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No, Pam... I don't think the site will crash w/us gone... I think that it will run FASTER! But then when we return and post all our pics... THEN it will crash! Terry... great advice to Jenn re: the flying. Jen... try as little alcohol as possible... you just never know... have you guys ever seen that "reality" show on some cable station (tlc??) about airports & all the craziness that goes on?? It's a hoot to watch on a rainy day... haven't seen it in AGES... maybe it's not even on any more... I can't remember what it was called... but it seemed like every time I caught it, there was some alcohol-induced incident that = someone not boarding or being hauled off to airport jail or some such thing... one time a guy had his "invisible" wife w/him... too funny!!

No! No work e-mails! No, No, No!! AND... since we'll all be together... there'll be no need to check LBT either!! tee hee!

Now that's cute! Good Morning, Vi's~~ Regular Saturday here... errands, dd's riding lesson, housework... nothing exciting planned. Now our MAY weekends are looking completely zoo-y already... 3+ activities each weekend day all over the place... yikes! May is always like that, tho. Then June comes, school gets out, and it's just lazy days by the pool! Sign me up for THAT! My friend and I are going to split a CSA share for the summer... have you heard about them? It stands for "Community Supported Agriculture". You pay a local farm $x for x weeks (for us it's $400 for 20 weeks) and then each week you receive a box of fruits/veggies/eggs from that farm & others in their co-op. It's not a "community garden"... dh was adament about not having to "work" in someone else's garden, as he never has time to work in ours! -- lol -- but there's no "sweat equity"... just your cash & their yummy summer produce. I've read/see/heard about CSAs a lot in the news/magazines/radio lately... it's one of the "eco-friendly", "eat locally" ideas of the moment. To me, it just sounds good! Anyhoo, we're going to split a share because based on the sample lists of weekly foods you receive, we're concerned that it'd be too much for just one of us... after 3 or 4 weeks, I don't want to get "behind" in eating all the crops, and have a pile of veggies wilting all around me... ew. That's it from here. Make it a great day, Vi's!

(That's us in the airport!! Imagine what we'll be like at the Inn???)

Screaming... Jumping up & down... hugging... general merriment & mayhem!! Yup... that's what I'm planning on! :w00t:

Ha ha, Judy. You'll be meeting a "me" who I don't get to trot out much... simply Michelle. Not "someone's Mom" or the "PTA volunteer" or "soccer Mom" or "David's wife"... just... me! While I think she's a happy, confident, easy-going, fun gal... it's been awhile... so who knows?? Isn't this going to be fun!? Mwua ha ha ha! (evil laugh) :w00t:

OK! Took my "take no prisoners" attitude w/me today and it worked! Phew! I thought it would... but you never know. Actually, I just killed them w/over-the-top kindness & personal "cool"... yeah, that's me! LOL! Make it a great eve, Vi's!

Mean, sneaky people suck.:rolleyes2:

Oh dear, Suzie! Please remember to care for yourself as well as you are caring for everyone else!! When it says "Lifesaver" on the package, they're not being literal! :rolleyes2: Another day, another... day! Hung w/my friend w/the dd issues yesterday... helped her edit her grad school paper (hint, hint, Pam...)... she says she's getting me warmed up for her dissertation in a couple years (ahem, Pam...)... everything seems to have settled down for her for now... still up in the air w/her dd... I'm walking into a crazy/odd situation later today that is really too complicated/convoluted to explain here, but suffice it to say that I will need to have my "A" game with me... all my Violet confidence & balls & bravado... which I can do... it's just I'm a bit nervous about it for some reason... which I can't let them see... so I need to get PUMPED UP! GRRRRRRR! Wish me luck! Make it a great day, everyone!

Oh my goodness I am getting so excited!! 3 weeks from today I'll be flying through the friendly skies on my way to meet my VIOLETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm up for anything on Sunday... I'm thinking that after Fri & Sat activities, maybe we should just take Sunday as it comes, see how we feel, etc....... I am EASY (not THAT kind of easy!)... meaning, will go w/the flow & flow w/the go... but it's good to have options! Just having a long weekend for JUST ME to ENJOY is more than I can ask for!! It's been... forever?... since I've had one, so I don't even know what I'll feel like doing!! On the topic of meeting up @ the airports... why do I have the sneaking suspicion that that is NOT going to be a problem... for US... but for the others at the airports who are near us when another Vi is spotted... ooh la la... watch out peoples! 3 weeks! 3 weeks! 3 weeks!!

(((KAT!)))

Good Morn, Vi's~~ Nothing really to report from Md... same old, same old... keeps me busy & running around. This morning, had a gal tell me that she didn't recognize me! How much fun is this?! Make it a great day, Vi's!

I've got my friend's younger daughter here again for tonight. They've been in the ER all day w/the older one and she is going to be admitted tonight. Sigh.

:blushing: JUDY!! I can NOT WAIT to meet all of you! If we're half as fun in person as in cyberspace, this weekend is going to be a BLAST!!!

The only way I'll "freak out" is if I see a snake... :glare: hoo boy... but otherwise, yeah... if my toob gets a leak or our 'ritas run out... I will require "professional" "manly man" assistance! :Dancing_biggrin:

Hear me now, ladies... if I have any probs on the river, then I want one of the "manly men" to help me! (even if I have to FAKE a prob! :Dancing_biggrin:) Or... I guess I could just put my feet down in the water and stand up... yeah, that'd probably do it, huh? :glare: Read along w/Michelle: "... blah blah blah... beer!... blah blah... comsopolitans!" See now how my mind works?? (Oh, and how 'bout a thermos of 'ritas??? please?? purty pleasse?)

Thanks for your advice, Terry. Actually, she's already working w/a psychologist AND, ironically, her mom is a social worker working on her masters in teen issues, so she is very up-to-date on all of this. In fact, last night the hospital docs wanted to send her to one place and my friend said "no way", that she wants her to go to another one that the hospital docs didn't even know existed. Duh. So I'm confident that she is well-versed in all this. Now if it were me, I'd be completely lost... of course, then she'd be the first person I'd call. As I said, ironic. Purty flowers, Pam. I am the worst @ gardening. We're lucky if the grass is maintained! Seriously. If it weren't for flowering weeds, I'd have no garden at all. Whenever my mom visits, she plants things and then I'm supposed to water them... ha ha ha! She keeps saying that she needs to come for a couple weeks & get my yard into shape... and I say, "c'mon!" Actually, my in-laws are watching the kids for our Gruene weekend (dh will be in Chicago for work) and my fil is a big gardener, so I'm going to get some plants/flowers and let him go crazy in the yard... I'm hoping he'll like having a "project" rather than just sitting around. So *maybe* he'll inspire us??

This is me reading all those water statistics: "Blah blah blah blah... this may require getting out of the tube and walking across a shallow rock shelf" -- here I think how lovely I'll look trying to gracefully get OUT of the tube and lug it across a "rock shelf" ha ha ha! -- "... blah blah blah" "manly men..." -- oh goodie! manly men will be there, too! I'm such a spaz! This is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!

Morning, Vi's~~ What an evening! My dear friend's 9th grade daughter (who's in care for depression & some other issues) took a combo of pills yesterday afternoon and her boyfriend called EMS so my friend is making dinner when they appear on her doorstep -- she didn't have a clue what was going on! Long story short, her 5th grade daughter came here & ended up spending the night while they went to the hospital. She was released @ 1:30am... but now dear friend is going to try to get her into a residential adolescent treatment facility for sexual abuse (original issue)... please keep them in your good thoughts & prayers... they are such wonderful people... my heart aches for her & them... Count your blessings.

Hi... Yay you "lossers"... ha haha... that cracks me up every time. Nothing to say... just checking in...

I'm thinking they're more like pool shoes... they look sorta like meshy tennis shoes?? I got mine for aqua aerobics at landsend.com.

No shiner from the fall yesterday... but my shoulder -- OW OW OW!! Oddly, it isn't even bruised! But it hurts from the top near my neck all the way to about 1/2 way between my shoulder & elbow. I mean really excrutiating pain. Weirdest thing ever. I'd go to the doc w/it, but there's nothing to look at & no bumps. Actualy, now that I think of it, I *am* going to the doc for my 3-mo wt loss follow-up (regular doc) on Tuesday... I'll mention it then see what she says. As I'm typing this, my right hand is hurting... d'ya think it's from my shoulder??

I am miserable. There, I said it. Emotionally, physically, spiritually. Everything is annoying me. Everyone. When I get like this, I try to count my blessings and then just wait it out. Usually works. Bleh.

My opinion... give it some time, Laura. Between TOM & your bod getting used to working out, etc... it's just the way it is. I'm sure you'll be bouncing down again soon. + I think the protein helps + do you drink water/liquids? + try to actually eat 3 meals & limit the snacks (ha ha... do as I SAY, not as I DO!)... you're doing soooo great... I think it's too soon to freak out... I know, easy for me to say!!

I'm definitely toobin', but am thinking that 2 hrs will be good for me. I'm wearing my Speedo 1-piece suit w/shorts over + pool shoes... oooh, what a look! :biggrin: My legs are shot now, even w/the wt loss, so it'll be skirts & capris for me. I'll bring extra shampoo & sun lotion... I'm checking my bag... nonstop flight... I need to get some new pj's... I'm like Laura... still wearing my 26/28s w/drawstrings... waaaaaaay too big, but comfy! I was just chasing the cat and I tripped and fell forward (at a run) and smashed my right shoulder & then right cheek bone (as in cheek on my face) into the back of one of the dining room chairs, & then I fell like a tree onto the floor. The whole house shook. Ow. I hope I don't get a black eye! I want a 'rita... N-O-W!!!