Wow, another weekend over and summer's end is within sight. How the heck did that happen?
Thursday night's Buffett concert was amazing! We enjoyed everything about it except all the drunk or high people around us. I think we were among only about 20% of the crowd around us that was completely sober. I was physically ill to see a 20-something girl and her boyfriend get beer for the two ~16 year old boys in front of us (one of which was her brother) -- the boys were obviously high or drunk before intermission and then the big sister bought them both large plastic cups of beer and proceeded to take pix of them acting goofy. I thought I was literally going to vomit. We left soon thereafter, partially in self-defense rather than to be in the drunken crowd or all those drunk/high drivers. The concert itself, though, was absolutely amazing. Jimmy sure knows how to entertain! And I think I danced for two solid hours!
Oh, for food there -- I did a vegan veggie burger and we shared 2 philly pretzels and diet soda. On the way home, I had 2 TB crunchy tacos w/no cheese, add tomato. Was well within my points for the day, so that was good.
We went up to DS12's camp on Friday -- that area of the Catskills is so beautiful (the best part, however, was the absence of cell phone signal!
) First caught sight of DS from backstage while we were waiting for his play to start. He did a great job in a major role in his play and his voice was wonderful. That is the first time he has performed with a head mike and I was amazed at how different and mature his voice sounded.
Friday night we got to hear his "rock band" perform a song they wrote -- he was the lead singer
Let's just say their enthusiasm eclipsed their talent!
But they were having a great time and the crowd went wild for them!
That was the best thing about seeing all the performances this weekend -- 1000% support of every single effort. It was so wonderful and heartwarming to see.
We made note of some of the kids' names, especially the two leads in Les Mis, because I think they are destined for great things.
Food Friday was good -- there were a lot of temptations in the dining room, but I skipped the cheeseburgers, fries & hot dogs and chips and nachos and did okay. Stopped at McDs on the way back to the hotel that night and DH and DD gave in to mcnuggets, fries & 1/4 pounders -- I had a hot fudge sundae with nuts (well worth every one of the 7 points it cost -- so much so that I did it again Saturday night!)
Did well again with food Saturday so that I could "afford" another sundae for dessert when we left the camp with DS and all his "stuff". He wanted mcnuggets and a cheeseburger and fries and a shake and we let him have it all. He had skipped dinner since he had a rehearsal for his circus performance, so he was ravenous by that point.
I made a veggie & beef soup/stew when we got home yesterday and munched on that for late lunch and dinner last night. Didn't go to the gym as I thought I might. Pitiful, really, but I figure we walked at least 2 solid hours Friday and 3 solid hours Saturday, increasing my August exercise challenge by 300 minutes total.
The scale looked to be down about another 1.5 this morning (I was a bit incredulous and I think I heard it scream "ENOUGH!" after I stepped on it about 6 times all with the same number!
) Hoping that is the number that shows up tomorrow for official WI. Eating lots of veggies today, so we'll see.
Today's food:
B: 10 grain tortilla w/lite turkey (3)
S: fat free yogurt (2) with unsweetened frozen strawberries (1)
L: cucumbers & tomatoes (0)
S: baby carrots (1)
D: veggies from beef stew/soup (1)
Not sure what else I will eat, but am hoping to get to the gym and then to the fountain walk. There were so many gnats there last week, and I am hoping it won't be so bad tonight. Also hoping to get in 3.1 miles at something better than 49:47 (my last 5K time), so that I can register for a 5K this Saturday with some expectation of a new PB.
Your trip report was a lot of fun to read! 
I just can't even believe I dreamt about that! Yeah, you can tell where my priorities lie! 
when the scale KEPT ON SAYING I was down 2 more pounds, that I woke up DH and insisted he step on the scale -- his weight was absolutely accurate, so I stepped on the scale, reset it, and stepped on it again no less than 10 times! And it said the same thing again and again! This is so incredible to me. It means I've lost 5.5 pounds in August! I have NO IDEA if it will be the same tomorrow morning, but I don't even care. I have not seen this number in so long that I don't even remember weighing this much! It certainly goes back to my early college days. DH has never even known me at this weight and we met in October of 82. I know I am going on and on. I can't help it. I am really excited!
