Um... Is the 2x2 over already??? OK, I haven't been speaking to my scale the last 3-4 days, but I'll check in with it tomorrow. Between it's recent habit of zipping up 3-4 pounds the morning of every official WI, the stress of having Bill around for most of the last week, TOM fast approaching... OK, those are my lame excuses, but the truth is...
The truth is that I've lost my way a bit since that stinking popcorn ball last Thursday. Today is the first day I haven't had a cookie. And when I say "A cookie", I mean that I actually have been baking one cookie each day. The first day it was only about 3 inches across, but it's been growing each day. The first night it was followed by two (large) bowls of Chex cereal. Somewhere in the middle of the Chex I realized I was binging for the first time in recent memory. It wasn't a huge binge, but it was out of control, and that makes it a binge.
Gosh, I hate admitting this, even to myself. This will for sure stall my weight loss this week, and I can kiss goodbye to the possibility of losing 20 pounds on the 6-week challenge. I can't sit here acting all innocent when I've fallen off the wagon again... the same wagon I've fallen off before, and the same wagon others fall off of. I'm angry with myself, but I somehow feel like I owe you guys an apology, too. I know that's silly and that you understand what happened, but when I post something in a moment of strength, and then lose that strength somehow, somewhere, I just feel like suddenly I'm some kind of fraud or liar.
I'm getting back on my TM tonight. I made a promise to someone that I would, and I'll do it. Gosh, for two whole days I've done NOTHING AT ALL! I was on such a fantastic roll. WHY did I do this? Why did I let myself down? For a FREAKING POPCORN BALL!!!
TERRI - I went to a lousy little horse/pony sale recently and I know the prices were outragiously low, but I expected much better at a breed sale like the one you took Peso to! Heavens, I'd have brought her home too!!! At least she's had an outing and your DB seems to be having fun with her. It's all good for her in the long run.
I had a first with Gabriel last night. I've had a girl just up on him to sit for a few seconds about 4-5 times, but he's always been nervous about it. I really hadn't put enough ground work in to him, but we've done more if it lately. In fact, he's getting downright lazy on the lungeline. I've even had him over by the mounting block a little, and leaned on him myself. Last night there was a heck of a wind blowing, whipping leaves around and it frequently brought a cloud of smoke from the wood furnace down across the arena. But when we put her up on his back, he was more interested in licking my hands, even when she started shifting her weight around. We took a step, then another, and were shortly leading him all over, stepping over logs, etc. He acted like he'd been doing it forever. I think it will all be downhill from here. I just needed to put enough time in to him!
MOTHER - The more I hear about TOPS the more interested I am. I'll have to look around and see what I can find in my area.
LILION - Um... I don't think you're the only one in for an embarrassing WI. I believe I'll just join you tomorrow, if ya don't mind. Don'tcha just hate it when this happens? Your still WAY ahead of me. I just wanna be where you already are, if that's at all comforting. Success for both of us is inevitable. It's just a matter of time! Inevitable. I like that word. Say it a few times fast. It's even easy to spell. (Don't tell me if I spelled it wrong, it's already been a long week... and it's only Monday.)
OOOOOOooooo! Speaking of a long week - I had another (final) driving lesson today. The guy was bored silly - he kept saying "You can DO this, this and this. What is it you want to work on???" I did really well, anyway, and tomorrow I'll be able to call about that driving job I want. And the REALLY good news is that I'm really getting excited about DOing it! I'm looking forward to driving again!!! Now THAT's really cool!
THIN - I'm glad to hear that 'FLICKA' is good. As a horsey person, it's a must see. I think we're going tomorrow night. As for the 'shopping' thing, I think I've had enough. My life is just so chaotic right now, and that last car dealership COST me money. They didn't do what I brought the car in for, charged me more than the reimbursement & pay combined, and tried to get me to have a $400 procedure done instead... OOPS! The price went up again. Make that $700 when they actually put the estimate in writing! And then they charged me $33.28 for doing NOTHING *NO THING* to my car!
Needless to say, they didn't go over the bill or do several of the things they were supposed to. I hope the jerk doesn't sit down for a week when that report goes through!!! But more than likely he'll get a raise for trying so hard to rip off a customer.
Holy Smoke! KAREN, you lost enough weight for me AND you! CONGRATS on an EXCELLENT 2x2 WI!!! I loved your little bookworm study guy! Very cute!
BARB - All quiet on the Texan front, huh? Be sure to let us know when the fireworks start again!
I gotta tell you, there are lots of wonderful dogs in the world, but NO dog has a cuter tushy than my little Simon when he's strutting away from me! What an adorable waddle-butt!!! I guess I better follow it to the front door and take him out for a twinkle.