What a long, strange trip it's been!

Annnnnnnnd, I'm back!

G'man and I just completed a whirlwind trip around the northeast and boy are my legs tired… no really, I've been jogging a little more than I normally do and my legs really are tired.

We had a really good trip, better than I expected even. It was so amazing seeing everybody we love, meeting my little Jake and traveling the beautiful mountains of New England. Everyone behaved themselves well in every stop we had along the way, Greg and I enjoyed each other's company, and there was no real drama, traffic, or issues to speak of.

Vermont was beautiful, as always. I posted a bunch of pics on Facebook, for all of you on there. It was so fun playing with my nephew James, Steve and Erin's little one Jackson, Chloe LeNoir, Chloe Solie, Team Trellie, and of course Jake. Greg got a couple of great teaching leads in NJ and who knows where our lives will take us over the next couple of months.

So the speed bump I encountered along the way was the FOOD!!! GOOD GOD the food in New Jersey is so good. The breads, the bagels, the deli meats, the pastries, YUM! I realized that if we end up having to move to NJ for a job for Greg, the food will be my nemesis. I didn't really keep track of all the calories I ate, but I did, kinda, keep a mental record. I was very conscious of what I was eating. I ate my own, brought from home, breakfasts pretty much every morning which is good, cause I feel like the first meal you eat of the day can really set the tone for all the other meals.

I was a good girl and exercised most of the trip. I could not find time our first day, Wednesday, but was able to run around at Gardner Field in Denville, as well as on the tennis courts in Vermont. It was funny at Gardner Field cause I started out running and I just kept going. I realize that this running thing is very psychological. I had no "start" and no "finish" and just wound my way  around the fields, up around Riverview, through the parking lots, etc and was not even very winded, and my heart rate stayed at a good place. It is when I have a finish in place that I start getting tired before I really am. I also successfully pissed off the public works people at Gardner Fields cause they wanted to leaf-blow and I wasn't budging so they had to work around me.

I had a fantastic time in Vermont running around with James'. He's such a cute kid and so stinking smart (but I'm probably a little biased). Instead of saying No, he says "all done" so that became our catch phrase for the rest of the trip. The guys and Sharon and Robin played a pretty intense game of touch football during the family gathering and thankfully no one came away too injured, but all the "older" folks certainly came away sore from running around and were reminded about how out of shape they are. I thought about joining in, but if you go back to my previous post… I sweat and sweat and knowing that there would not be a shower shortly after, I respectfully declined.

I set my alarm this morning to get back to boot camp, but I must have been more worn out from this trip than I thought. I turned my alarm off without even knowing it. I woke around 8am and headed over to the Boiling park to go for a run. I did pretty well and I was pleasantly surprised by how many people were there with me. The great thing is that there were people of all ages, shapes, sizes and paces. Some people were leisurely walking, some were jogging and a few were really running. I have to admit that I was a little envious of those that were running faster than me and had more stamina, but it gives me a good goal. There was one gentleman who, I would guess, is about 75 years old and, god love him, he was running those laps. I'm sure he's probably in better shape than I am, but I still kept an eye on him when I could cause he was kinda hunched over, leaning to one side and was super red, both in the face and his knees (weird).

Stacy is headed out of town for a week or so, so bootcamp will be a little different for the next week or two. The sad part (aside from not having Stacy) is that next week there is no bootcamp on Monday or Thursday but the good part is that there is bootcamp tomorrow, YES - SATURDAY, and again next Saturday. I'm looking forward to it. I know I missed a weigh-in last week, but I did hop on the scale this morning and I actually dropped a pound from 2 weeks ago. I'll update my official weigh-in tomorrow.

Good to be home and back into my routine.

HUGS  XOXOX