womanontheverge's Journal

We got back on Tuesday and have been busy putting my life back in order. Between that and avoiding the nearly constant thundershowers I've not been able to log much online time. Trip was wonderful. There were 20 of us all jammed into my sister's house and we had a blast. Went out to the old property on the sand pit and camped overnight. It was stiffling hot but we just got in the lake and stayed there. Back in town we swam and played cards and ate...perfectly relaxing! Charlotte had such a blast and provided us with many hilarious moments. She is such a chatterbox and has a way with words. When we arrived, she was very timid about the water, but with coaxing and encouraging by the end of the week she was going off the diving board and down the slide and had to be hog-tied to keep her out of the water. She would have eaten and slept there if we'd let her. Also tried her first go at ice-skating. The WA cousins are skaters so she had some good teachers. After a couple of trips around the rink, she took off on her own. Despite a few falls, she hung in there for nearly two hours.
Now we're home and looking at a summer devoid of any trips though i think we will go to OH in August for a bit...since Char starts school in the fall she won't have as much free time to spend on gramma's trips out there so want to grab one last vacation while we can. Tonight we are going to see Cirque de Soleil. Very excited about that. It is something I've wanted to see forever so was thrilled to find they were going to be in town at a time when i could go. We'll spend the 4th on Cape Cod with my bil. Maybe we'll even get a rain-free day.
Today want to pick up the paint so we can get started on that project.
Bad news is that I picked up another 10 pounds on the trip. Am now at 235...a seven year high. Feel terrible and am having trouble getting any sort of program going. I'm going to find a WW meeting and get back to that. It was the only thing that ever worked for me, and I know I can have success there if I just commit to it. My sister looks so fantastic in her new size 10 body. I'm ridiculouosly jealous of her and hate myself for letting so many pounds find their way back to my fat ass....and various other parts of my anatomy. Char says I'm "chubby, chubby, chubby," but I am just plain ofd fat fat fat! Fat and lazy! Fat and inactive. So it goes.
Good to be back among my DS friends, though. Hope all is well in your worlds.