i *heart* lighting

the GE lighting institute completely rocked!!! it was amazing... i learned so much, and saw lots of neat things... wow... i can't wait to go back!!! the bad thing is, i'm still dreamy about lighting... so i haven't wanted to do any of my real work since i've returned... hehe...

well, the walk is just a few days away... i'm a little bit nervous, but mostly very excited!!! this past weekend, i trained in the rain... it wasn't fun, so i'm hoping for nice weather... i'll let ya know how it goes... wish me luck!

Cleveland Rocks!

okay, so i just got that from a song, i don't really know... but i'm about to find out... yep, i'll be in cleveland for the rest of this week... going to the GE Lighting Institute (woooooo... everyone act impressed)... the itinerary seems pretty full/busy, so i doubt i'll get to explore much of the city... and it's going to be cold... but i brought my walking shoes anyway... at the very least, i can hop on the treadmill at the hotel gym...

oh, and happy belated easter to everyone! I hope the Easter Bunny was good to you... he completely missed my house (but i live with a jewish woman, so i really didn't expect to be on Mr. Bunny's list this year)... my mom didn't even send me a basket (of course, she didn't do baskets for my siblings either)... but i'm glad i didn't have all that sugary easter candy to fight off, so i guess having a non-traditional easter wasn't such a bad thing...

the cat's outta the bag...

yep... i couldn't hold it in any longer, and chris knows his surprise... well, he knows that i've been working out a lot, and eating healthy, and that i look a little different... but he doesn't know the amount lost, or how different i look... so the actual sight of me might still be a little surprising... i'm so horrible at keeping surprises a secret for long periods of time... well, surprises and secrets that begin with me anyway... if someone else tells me something, i'm really good at keeping my mouth shut, but for some reason i can't keep quiet when it's my surprise/secret... it's kinda like when i was younger and playing hide-and-seek... anytime the seeker would get close to me, i would start giggling, and give myself away... hehe... i was horrible at that game... anyway, now i have another supporter in my corner for my journey...

oh, and a sad update on the gossip i reported earlier... my sister and josh have officially called off the wedding, the engagement, and the relationship... josh had become such a part of the family, it will be hard not seeing him around... hopefully they'll take some time off and then try to work things out when they've both cooled down...

training snafu

well, today we only made it 2.5 miles before autumn got really sick and we had to stop... kind of disappointing, but i understand when your body just says "no more"... it was really hot today (80 degrees by 9am), and she ate a power bar a little too quickly, and that combination did not agree with her...

it's getting hotter outside, so i think i'm going to do my walking tapes to get some more miles in today... yeah...

gossip...

my sister's wedding has been postponed... i don't have a time frame on the postponement, nor do i have a lot of details as to why this decision was made... i just know that she wasn't happy with the status quo, and decided it was time for a change...

in other news, tomorrow, i'm walking 21.5 miles!!! it's going to be GREAT!!! i may not be able to move on sunday, but i'm gonna do it!!! (can you tell, i'm really trying to psyche myself up for this???)

and... just 5 more weeks till chris is here!!! i'm getting super excited about that! and then we're going to indiana... that's gonna be GREAT fun too!!!