Look out of any window...

...in Washington, DC, and you will notice the thunderstorm that began right at 4:55 as everybody was just about to wrap things up at work. I looked out my window just to make sure I was hearing a massive downpour, and noticed one person in the building across from mine doing the exact same thing.

What can I say? Some days you are watching the clock more than others.

As I get skinnier...

...I become much less willing to wear clothes that don't fit well. Anything that is too baggy or makes me look bigger than I am ends up on one side of my room and the things that fit end up on the other. I just feel more confident wearing clothes that fit nicely. And I'm kind of loving the more defined waistline.

I still have a ways to go, but everything is already awesome.

11:03 AM...

...is the time that I started spinning around in circles in my office chair because I was bored. Some days, the minutes just do not pass by quickly enough.

I've had nearly the same weigh in for the last 3 weeks. I know part of it is because I have been building muscle. I just kind of miss seeing the number going down. Maybe I'll have to switch it up in my workouts and food choices a little next week.

2 Anniversaries

I have 2 anniversaries today. I earned my associates degree 13 years ago today, and I returned home from my mission 10 years ago today. Such a long time ago. I've been wearing plus size clothes for 10 years.

Just thought I would mention that today.

Success

I wore a suit to work today because I was feeling successful. This morning at the gym, I was able to get 30 consecutive minutes on the Elliptical. I've never done that before. I've barely made it to 15 minutes once, and that was over a month ago.

On Saturday, I went on the MS Walk with some people from work. We finished the 3-mile walk in 50 minutes. I was dripping wet from the rain, but I didn't break a sweat. Never thought that would happen.

I love seeing improvement and progress.

Allergies

Hello, Allergy Season,

I'm going to try really hard not to let you get the best of me this spring. I have made all the appropriate preparations - stocked up on Claritin and cough drops, and such. I hear everybody sneezing and coughing, and I'm not having irritating allergies this year.

I just wanted to make myself clear on that matter.

Kate

An Interesting Morning

Every year in March, I help with the GR Summit at work. It is exhausting and I usually need to take at least a day off work when the meeting is over to catch up on my life. This year was different - I've been working out at the gym and haven't been as tired, and I've just been handling things better overall. I didn't miss a single workout due to the meetings. Everything was business as usual.

I kept my plan of taking a day off work, two in this case. Figured I might as well take a four day weekend. Yesterday was my first day off work and it was rather uneventful, but very relaxing. Today I woke up and walked into my bathroom and it was completely flooded from the apartment upstairs.

While the workers were waiting for the ceiling to dry out, I went to work on one of my projects that I've been meaning to complete for over a year - reupholstering my vanity bench.

This was the prior fabric on the bench.


Then I cut out the fabric and learned how to use a staple gun. The staple gun was definitely the fun part. Reminded me of Iona in Pretty in Pink, when Iona aims her staple gun at a shoplifter. Shoplifter kid: "You missed my eye by and inch!" Iona: "Half an inch. This isn't the public library, Light Fingers."

Here is the bench all finished and put back in place. Loving the fabric.

Oh...and the second best part of the morning had to be reading my horoscope: If there's a problem in the garden -- Slugs? Snails? Bulbs aren't blooming? Weeds are all-consuming? -- you're going to put on your gardening gloves and solve it. If there's a problem in the bathroom -- Toilet broken? Water boiler smoking? -- you're going to put on your bathroom-problem-fixing gloves and fix it. What's the ultimate household necessity? Trouble-solving you!

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Or reupholster furniture.