I'm here, ladies! Thanks for keeping me on page 1!!
I think this entire state is going to go up in flames. We have had only .19" of rain this year, and high humidity has been 10%. It's windy (20 - 40mph) nearly every day and HOT!!! We usually have 1 month in the spring and 1 in the fall where it's always windy, but it just hasn't stopped this year.
I'm about 55 miles as the crow flies from Los Alamos, so about 45 from where the latest fire broke out. It has burned 50k acres in less than 24 hours and now threatens Los Alamos National Labs - think lots of top secret stuff, radioactive stuff, explosive stuff. They just ordered mandatory evac of the town. There is another fire burning in the Bosque ( only green/wooded area) that runs along the rio grande) about 25 miles south of Albuquerque. We just got done getting the THICK smoke from the Wallow fire & the other AZ fire (& we are 200 miles away). Why NM doesn't totally outlaw ALL fireworks this year I just don't understand. And our biggest threat is dry thunderstorms which are supposed to kick in over the next 48 hours. UGH!!!!
DH has a couple of cousins and his dad's only brother who lives in White Rock near Los Alamos, so we may have company soon. I really feel for them all and am praying they can get a handle on this fire soon. If the labs burn/explode, the state could for 100's of miles.
But to happier things......
Cruise was great in many ways. Ziplining was totally AWESOME and I can't wait to go again. The 6 hours flew by. I have almost 200 pics on FB just of that.
Everyone had a good time, except DH, but with him it's hard to tell. The only bad part was that except for dinner, I ate alone most of the time, as DH couldn't wait til I got ready, ever, or was in the casino. Sigh....... I really did miss having my DSis along as a 'playmate'.
DS21 really did graduate. Now to find a job. His internship ends Thursday, the day he gets back from helping with the HS camp. And, that day he has a meeting/interview with the new 'head hiring guy'. Hopefully it will be positive. Generally, the majority of the staff he is friends with all concur that they should make him the 'HR' guy and there really isn't one. Who knows, but it would be nice if he would just have a FT job.
DS25 had a birthday this week. Still the same, except he cut all his hair off!!! Not shaved, but NORMAL
!! Hopefully it is a tiny step in the right direction. And, he still has his car, so he must be making payments, even though he is still overdrawing his account continuously.
DD19 quit DQ and is now working for a new movie theater in town. Getting full time hours this summer, complaining like crazy, but oh, well! Still not sure if she will pull off keeping her full scholarship. She is quite capable, but doesn't study, or she wouldn't be needing a 3.8 next semester. Her business, can't tell her, but might be a hard lesson.
My weight SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!! I am still up from my low in Oct, by about 15 - 20 lbs depending on the day. It is just all over the place for no apparent reason usually. Had my annual Gyn visit, but no results yet. Was up 2 lbs there from last April, so I'm generally maintaining, but it just isn't what I need to do.
I SHOULD be officially menopausal in late July, but I"m doubting it. I spotted in Nov & again in May & I just don't feel 'done'. Wish I were!!
I can't seem to stay on track despite good intentions. I quit WW, again, as of July 15. I have been 5 times in the last year, and have been on again, off again since 1/27/03
!! I've had my Bugg 120 weeks which is totally depressing. Time to really buckle down and get this done once and for all.
I am planning to meet my Dsis from FL in KC on 10/6 and drive with her to Iowa for a nephews wedding. I haven't seen her in almost a year and she's cruising to Panama without me on my birthday
. My initial plan is to be back at my October weight by 10/5. I'm gonna really try to get going on this. The last time my 5 siblings & I were together was my mom's funeral in 2003, right before I joined WW and it looks like we will all be in Iowa. (remember this when my DD or DS21 get married and only 1 of them come) I am not quite the shortest of the group and I really don't want to be the fattest!!
Thanks to groupon DH & I joined a gym, I just really need to GO!!! Unfortunately, it's a 'no frills' gym and no classes or pool, but has the cardio equip, weights and showers. With the 28% water rate increase starting 7/1, I'm trying to shame myself into going to the gym to shower there.
So, once again, starting tomorrow, I'm going to try to micromanage my food/activity here. Hopefully I'll be on enough to make y'all sick of me!
I'm also trying to do a bunch of SR 'cuz I want the $$. And, DSis & her 2 DD's & families are going on a cruise together next July & I want to go! DH doesn't, of course, as he is very NOT social. And he wants to do something 'alone' for our 30th anniv. in May. Translation - BORING. His idea of fun is casino or something historical with a lot of sitting. Mine is being active. I told him we can still do something close to our anniv. AND the cruise.....time will tell! But, if I can make my goal, I'm gonna go even if I have to go alone!
Off to get a couple things accomplished here, check the 'fire news', and get to a few journals later tonight. Hope all is well with all of you!
In just over a month, you'll be on your cruise!! I'm so excited for you, Julie!
I can't wait to hear all about it. 
Or at least we think he does. So far he has only 1 grade turned in. And he had a PITA online instructor who posted nothing until 10 weeks into the semester and has graded nothing at all yet, so no feedback. If he just 'pretend' graduates, he will have to take a summer school class to get his diploma. UGH!!!!
