Chillin' In the Keys

We are in Key Largo, Florida tonight. We arrived yesterday in Miami via the big bird, rental a really ugly car and took our time cruising southbound towards the Keys... stopped at some dive seafood place on Highway 1 and ate awesome raw oysters, peel-n-eat shrimp, lobster bisque soup and some of the best sweet tea ever! Made it to Tavanier, checked into our island paradise hotel on the sea in the early afternoon and then spent the rest of the day and evening chilling with old and new friends by the pool and the bay. Watched the most beautiful sky at sunset EVER... took lots of pics of the sunset- will post them when we get back. Rehearsal dinner was tonight on Islamorada island complete with yummy key lime pie and tomorrow is the beach casual wedding between the palms here behind the hotel on the bay... gotta go get another drink... until the next post...

Huh??!!?

I am deeply saddened today after receiving the news last night that a couple of my dearest friends are divorcing…. I arrived home to find a letter in the mailbox written by the wife informing me that they were parting ways… So sad! You see this is not just another failed marriage of a couple of “young folks” in their 20’s or 30’s. This special couple was an “older couple” who both have lifelong successful careers, had previous successful marriages, have grown children, grand children, etc., etc. The list of accomplishments goes on and on… they married just 7 years ago… they were so in love… or so it seemed… I got to know them at our Church in Atlanta… I formed a special bond with them… and so reading that letter last night just crushed me. Hubby was out of town last night so I had no one to vent to… besides, he never really got to know them in these past few short years. I have a million thoughts passing through my mind today and I have not yet out how to simply “process” this turn of events.
I suppose I can ponder the situation while we are on our last short vacation of this year… we leave tomorrow for Key Largo… hopefully, this wedding and reunion with old friends will take my mind of it. This too shall pass…

Early Bird Gets The Vote?

I could not believe my eyes this morning at 5:15am when the little old white haired lady showed up at the park where we were getting ready to start boot camp… she was there to get in line TO VOTE. Huh???!!! At 5:15am? Come on! Seriously! Who in their right mind would show up just short of two hours before they open the early polls (and in 35 degree temps no less) to wait to vote? Call me crazy but that is just a tad on the kooky side of thinking… By the time we finished our workout the parking lot was PACKED with vehicles… folks practically running to get into line! I am really start to worry that Election Day will be one huge headache for those of us who did not have the opportunity to early vote… All I can do is just hope that the masses get all voted up before November 4th so the remaining few of us won’t be waiting for hours on the big day… Fingers crossed!

Meet Joe the Plumber

Even the most liberal leftie has to laugh at this political cartoon! Come on, people! It IS funny!!! Smile, the political season is almost over...;-D

Made It Thru!

I am happy to report that I made it through my medical procedure this morning without dying of starvation up to it... Hubby took me for a scrumptious cajun seafood lunch since I went to bed last night talking about my craving for seafood. I must have fell asleep today under the spell of anesthesia while telling the doctor that I was leading the Sprints workout tomorrow morning at Boot Camp... because when I woke up he made I sure I knew that he understood how important it was for me to be at Boot Camp tomorrow to lead!
And also how I made sure he know how much those 5:30am campers were depending on me! TOO Funny!
So Hubby and I spent today together... taking it easy... and I will definitely be at Boot Camp tomorrow...

Life In The Fasting Lane...

I finally made it back from my work trip to Albuquerque late Friday night…only after my flight was delayed twice for a total of three hours getting me home well after 10pm vs. the 6pm I should have been home. And that was hardly enough time to get home and de-stress from my nine hour ordeal between both airports! That flight back was a bit hairy too… Atlanta had so much fog and was so overcast that the visibility factor was troubling. I was sweating the entire time the pilot had the landing gear down and the plane seemed so close to the ground… yet, I could not anything but clouds from my window! And then all of a sudden we were below the cloud cover and practically hitting the runway almost instantly… very scary experience!
On Saturday we made our way to my old alma mater Georgia Tech to meet up with some old college friends at a tailgate and then on to the Homecoming game.

We enjoyed catching up with some folks I have not seen in a long time, ate some really good food and then watched the Jackets unfortunately get beat by the Cavaliers. It was so great to see campus again and the weather was perfect! And then to end a great day, we enjoyed a wonderful dinner at a nice restaurant on the way home.
Well, today has been a totally different experience for me all the way around… today is the first day EVER in my life that I have not eaten a single bite of solid food. I am scheduled for a medical procedure tomorrow that requires me not to eat at all today… and I swear I am dying of starvation! Hubby busted me watching shows on the Food Network today and after he promised to fast WITH ME all day today, I busted him eating peanut butter crackers in the early afternoon! We had coffee for breakfast, Starbucks drinks at the grocery store, broth for lunch, soda and Gatorade all day long and the prescription drinks for supper tonight. The broth seriously tasted like liquid sodium… and I think I hit the starvation wall of terror around 5pm… the headache, the dizziness and gnawing insides have driven me mad all evening… and then the sick feeling in my gut from drinking all that nasty medical solution has not helped matters… And I am just now 25 hours into the no-food zone… and the saddest part is that I will not eat for another 14 hours!! I have moved around slowly all day trying not to generate much energy for fear of getting hungry too soon. I did help Hubby in the yard some to get my mind off the food factor. I just hope I can fall asleep tonight… I am sure I will feel even worse in the morning when I get up… the dizzy headaches has to be the worse part of all! Hubby is promising a wonderful lunch out after this is all over… that has to be my only inspiration at this point… This too shall pass…

The Sign Of The Times

Someone sent me this photo on email yesterday and I think it sums up how most of us "righties" feel these days... Could it possibly be the sign of the times?