June

It has been too long since I have posted...the following will bring you up-to-date with June, I am writing July as we speak...

Summer has finally rolled around - I wonder what this season will bring.  Mom and I just spent a week in Texas visiting with family.  It was so good to see everyone and I got to spend some time with my cousins, Aunt and Uncle, and the kiddos - what cool peeps they are!  Today starts the summer session of my Occupational Opportunities class at Mesa, the summer session has been reduced to only 3 weeks-long so it should go by quickly.  At the end of the month we will be venturing back to Las Vegas...I cannot believe my nephew will be 6 months old already!  Now that we have returned from Texas I have started back at my gym, it is shocking to me that I actually feel more like myself when I can hit the gym...who knew that exercise could become so addictive?  OK, alot of people probably already knew that but who knew I would actually become one of the exercise addicts!?  We are trying to find a good time to get back over to Hawaii to clear out my storage unit, I am looking forward to seeing all of my friends from my hotel and I am definitely looking forward to some sun and some sand, I have a feeling that Lauren and I will find our way into something fabulous...who knows.  I am not looking forward to clearing out my storage unit, although I CANNOT wait to get my professional culinary knives back - what a weird thing to miss!  I am sure that the sorting of stuff will seem endless and I have a feeling it will be a bittersweet trip, closure to the Hawaiian chapter of my life, unfortunately I was not ready for that chapter to come to a close but it did and now its time to move on...somehow.
I returned to Weight Watchers after missing 2 weeks of meetings.  I am very happy that I lost some more weight - in fact, I dropped enough to now be at my 10% weight loss "goal".  I have a long way to go but I am definitely seeing some positive changes and I am finally starting to feel like myself again.  With the weight loss I am finding it necessary to buy some clothes that actually fit me, anyone who knows me understands that this very well might be the singular reason that I consistently go to the gym....It is rather pathetic that it has taken me almost 2 years to get to this point but hey, I am working on it.  Ultimately I am hoping to treat myself to a fabulous pair of new jeans when I finally get down to my goal weight....who knows how long this process will take but Those jeans are the carrot I am dangling in front of me to keep going.
Last weekend the girls got together for "brunch" at Kate's house, it was great to see most of my favorite ladies in one place.  Opening day at the Del Mar racetrack is coming up next month, I hope I can get out to the races at least once this season.
What else is going on?  We leave Monday to go to Vegas for Jackson's 6-month birthday celebration, the day was actually 6/24/2011 but we are going to miss it by a little bit.  Jamie is planning on putting him in the pool for the first time at Nate's Mom's house, suffice it to say I CAN'T WAIT!  I bought Jackson a pair of big-boy swim trunks, they have monkeys and skulls and crossbones on them, he is already one of the cutest kids on Earth so the trunks will just put him on another level all together.....I'm not biased or anything.
I met my counselor for the WorkabilityIII program, Bree is super nice and I think she will be great to work with.  Right now I am just putting the final touches on my resume and hopefully we will start working on getting some interviews lined up shortly.
Today was my weigh-in day at Weight Watchers, I had no idea what to expect but I had a good weigh-in, lost another 1.6 Lbs and am now at a total loss of 18.4 Lbs, I am pretty darn proud of myself!  I went to the gym before my meeting today because we are going to the Padres game tonight to celebrate Lindsey's 30th birthday, private suite and all!  Afterwards I am going to Kimberley's house, we will be going out for a late dinner and then we are going to the Zoo tomorrow, fun times, fun times!