Lots of news (SBD, Baby, weekend, work)
At the end of 3 weeks on the South Beach Diet and 1 week on Phase 2, I
am at 242 pounds. A loss of only 4 during the week. I can
almost definitely say now that exercise plays a very large role in the
weight loss: the days I exercised more I lost, the days I didn't
I stayed the same. My plan is still to be 230 or below when my
mom gets here on August 22, so I have 14 days to lose 12+ pounds.
That means 2 weeks of exercise and maybe going back to phase 1.
In baby news, at our appointment on Friday the doctor said Ann was 1cm
and 70% effaced. meaning the baby is on it's way soon. She
estimated the baby to be 6 pounds or so, and guessed she would be here
in about 3 weeks if the exam didn't cause her to come. That would
put the birth around August 26th. The ultrasound doctor said
around September 6th, I said around August 16th, so that's pretty close
to the middle. My mom says it's going to happen on August 18th or
19th, because that's when the next full moon is. Right now we
plan on namig her Alexandria Intera Ogburn. I'm absolutely set on
the first name, Ann is still deciding on a Thai name for the
middle. She's asked her mom to send her a book of Thai baby
names, but I think (hope?) it won't get here in time. We are so
ready for this baby, especially Ann. It's been so hot and the
baby is riding so low she's having a hard time walking and starting to
have some back pain.
Over the weekend we went baby shopping and spent way too much, but also
got some great deals. We were at Walmart getting some baby
clothes and were in line paying $2 - $10 each when they came on the
intercom and said all baby clothes were being marked down to $1.
You wouldn't believe how quickly we got out of line and went back to
the baby section to get them all marked down and grab some more.
Plus it was the tax free weekend for back to school, so we got lots of
cute clothes for cheap. Then as we were pulling out of the
parking lot I saw my old car, the Trans Am I traded in for my
Avalanche. Of course I had to follow the guy next door to Lowes
and talk to him. They gave me $8000 for it on trade and sold it
to him for $7500. He said he had traded in his truck and so only
had to pay $6250, and that it was exactly the car he was looking for;
the right color, everything. I don't know what kind of truck he
traded or it's value, but atleast it seems like Hewlitt Chevrolet
didn't rip either one of us off too much.
In day job news, I found out Friday that I have to give a presentation
on Tuesday at our All Hands meeting on a Process Improvement project
I'm working on. That left me very little time to create the
presentation. Since it is at an all-hands meeting, that means
several hundred people. Oh my god, oh my god; I am so terrified
just thinking about it. I've only given one speach at
Toastmasters and that was hard, and it was only about 10 - 15
people. I must think positive thoughts: I will do good, I
will do good, maybe the baby will be born tonight so I don't have to do
it :),... I will do good. I'll let you know how it goes.