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Last weekend we were in StL visiting my family & also so JN could go to a IDPA match in troy. He hasn't heard where he placed in the match yet, but they did a qualifier afterwards and he classified as a Sharpshooter! He was 9 seconds away from qualifying at Expert (it goes Novice-Marksman-Sharpshooter-Expert-Master), so pretty good day for him. Lookout world! While he was busy with that, I was spending the day with my mom & dad, and visited Historic Main St. in St. Charles. It had been such a long time since I'd been there (other than pics for the wedding) and I really enjoyed the time we spent there. We ate at Louis & Clark restaurant, and enjoyed the mild weather (there was sunshine!) while wandering in & out of the shops.
Weekend before last, Valentine's day weekend, we were in Springfield for JN's mom's wedding. The weekend went by very quickly, given that we didnt arrive till 1:30am on Saturday morning & left after breakfast on Sunday. I was so tired! Usually when we go out of town we have to wait until JN gets off work from the OG, which can be anywhere from 8pm to 11pm. Brutal. Anywho, we went right to bed when we arrived & slept through until almost lunchtime! It was kindof funny, JN got up & left pretty quick, saying he needed to go to walgreens to get some carmex, and then was gone for like 4 hours! When I texted him to find out if he went by way of Arkansas (there's a walgreens less than a mile from where we were) he said that he got "lost" and was on his way home. Lost?! Huh. Lost in a certain sporting goods store? Or maybe found a fly shop that confused his sense of direction? Heh. Riiight. :) That evening we went to a little church nearby for the wedding & dinner following, and it was a nice evening. The ceremony was a small & intimate one, with just immediate family. My new in-laws are a big family, so it was kindof exciting to me to meet all of them because that side of JN's family is pretty small (his mom only has one sibling). I come from a big family that's pretty close, so I am looking forward to getting to know the new extended family. Although - all of their names begin with the letter J, so it will be a challenge remembering who belongs with what name. :)
Hmm...what else is new? Umm...well, today marks the one week mark of my being on the South Beach diet. I hate that its called a diet, mainly b/c in my mind that indicates that it will be short lived, but i'm really hoping to make some positive changes that will stay with us. The first 2 weeks of the program are pretty restrictive, so it's been hard for me to get this far. I've fallen off the wagon in the evenings the last couple of days, and the first couple of days i was really grouchy & headachy because of low blood sugar, but I'm hoping I'm over the hump & the second week will be better than the first. Also, today I worked out for the first time since the KC Half Marathon, and while it felt good I was pretty pooped because I havent had many carbs over the last 2 weeks. It was hard to push through that, for sure! I'll be glad next wednesday when I can start adding fruit back into my meals.
You can tell that i'm out of practice...I went to the gym after work & since I was just going home afterwards I didnt bother to change back into my work clothes. Seems reasonable but I think it was a fail. During my walk home from work I looked a little like these folks (which you need to check out this post...pretty funny concept, i totally would have participated had i lived in NYC!):
I had forgotten my running pants! Talk about a failure to plan ahead. And you know what I was thinking as I walked out into the cold? "Oh! My hair's wet, I better put up my hood so I don't catch cold." Hehe...nevermind my NAKED legs. Oh yeah, and the snow on the ground (today's hi: 29degrees; low: 12)...d'oh!
