Not Looking California, Not Feeling Minneapolis - Days 42 through 44

All the Minnesota I can feel

This could be a longer one. Grab a snack or five. First off, I am ever so thankful, grateful, relieved, and overjoyed to be sitting back on the ground in Ohio! YAY! I survived my travel trip! 

What a strange and trippy world we live in, when your expectations do not whatsoever match reality. I can't even begin to unravel everything I observed whilst flitting across the country. All I know is I had a beautiful time just getting to be with my son, being in his presence, and absorbing his energies. I miss him so much!  And my daughter-in-law, too!  

I have also realized that, after yesterday's travelings, NOTHING in my current existence comes close to matching that stress, and therefore, I should take a more relaxed approach to life at my desk. It's all good. Oh, and I really, really, really missed my own keyboard. I am not a laptop-keyboard kind of woman. Nope. I am old-school, external, slightly-tilted-upward-keyboard woman. 

I don't believe there has ever been a time, since the kids grew and flew the coop, that I have been SO VERY EXCITED to get home. If nothing else, the trip gave me a lot of perspective on life, love, and what truly makes me happy. For that alone, it was worth it. 

Everything else is just the extraneous drama I created for myself from point A to point home. 

So, as you can imagine, I flew caution and carb counting to the wind (and rain). Did I mention the rain? Did I mention how it rained every single day until yesterday, sitting in the airport waiting to board the flight to Minneapolis, and then this: 

That's right - blue skies ... 

Well, I thought this would be a longer one, but I lost my train of thought, so I'll just continue tomorrow ... 

Day 44 Progress

Weight: 206

Steps: 2145

Reading:  21 pages (110 total) 

What I Et:

- The morning coffee

- Diet Dr. Pepper

- Diet Coke 

- Factor Chicken Marsala - (Less than whelming - no picture) 

- A chaffle 

- The Afternoon coffee 

- A salad with deli bbq chicken, shredded carrots, red cabbage, obviously lettuce, some French-fried onions, and a homemade dressing with heavy cream, Thai red curry chili paste, rice-wine vinegar, and some stevia (NOT my best creation) ... I ate about 1/2 of it. 

- A bit more Diet Dr. Pepper 

 46 Days to GOAL!!