4 pounds down in the tropical sun.....

I had an awesome extended weekend visit in the sun...I tried to fit 1 year into 4 days .. I had an awesome time with my family and taking care of a million and one other things ... BUT BUT BUT ... what I liked best was the AWESOME SUN ... even when it got a bit cloudy the weather held ...the clouds passed and there was the awesome tropical sun again....

I came home in the wee hours of the morning this morning totally EXHAUSTED ... I should have taken another day off from work for REST ONLY but I am frugal with my PTO of which I have a lot ... some I cash in and most I save for use as I will be traveling back and forth to round my family throughout the year ...

I came in to work and the morning chill totally waked me up ... YIKES ... WHERE IS THE SUN? I am already missing the tropical sun...

My entry in my digital empowerment journal "A Picture a Day Keeps the Pounds and the Inches Away" is brief and as usual goofy today ...  YIKES I am down 4 pounds ... melted in the tropical heat ... 

6 years and 3 months post RNY I AM IN MAINTENANCE SEAMLESSLY AND LOVING IT... and 4 pounds down I guess the increased activity ... the hustle and bustle and running around and sweating like a mule in the tropical heat did that ...

This is my empowerment collage today .... my BEFORE and my NOW ... as in TODAY...

I am missing the sun ... so I am wearing BIG FLOWERS and flowing in today chilliness ... I hope it warms up a bit...

my furry babies certainly missed me ...

they even followed me up to my third floor sitting room ... so much for quiet space LOL

and NOW IT IS WORKDAY WEDNESDAY ... break over ... I am going to PRESS HARD .... and dream about getting awesome restful sleep tonight ... it is much needed ...after and awesome bitter sweet and sun filled weekend...

HAVE A HAPPY DAY EVERY ONE!!! Thanks for allowing me to share SNIPPETS OF MY JOURNEY ..... 

There is joy and there is misery in equal measures in this world... I am embracing JOY and MAKING IT HAPPEN to ME!!! of course misery is right there but I am certainly NOT LETTING IT IN!!! Thank you Mary for these awesome words of wisdom that I have committed to heart....

I bet the babies were happy to have you home! I'm glad you enjoyed your weekend in the sun. 

It was a bitter sweet visit Karen ... but I am glad I went and got back safely... thank you! I missed them too!!

Thank you Molly..

You are always just so bubbly and up.  I love reading your posts.  You must drink happy juice in the mornings.  I need some of what you are on.  I think I am getting there though.

LOL ... Molly ... it is my Davidic praise ... gets me out of a jam each time ... I can't help but get up happy ... to be alive!!!

Girl, you did not have 4 lbs to spare!  Go eat something.  I'm jealous....I need some beach time!

I don't have them to spare except in my thighs and rear LOL ... but it was all that running around and that sun was no joke ... add some stress ... but I did eat .. OMG the seafood back home in all its variety is to die for....

I hear ya!  I can eat my weight in seafood!  I often wonder why our butts/thighs don't melt in the sun like a stick of butter!!?!?!?