Trip Home....

Thanksgiving was so amazing. I had definitely been missing my family and friends. Turns out six months is way too long. I can't go that long again. I got to see a ton of my highschool friends.  I really love getting to see them.  I also got to meet two of my friends babies.  They are so cute. 

I haven't gotten upset about leaving yet since I will be back for Christmas. I will get to see more KC people and Ryan's family then so that will be good. It will be super busy….but good. The drive wasn't bad at all. We ended up making it in closer to 15 hours then 16. The only hang up was the West Virginia deer. There were seriously like 50 of them. I was so worried we were going to hit one…especially since it was midnight and there were no other cars on the road. Thankfully my husband is amazing and we made it with out any problems.
Speaking of my husband he is out of town for a couple days. Turns out I really don't like being in DC when he is not here. He took the car so I am basically stranded….well except for the metro. Thankfully I don't go any where during the week except work so no problems there. He comes back soon…but not soon enough. Every time he leaves and we have to just talk on the phone it reminds me of when we were just dating. I don't miss the long distance…that is for sure.
I only gained 1.4 pounds over Thanksgiving and I ate a lot. I am pretty happy that the damage wasn't that bad...especially since I hit the Dr. Pepper pretty hard. I am already back in loose weight mode. My new favorite thing….the elliptical (thanks to my parents). I did it in our apartment gym yesterday and felt really good afterwards. I am slowly increasing the amount of time I am on it and feel better each time I do it. I was sweating big time. Oh…funny thing is I don't really fit on the machine that well. It is especially hard to reach the buttons to set what workout I am going to do. I probably look really funny standing on my tippy toes trying to push buttons. Sometimes I am not even sure what I am pushing :-)

- ACK