Today I got another big batch of mail from my mom's friends in the dog-breeding world, including a box of spa goodies for me and my girly-friends over here. How cool is it that such a large group of people that I don't have never even met took the time to write me letters and show me some TLC - I am completely overwhelmed right now. Completely misty-eyed and overwhelmed. I even got a letter from a DOG!
Day 3 of "OSB" - our challenge - is going well. I really struggled at the gym this morning as 0500 came way too early and I was still blistered and tired from yesterday. But I got up and made it through (most of) my workout, and I am proud of myself. As I told Heather, I can't tell anything on the outside, but I can feel a difference in my body - everything's tighter and just more energized. But a tired kind of energized, if that makes sense. These blisters are a real nuisance, although the ones on my heels are completely ok right now because I bought some Band-Aid "blister cushions" from drugstore.com and I tried them out today - honestly can't feel a thing!!! Now, if they only made them small enough to go on the blisters between my toesies - ouch. I hate those. One of the big things we try to do is get a good balance of carbs, protein, and fat - and I never can seem to get enough fat in my diet. We are aiming for a breakdown of 40% carbs, 30% protein, and 30% fat - and that is hard to do! You are having to constantly think about everything that goes into your body and how it will shift your breakdown...lots of thinking going on about food. But hey, that's how we roll here at Camp Cupcake. Mmmmmm...a cupcake would be really good right now. Meggers, break out the lemon. I need to hush now.
I listened to this really cool podcast this morning on the treadmill of RadioLab, one of my favorite shows on NPR. They were talking about laughter and how it is perceived that humans are the only ones who laugh but do you know that chimpanzees laugh? And rats as well? Very interesting. But when I heard them talking about baby laughter - which, FYI, usually starts around the 90th day after birth - I got so freaking excited about going home and meeting my little baby neice. She's going to be sooooooooooooo cute and I can't wait to meet her and hear all of her gurgly sounds and cries and coos. Megan's shower is this weekend at Magnolia's in Charleston and I SO wish I could be there. But I am glad I was able to give her her gift before I left and see her face when she saw it, so I kind of had my own little private party with her and Jamie. Can't wait to see her new house, too!
Tracy and Jason got all moved into their new house - well, their old house but it's new to them since it was completely destroyed (this word is an understatement) by their last renter and had to be completely refloored, repainted, deodorized and fumigated - and now it's a better house that they are excited to live in again. It has been a busy summer for the fam and I am glad that things are starting to settle down a bit.
It seems like the closer I get to my departure date, the more homesick I get. When I get back to the States, I am going to crawl into a bed with those dogs of mine and snuggle for days and days when I get home. Snuggle snuggle snuggle.
Hard to believe that tomorrow my 60 day countdown begins. I am so freaking excited.
Love. xo Kelly
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