Week 1 - Day 6

Yesterday we got up early and went to the Autumn Fest in Pinehurst, NC with a couple CPT Snicklefritz knows from his school. John and Ashton are both lawyers and they are both beautiful. I kind of hate them, but they are just so nice, it's hard to really hate them. Thankfully, John has a small gap between his two front teeth which is the one thing I can't get over in someone looks wise, so I'm not in love with him. Despite his fabulous jet black hair, pale skin, and very smart tattoos.

Anyway, we spent a very nice morning with them in spite of the fact that I was intermittently hacking up a lung. I felt terrible by the time we left, but I am happy to report that I did not succumb to fair food. I had a small Italian Ice for my throat and then waited to have lunch at a local restaurant. It was BBQ Brisket sandwich with sweet potatoes and cole slaw. And it was awful. But I didn't eat other things, so that's good. The restaurant was terrible too, for the record.

After the disappointing lunch, we went back to the festival so that That Sprout could play at the park. I spent a lot of time looking at all the beautiful people, having fun together while I sat there with CPT Snicklefritz feeling like I was all by myself. I was feeling very sick at this point, so I am not going to beat myself up too much about the fact that I started crying on the way back to the car. I said something about "Even Antonin Scalia is friends with Ruth Bader Ginsberg. They rode on an elephant together."

It probably did not help anything that I was feeling very frumpy, very ugly, and very fat. We ran into a couple of other people CPT Snicklefritz's class who had run the 5K with their girlfriends. Who were skinny and in shape. I am pretty sure that these people probably aren't judging me, but I feel like they are. This is probably just me judging myself.

On a bright note, when I am all by myself I feel a little better about the way my body looks. I think I can already see some changes. This is likely a result of being proud of my accomplishments at the gym, but feeling good is feeling good.

And I think I've lost about 4 pounds. So there's that.