Recovery Day

How was everyone's 4th?! Mine was a ton of fun- I wish I had pictures for you, but I spent ~8 hrs floating down the James in a tube and didn't take my camera!! My face is pretty sunburnt- my nose always gets it the worst. I was even brave enough (liquid courage) to jump off the 2nd highest rock on the cliff jumps. I am bruised and battered all over from my many adventures that day. I lost my tube at some point along the river and swam the last 1/2 mile through the rapids tubeless so I'm a little scraped up. It was a so much fun...however----my body needed a full day to recover.


It could have been the 5 lbs of chinese food we stuffed down at the buffet after the trip or just plain old exhaustion, but I felt like an elephant had slept on me when I woke up Monday morning. At first I thought my legs were on fire, then I realized it must be a sunburn, then after inspection- no it was hundreds of tiny cuts all up and down them from my fruitless trek through the brambles looking for a "secret river." (It turned out it was too low to get in.) Aside from the scrapes, I have a killer bruise on my left arm- literaly a foot long- from jumping in the water and smacking it, as well as an oozing puncture wound in my foot. Fortunately, my work was closed on the 5th and Matt didn't have to go in either.


We spent the day nursing our wounds, playing fat princess, grilling out, and enjoying each other's company. It was nice to get to relax with Matt for a while before starting our crazy weeks. I had french fries for lunch (It was a recovery day! Don't judge!) 6pts- they were baked and organic.

For dinner, Matt grilled me a hot dog 6pts and I had some more fries 4pts. Om nom nom.

I had a few chips while reading Harry Potter (we are reading the series again. I HATE the 2nd book- which we are reading now. I can't wait to get through the 1st 3.) for 3pts and some blueberry cobbler 2pts for dessert later.

MONDAY STATS:
Points: 21/23
Weekly Allowance Points: 0 left /35 weekly
Exercise: couch potato!
Weekly Weight Loss: Weight Watchers Was Closed Today/ -29 lbs total


Hope to see less of each other next time!
Casey

Perfect Saturday and Romper Thoughts

Today has been great- it was a perfect Saturday and would have been a perfect day in general if I weren't currently working in the aerogel lab. boo.


Matt and I lazily got up and headed to Beer Run for brunch with Jamie and Chris. We watched the Germany game there and chilled out. I had El Capitan breakfast taco- DELICIOUS! Home made fresh corn tortilla, a little sausage, cheese, fresh salsa, and egg 5pts. 

After brunch, we went home and got Harley and Bear and played Bocce Ball on the lawn. A few kids were obsessed with poor Bear. He was having fun for a while, but got overwhelmed when he had 5 kids chasing him around like rabid zombies yelling. Bocce Ball was fun- my team won both times, of course (not really, I'm sure it was beginner's luck and the fact that I was the only girl playing so the opposition wasn't throwing the pollena far for me).


After a few hours of bocce and lots of sun, we headed home. I went to target to look for a swimsuit with different straps to combat my killer tan lines before the weddings in 2 weeks, but had no luck. However....what do you all think about ROMPERS? 

Not sure the difference between a romper and a jumper except that rompers sound more hipster and sexy while jumpers take me back to the days of Guinea pig class pets and nap time (which I would be more than happy to go back to). I tried one on and liked it a lot, but idk if that is because its actually cute or if they're just super trendy. I didn't buy it...I'm not sure I'm cool (or skinny) enough yet!


After Target, I was completely exhausted, I took an hr nap and then had dinner with Matt. I had Mac-N-Cheese 9pts and most of a chili potato 7pts....that was a while ago and I am still suuuuper stuffed. I am currently squeezing some aerogel work into my odd schedule so that I can do 8 hrs of work on my off day this week. Its not so bad since I've been using the time to fancify my blog. Did you notice??

SATURDAY STATS:
Points: 21/23
Weekly Allowance Points: 0 left /35 weekly
Exercise: bocce ball!!
Weekly Weight Loss: no weigh in this week/ -29 lbs total


Hope to see less of each other next time!
Casey