Eating Less, Sweating More

Well, look who fell off the blogging wagon? It wasn't because I didn't have anything to say - I kept thinking to myself, "That would make a good post!" and then not doing anything about it.

Anyway, the end of the summer has been busy in a great, end-of-the-summer way. We spent 10 days in the Adirondacks, swimming and tubing and kayaking and camping (well, Hubs and the boys camped). And because I am the mom, doing piles and piles of laundry, grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning up after endless meals, etc. The usual.

My 9-year-old worked on his dive:

After 10 summers of sitting on the sidelines, I finally learned how to drive the boat!

Hubs took the boys canoeing while my 2-year-old and I paddled behind in the kayak.


I'm still trying to catch up on everyone's blogs, but let's wrap this post up with a few bullets:

* Last time I posted, I was rocking the exercise but not so much the eating. While we were vacationing, I was so busy trying to tire out the kids that I didn't eat as much and actually lost weight despite being in a cottage with multiple packs of Hershey bars (for s'mores).

* I fell off the exercise wagon a little bit while I was away. I did a three-mile run/walk once but otherwise it was so busy that I didn't take the time for other formal workouts.

* Hurricane Irene threw a wrench into our plans, so we ended up staying an extra couple days in the mountains (and lost power up there from the storm!) and then bobbing and weaving our way home past downed trees and a couple washed-away bridges. Lots of adventure.

* We came home late Monday, the kids were supposed to start school today. Because we still have storm damage and some roads are still closed, they've pushed the start of school till Wednesday. I don't think I can handle this many more days of summer adventure. I'm exhausted.

* Yesterday morning I got a call from the Big Time Newspaper asking me to work on a storm aftermath story. I dropped everything and spent seven hours reporting, and they didn't end up using any of it. That's never happened to me. They didn't even call to tell me! I knew because I didn't get a call from the copy desk last night with questions. To add insult to injury, the story ran on the front page and they put my name in the "additional reporting by" box even though none of my reporting made it into the story. I told Gilly it's like a pity f**k. Ugh.

* I went for a tiny fill on Tuesday, went from 5.0 cc's to 5.2 cc's. Was so busy yesterday that I had nothing but iced tea until 7 pm. Can you believe that? Because people, I cannot. believe. that.

* I went back to the gym this morning, first workout in a while. TOUGH class, but I made it through and felt decently strong. YAY me!

* Oldest Child and I are road-tripping this weekend. My old roommate invited us to an airshow at her husband's military base. My son is reallllly into everything military and pilots and airplanes, so we're making the trip to see the Blue Angels perform and check out the Naval Academy.

If you're traveling this Labor Day weekend, be sure to look for me on the Jersey turnpike!