It was a HOT one today!!  When the temperature on the Lake County Fairgrounds sign says "84 degrees"  and you know it's at least ten degrees hotter when you're walking/jogging on Route 20 where the heat waves bounce off of the cement and hit you in the face -- just to finish standing up (and not throwing up!) is an accomplishment of which to be proud!  And our contingent of two walkers and three joggers DID finish standing up, and all of us even improved on our times from last year.  Hip-hip-hooray!  Last year my time for the 3.1 Walk was 44.41 and this year was clocked at 43.36 -- not quite at a thirteen minute mile yet but getting there!  I did see Vivian (and Bob), and read Michael's name in the paper so the Lighten Up contest was represented again this year.  

Last weekend ended with the air conditioner drain being plugged and leaking in the basement.  Thankfully there wasn't a lot ruined because the cardboard boxes absorbed the water -- but there's still a lot of sorting/pitching/cleaning to do.  As I'm going through boxes, I ran across papers and a chart from one of the numerous times that I've weighed and measured and said "This is IT -- this weight is coming OFF!!"  It looks like I stuck to a plan pretty well for a couple or three months, but then it ends.  (sound familiar?)  Plan A, Plan B, Plan C -- I've probably cycled through the alphabet countless times in trying to find a solution that will work.  Anyway, this chart was dated 1998, and I have to just shake my head when I think of all the time and energy that has been devoted/wasted to solve a problem that I created for myself in the first place!  And with more digging there's probably another chart that's dated earlier --

Keep moving, and keep working on finding a plan that will work for you. (trial & error!)

Have a good week!

Barb