cage.