Updates…

Hey Family…

Work…Still busy from the post-hurricane rescheduling. My next check will have a crazy amount of involuntary OT. You can bet I’ll be treating myself to something nice. October is my first month without a truck payment.  I plan to save the majority of the surplus…but a sistah needs some toys. I really like the new  ipod nano.  Yes, I know  for $50 more I can get the 20GB iPod…but the nano is so cute! Decisions…

Fitness…Chesty and I are still kicking ass in the BFTC. I feel strong and healthy…and most importantly…in control. My body adores clean eating, so I must continue. Going clean until Turkey Day (which really won’t be THAT much of a splurge). I just have to have my mama’s homemade mac & cheese and fried turkey. *drooling*

Boys…I still like them. I’ve been hit on my two lesbians recently…flattering…but unfortunately  I’m attracted to the dumb stick. J has been extra attentive lately…and the jury is still out on whether that’s a good thing or not. I’d say more, but my little ol’ journal ain’t so little anymore.

LAF…The big ride is 2 weeks from today! I can’t believe that we’re aiming for the 40-mile course! I’d love to complete a century ride (100 miles) before I turn 30 (9/18/07 for those planning to attend my big bash).

Vacations…Nothing major planned for the rest of the year (so the haters can stop hatin’!). However, we’re planning a group trip to either Nassau or St Kitts for Chesty’s birthday in March. Since Mardi Gras is out next year, I’d also like to plan a Vegas excursion before summer. Hopefully Red, Tucker, Tara and Roxie will be able to join us.

Book…I just finished Conversations with the Fat Girl by Liza Palmer. Very funny…American author with British wit. Definitely more realistic than the "fat turned fabulous" champion, Jemima J.

From Publishers Weekly:
Palmer debuts with the latest sprightly entry in the ever-expanding category of light romantic comedies starring plus-sized heroines. Maggie has been best friends with fellow fat girl Olivia since they were 12. Following gastric bypass surgery at 22, however, Olivia grows increasingly unrecognizable. Now 27, she’s engaged to Adam, a fat-phobic Ken doll, and although Maggie is to be the maid of honor, she feels less and less a part of Olivia’s skinny new life. After Olivia disappoints her old friend again and again, Maggie sets in motion a long-overdue and explosive confrontation and walks into the arms of the colleague—busboy to her barista—whom she’s had a crush on for ages. By that time, in true chick-lit style, Maggie is both earnestly at work improving herself and being loved for her true, unimproved self. And though Palmer doesn’t moralize, it’s when Maggie starts to make her own, more realistic wishes come true—by taking a better job and signing up with a trainer instead of a surgeon—that she sees her love requited. It turns out her instincts were good—as are Palmer’s.

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 Hope everyone has a great week!

-C