Pennies lead to dollars, inches to miles....

Extremely busy day today. Got woken up early by a little one 15 min before my alarm. Got out the door on time, and spent the day learning new things and refreshing old skills. (Since this blog isn't about my work, I'll spare you the details, but give you a hint, it involved training on a cadaver).

After spending 4 hours with the aforementioned specimen, I didn't eat lunch. Not that I was grossed out, but my clothes and hands still smelled like DB, and I didn't want to eat somewhere with that smell. It's not a pleasing smell to those that are not initiated. The next 4 hours was spend cutting up pig plucks for more EMS training, so once again, I wasn't too keen on eating after, plus weigh in was in one hour and I didn't want any more weight on me than what I had. The point of all this, is that by the time the meeting rolled around, I had only eaten 3 of my allotted 33 points.

I went to the meeting and saw Sandy and Thalassa, but no Bernie, which made me sad. I was hoping she had had a better week. I hope she doesn't give up on herself, she is a really nice person and deserves to give herself a break. Bernie, if you are reading this, it's okay. Tomorrow is a new day and you CAN do it!

So, what is the weigh in you ask, well, a whole whopping 1.4 pounds, putting my total up to 8.6! I also had to recalculate my points and I now have 32 instead of 33. I guess it's a good thing, means I am going in the right direction. 8.6 pounds doesn't seem like a lot, but as the title states, pennies lead to dollars and inches lead to miles.....

Speaking of miles, I am considering walking a half-marathon with my friend Sandy. It is next June. I've done a 20 mile ruck march, but I was a few pounds lighter (well maybe, that damn ruck sack and M-16 were heavy) and many years younger. Maybe this is a challenge that will get me exercising, I don't know. What do you think? I like Sandy's post how she equated walking the marathon with losing weight. (http://www.asmidjenatatime.blogspot.com/) She, once again, inspired me, maybe, I am still mulling this one over.

So, tomorrow is bound to be another busy day. Drop the kids off at daycare early, drive to conference, spend all day in conference (no cadavers or pig plucks tomorrow, plus a free lunch!). Then pick up the kids and do it all again Saturday.

Wishing you a good night.