Monday, December 2, 2013

3 Month Check-in Update!

Alas, I know it has been nearly a month since my last update when I promised almost weekly updates back in October. Again I ask for your forgiveness because I have been so busyyy!!! Work has been awesome, I love the people I work with and have already been working closing shifts on Fridays & Saturdays (the biggest money making shifts!!). My boss, Heather, is the best. Her and her husband came in with a group of about 20 of his cop colleagues and left me and this other server who was sharing the party with me, 105 dollars each tip!!! Show me the money. I just had a spectacular weekend with the parents, who invade and conquer in what seems like minutes. My mother barely makes it in the door before laundry is going (where she finds clothes to wash when she hasn't even unpacked yet is beyond me), something is smelling delicious on the stove, and she's already asked me 4 times when the last time was that I cleaned the mini blinds. Um, mother dearest,  whilst I am a very clean 22 year old woman, mini blinds don't ever quite make it on the top 10 things I wanna be doing with my one day off a week. I only heard a few small screams at the inches of dust that accumulated on them since the last time she cleaned them. I prepare for her arrival in the same fashion every time. I clean the house the best that I can, knowing full well she will not think its clean and clean it again. It never fails, every time. She whipped us up quite the Thanksgiving meal on Thursday that I am still enjoying today. The woman is a saint in the kitchen, though she will never admit it. And BREAKING NEWS: she didn't go to a furniture store once the whole weekend! FIRST TIME EVER! At least I think.. I worked a lot she could have snuck off to buy another end table or lamp that apparently I didn't know I needed. But the house has reaaaally come together well, the new carpet is soft and the walls are being painted in early January. 
    Another fun thing I did while this month hiatus away from you all was go to the Panthers vs. Patriots MNF game!!!!! It was so much fun, and definitely something I would wanna do again. Out of respect for my Uncle Mike, and my northern roots I wore a patriots shirt. I thought I would be one of the only fans there with patriots stuff on, but I was very wrong! There were tons of patriots fans around to high five and fist bump with, score. However…… my darling boyfriend told me to leave my jacket in the car because I "for sure would not be cold, no way" ….. LIES. I was freezing before we even went into the game. So unfortunately, well I guess fortunately for me, his friend that we met up with lent me a Panthers sweatshirt to keep me warm. It ended up being an incredible game, and we stayed till the very end. Of course my toes are still thawing out, but very worth it. Here's some pics!!





And as for my fitness journey, I have still been doing well 28 pounds down, which hasn't gone down as much lately because I have been working a lot and just maintaining more than losing but these 3 month before and after pictures make me so proud!!!! And make those sweaty hot hours on the treadmill worth it!!!



The back pictures aren't as much change but the front ones are I think!!! Its been a crazy three months, but I could honestly not be happier.
As always its nice to see my Bails every week, she could not be any cuter. As she has gotten a little older, Wailey does not show her face as much, only around bed time and that is to be expected. Here's a picture of when she got pictures with Santa, she was fist deep in his beard. Poor old man.
I promiseeeee, this won't be my last post in December, I will try to post again next week. I will be heading home with Kris on the 20th, then he flies back down here for work on the 23rd and I will head back down here the 27th. I can't wait to see you all!!!!!
High: These before/after pictures
Low: Working 6 days a week gets old!!
Weather: chilly at night, warmish during the day