Hilarity....

The first of many

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. ~Carol Sobieski and Thomas Meehan, Annie

The first of many shin digs to say "goodbye" happened last night.

It was with my bestest friend of 17 years, her mom and daughter, my other friend of 17 years (we all met in 7th grade) and my childhood and lifelong friend of 26 years.

We had a blast and took tons of pictures - see my fave! All of a sudden sombreros were on our heads....

And, I did not cry. I was so proud of myself.

Then, I go home. I see a package from my dearest friend, Beth, and bawl like a baby. She made me a CD with awesome songs. I'll post a list of some of the songs later but some of them are from when we worked together and sang over and over...like Uninvited by Alanis Morrisette. Beth, you are right. Though we don't see each other often (goes with all my friends really) - it's just different because I'm so far away. Thank God for Al Gore for inventing the Internet (lol) and for Alexander Graham Bell for inventing the telephone line!

Let the Countdown Begin

Hi folks.

So, everyone I can think to tell knows about OHC and the fact that it's actually going to happen.

Mostly everyone's first question is "why?" and my response is "why not?"

The countdown has officially begun. I have 10 days exactly as an Alabamian. With this thought in mind, every time I see something with 'Alabama' on it I want it so badly. It's like if I don't have something that says Alabama I will forget that I'm from Alabama and all the goodies that go along with that. It's not true but my mind does go there. I did buy a new Alabama football shirt. Boy, am I going to miss some good ole football! I do realize they will show some SEC games in Florida but its not the same.

I can't exactly see Sharon (my new grandma whom I'm staying with - she doesn't know she's my new grandma yet and I'm not going to tell her) rooting on Alabama with me while watching on her big screen. And, I doubt she will explain to me what happened, after I cheer but don't know what I'm cheering about.

You know, I will always be an Alabamian really. I want to be - surprisingly.

I'm trying to see everyone before I go, but I'm afraid I probably won't be able to see them all. Just know that this blog will be a great source to see what's going on in between emails and phone calls. I haven't posted a lot lately, with so much going on, but that will change once I'm all alone...with no one here to guide me....I'm alone! With no one here beside me......sniff sniff.

Triathlon Debut goes bye bye

okay for those of you waiting with baited breath on my triathlon debut this weekend....wait no longer.

They closed registration this past weekend before we could register! Only moments after I had just practiced swimming and swam 32 laps! Ugh. Mr. Fitness informs me. Double ugh. So, he began looking at upcoming tris so our efforts will not be in vain. We found one in October in Florida the weekend of our anniversary , so we may do that and spend the rest of the weekend in Orlando. Could be fun.

Rediscovery Part 2

Beth, I forgot to post. I guess if there are people reading this aside from the 6 people, I KNOW who are reading my posts, I need to update everyone.

It's happened. Operation Holy Cow is in full, freakin force. It HAS happened. I got the job I wanted and I'm so excited. Florida, here I come!

Now is the hard part. My heart has hurt all day. The emotional side of this was expected but hurts far worse than I had imagined.

So, in about four weeks, I get to rediscover myself again in a whole new world (cue song from Aladdin here in Broadway musical).

When will the tears stop? I'm excited - don't get me wrong. I don't regret it at all - yet. It's just hard to decipher through the tears.

It will be okay. It's just a bit difficult at the moment.

WOD 08/02/08

I forgot to post this.

In prep for the Sprint Tri in 2 wks, I rode my bike for 6 miles in 37 minutes. My goal for the tri is to finish in 2 hours. Why you ask? Because that is the time limit the race officials have placed. If you are not finished in 2 hours then you are disqualified.

Now, I don't know about you, but if I bust my ass that hard to even go through with this - YOU BETTER NOT DISQUALIFY ME! Mr. Fitness is certain as he continues to say "you will be fine".

So that is what I'm banking on.

Finally...the unimagineable has occurred

yes, the house is finally on the market. That's right. I said it.

AND, we've already had several people look at it!