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Just for fun??

I am here... just busy w/the "countdown to summer" & all the extra activities & trips & meetings, etc., that are crammed into the last two weeks of school! Phew! Oh, and for some extra-added fun (ha!)... yesterday ds had a make-up soccer game at 6:30pm south of DC, which is basically impossible to get there from here on a Tuesday during rush hour... so we (me, ds, & two other players) left @ 3:30pm... drove 2.5 hours... get there... the boys warm up, then play about 10-15 mins of the game... and then "BOOM" -- a thunderstorm hits, we all get soaked to the skin... we wait... but finally they call off the game... so now we've got 4 drenched folks (3 of whom are stinky, wet 13yo boys... can you imagine the scent in my car??) back into the car & another 1.5 hour drive home (faster, even tho I could barely see out the windshield w/all the rain). We got home around 9:30pm. This is just an example from my life lately. (& of course, I wouldn't trade it for the world!! but it does make me tired!!) I did get to the pool for a couple hours earlier yesterday, w/a friend... so that was nice. We're coveting the few days of pool time while the kids are in school... it makes for a very quiet pool experience! Off to see what today brings!! Make it a great one, Vi's!

Tracy... hang tough! You are right about this on so many levels... maturity, responsibility, etc... If it were me, I bet I would've just laughed out loud at the theatrics... which, when I do that here (w/9 yo drama queen dd), only makes it worse... but it is just so darned FUNNY! If they could only see themselves! Of course, if it were my 13yo ds doing it, I would worry... that does sound a bit odd... but whether it's emotional or spoiled, I can't tell... um, yeah... good luck w/THAT!!

Living well is the best revenge, Kat! Enjoy!! :biggrin2:

Laura, so this is what I read & how it sounded in my head, ok? (now that you know me, I'm sure you can add in the appropriate inflections & gestures :thumbup: -- "...blah blah blah... my dad's going to charter a plane & take the Vi's to Vegas!... blah blah blah..." Works for me! (I can be patient!)

Good Morning, Vi's~~ It's supposed to be warmer (80s) & getting humid here today, + thunderstorms... bye bye Spring, hello summer! Have ds's soccer game in 45 mins, then dd has riding @ 3... other than that, it's work, errands, etc... the regular stuff of which my life is made! I'm feeling so much better mentally!... ever since my fill I've been a good bandster & the scale has dropped an amazing 6 lbs since Thursday!! (I know, I know, water weight... I don't care WHAT it is!!) The fact of that "on stage" fill in a couple weeks is keeping me on track... I'm playing a game w/myself (no batteries required!) to see how much I can lose between now & then! Monday I'll be back to working out @ the Y... it's been 3 weeks since I've been! Yikes! I had a thought in the shower (where I do all my best thinking!)... If we Vi's can be spontaneous... then maybe sometime when Laura's dad (& Laura, obviously!!) goes to Tunica we can tag along in one of his comp'd rooms?? Just a thought... as I often find myself thinking of ways to get us together again sooner than next summer! (I don't mean to overstep my bounds w/the suggestion, Laura... it just came to me!) Make it a good one, Vi's!

Maybe it's "sympathy fat ooze" for Kat! Y'know, like sympathy pregnancy symptoms. Kat... that just sounds gross... but if that's how to get rid of it, then... Raise your hand if you wish you could time-travel back 2 weeks and be in Gruene w/a 'rita in one hand, a camera in the other, & a smile & a laugh on your face!! :w00t: ME! ME!

Pammie... What's the web site for your "party" tonight?? Inquiring minds want to know! :thumbup: You take catalog orders, right?? Raise your hand if you think Jane won't be posting for awhile! :tt2:

Good Morn, Vi's~~ The scale was lower today for me, too... yay... I need to get rid of my May Party Weight and get back to some serious LOSING! TGIF! Enjoy it, everyone!!

Haydee!... Thank you for the package! I've never tried "cracklings" before... I have a hard time getting past what it's made of... but I'll try to try them! Thank you for thinking of me, roomie!! I forgot how hard the post-fill liquid diet is... ugh... especially with having been SO BAD for SO LONG... double ugh! No candy, no ice cream, no PIZZA (!)... poor, poor pitiful me!! (Remind me that when I'm finally at goal!!)

Oh my gosh, Vi's!!~~ I've been trying to get home & get on the 'puter to you all since 10:30am!! Seriously!! I had all these errands to do and I'm just like, "Hurry up! I've got to go tell the Vi's some exciting news!" So... guess what?? I went to my doc, it's the first time I've actually seen HIM in about 6 months, so he's thrilled w/my progress, blah, blah... even tho by their stats I gained 4lbs last month (my stats are +11 :wink2:)... he gives me a .25 fill (it's been like 3 months since I've had one)... and then... are you ready for it?... He asks if I'd be interested in getting my next fill ON STAGE in front of about 1,000 lap band surgeons from all over the world, who will all be in DC at some big, whoop-dee-doo (my term, not his technical term) annual lap band surgeon conference at the newest, swankiest resort in DC!! Uh, YEAH! And then he tosses in, "and they'll pay you." I said, "You had me at "Do you want to go to the Gaylord?"" LOL! It's in 3 weeks... so I am *very* motivated to be the PERFECT BANDSTER between now & then!! + I'll probably... no DEFINITELY... need to get something new to wear... He said they'd introduce me & give my background & ask me questions... then actually give me the fill right there! Too funny!! Now, if I can only parlay this into that trip to Vegas w/Tracy!!! Ohhhh... I also told him about us & our trip... he was amazed & impressed w/us... 'natch! Continue to make it a great day, Vi's!!

Good Morn, Vi's~~ Today is my 1-year band-iversary! 1 year ago this moment I was getting prepped!! I can't believe it! The year zoomed by so quickly!! and finally... FINALLY... I am smaller than I was a year ago on a "diet"!! That's NEVER happened before. Granted, I didn't hit my goal of losing 100 lbs the first year... & granted, I think I've actually GAINED weight this past month of eating & drinking & not exercising... but even so, I'm still feeling better and looking better and I know what I have to do & that it can be done... I've just got to do it... to kick out this last chunk o' hunk o' jigglin' fat. I'm going to my doc today and I hope that he gives me a bit of a fill... a "jumpstart"... and then it's BACK ON THE WAGON!! AND BACK TO EXERCISING!! I really intend to hit the 100 lb mark THIS SUMMER!!! Watch out world!! And, of course, no year-in-review would be complete without a HUGE WET KISS to my WONDERFUL VIOLETS!! THANK YOU girls, for your kind, loving, insightful, motivating, funny, honest support!! You are THE BEST!!! I can't imagine my life without each of you!! You bring out the best (& the worst :thumbup:) in me and I love each of you like a sister! ThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyou for everything, each & every day!! Make it a great one, Vi's! :wink2:

Can I just say, MEAN PEOPLE SUCK! From out of the blue yesterday, I received a scathing e-mail from another PTA mom about something I supposedly said at last month's meeting (so much for a timely response) and it has completely rocked my world! Here I am, spending the majority of my time, talent, & treasure working to make the school a better place, and she makes it sound like I'm some slacker, heartless biotch. WTF?? It has made me question my decision to return as Prez for another year... I mean, really, who needs this??? I am too old for this foolishness AND I've already done my prez stint, so I've done my duty! And yet, it really hurts me down to my core that this person, who has known me & worked w/me for a few years now, in an instant can think that I would purposely be callous about her daughter's illness... How is THAT possible?? Even if she believes I was insensitive in one comment (which, supposedly was, "Well, then why didn't she ask for help?"... I still don't see what's wrong w/it), when looked at thru the lens of YEARS of service, how can she go all ballistic on my butt?? Doesn't ANY of the good & helpfulness of the past temper a perhaps "cold" remark? (again, I still maintain that it was a legit question... we were there to get this stuff done & for whatever reason if she couldn't do it, then what did we have to do to get it done). So as I sit here, ready to go into school before it opens to man the Book Fair all morning (yeah, I'm such a biotch), I have this swimming in my head. I HATE IT!!! Have a nice day.

Go get 'em, Terry!!

Good morning, Vi's~ Aaaaahhhh... got to sleep in this a.m. 'til 9am... that felt good! I'm here! I'm here! Just busy, busy, busy. Told you I would be. Between now & the end of the school year (6/13) I'll be going in 87 different directions at once. Phew! Today is a chill day... laundry, etc... & we're going to go see the Indiana Jones movie later + Chinese food after. I NEED A FILL!! Ugh. It's frightening how quickly old food habits return!!! Not good, not good at all. Make it a great one, Vi's!

I can't believe that it was only a week ago!! I'm thinking that we should plan a FALL getaway... Raise your hand if you'd be interested! :cursing:

Raise your hand if you thought about LAST Friday night TONIGHT!!:thumbup: First... :thumbup: Then... :thumbup: and then... :cursing:

Laura... love your sassy new 'do! Looks great!

Oh dear, Tracy! How'd he do that?? Kids! I hope he heals quickly! Laura... post a pic of your new hair!! Everyone have a great weekend!

Here's the link to my pics... enjoy! :biggrin2: mdrai/Vi Trip May 2008 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

In the "Thoughts for Next Year" category... this site may help us: Girlfriend Getaways & look where the first picture is!!! Familiar???

Good Morning, Girlies!~~ How is it that I'm even more tired today than yesterday??? Of course, being out late @ the cancer benefit concert didn't help any... but it was fun & a great success... & now I think I'm done being the "concession lady" for awhile now! DD & I were so tired that we overslept this morning!! I ended up taking her to school an hour late! Whoopsie!! Sadly, I don't see much sleep in my near future... I'm thinking mid-June, once school's out... 'til then it's go go go w/all kinds of extra activities + the regular ones!! Yikes!! I haven't been able to stop the bad eating yet... in fact, for no real reason other than they're there, I just ate 2 cookies from the HUGE box of them that were donated by a local bakery for the concert, that somehow I ended up with (actually, I ended up w/ALL the leftover food... a cooler full of individual bags of chips, the box of cookies, and about 4 boxes of candy!!!)... Double yikes!! I'm going to e-mail the band directore & see if he wants it for the kids... otherwise, I think I'll take it to our Block Party on Sunday & give it away there!! It's just TOO DANGEROUS for it to stay here!!! Oh... I'll try to post my pics soon... but I need ds to connect the camera to the 'puter, so 'til then... I'll just enjoy all of your wonderful pics!! Make it a great day, Vi's!

Well, Spanky Six Mile made me spit onto my 'puter screen, so I vote for that one!

Yes... baring the other body parts are, uh, "optional"... right Jazzy?

Oh! My! Gosh! I was just going to type: "What was I doing in that first pic??" and then I saw the "doctored" Denny's one and I am not just laughing, but GUFFAWING OUT LOUD!! Good thing I am home alone right now!! That is the funniest!! But seriously... wtf AM I doing? (she asks, w/hand gestures) That's from Fri afternoon, I'm still in travel clothes... I can't be THAT drunk yet, can I??? Tee hee hee.........