Life's a Beach

Virginia Beach, to be precise. Vacations are a lot of work. I wasn't sure I would make it. It started the day before we left when I entered the parking garage at Nicky's doctor. Now I've never had a luggage carrier on top of the van so I will use that as my excuse for ripping it half off the top of the van. So I'm 20 minutes from home with all the kids in the car and the crossbars and big luggage holder on the ground at the parking garage. After his appointment, I pushed and prodded and finally got it into the van with Nicky putting his legs over the arms of his seat. John was able to get it back on, thankfully, and we loaded up and got them to the train station 15 minutes before the train. That was a bonus for Nicky. I picked them up in Richmond.

With the kids and my desire to keep the junk to a minimum, we got a hotel with a kitchenette. I had a cooler full of fruit and milk and a box full of cereal, crackers, granola bars and other snackables. So we didn't do too badly at the beach. Went to a buffet but they had really good steamed vegetables so that was the only thing I went back for seconds on. Steamed seafood and a little bit of prime rib. I think the boardwalk walking helped.

The time in Fayetteville house-hunting wasn't as good, food-wise. There's a Cici's Pizza there. I'm glad they cut the pizza into small slices and I'm very glad they use thin crust. The thickness of the crust makes a big difference in calories. Eating three slices of white pizza probably wasn't so good. And the Sonic's down there all have playgrounds. They've got a new dollar menu which helps in ordering smaller portions.

We found a house to rent, which was good. Ate a lot of junk, which was bad. So I was sure I had gained a couple pounds. Imagine my surprise when I posted a loss! I lost the same amount I gained last week so I'm at 191 still. A couple theories on the loss. I worried about what I was eating but I'm well-trained by DTG in portion size so I didn't over-eat on junk. Or, I was PMS-ing the week before and that was why there was a gain. So the loss was actually a hormone adjustment result. Probably both. Regardless, I'm ecstatic that five days away from home didn't sink me!