and now the hangover?

so after all the thrills & exuberance of tuesday & yesterday, today felt like a bit of a letdown.  time to face the music-  i am very glad i am not barack obama.  why does he want that job anyway?  

my friend cathy wilson sent me the attached picture.  it seems a dad created a dress out of condoms for his daughter's prom.  a good way to keep the kids safe!  i thought it would be a good accessory to include- we need to start thinking about our inaugural gowns now- don't we girls? 

well i did it make to my training appointment this morning.  joel is my new trainer since my old trainer, adam, left the employ of gold's gym.  i really loved adam- we had a great time while i worked out- we would just chatter away.  he was one of the most positive & encouraging people i've met.  joel & i had kind of a rough start.  first of all, it took nine months for them to finally get me scheduled with someone after adam left.  so i started with joel & the first time we had a session, he started me off by putting me on the two half balls & having me do squats- 45 reps.  it just got worse from there.  by the time i did my cool down on the ellipitical i literally fell off the machine when i tried to step down.  i knew this wasn't a good start- i also wanted to make sure i wasn't being resistant- & boy did i hurt.  getting up & down out of chairs & the steps were especially killer- i talked it over with danny to check it out & make sure i was on track.  danny said he watches those guys sometimes with chubbettes like me & that some of those trainers can just be sadistic- like they get a pleasure out of making people that are out of shape hurt.  so i went to my next appt (it had been a week & i was finally out of pain- it took almost 6 days) & i talked with joel.  he was open & so we started over again.  as it turns out, joel is a rabid conservative.  when we were talking about the election, i asked him to tell more about his objections to obama.  the response was immediate, rehearsed & clearly joel had engaged in this discussion before!  it went something along the lines of "anyone who tries to take away my guns doesn't get my vote.  he's trying to mess with my 2nd amendment rights."  joel served in iraq/afghanistan & is presently in school to get degree in military intelligence.  his ideal would be to get a job with the CIA or NSA in covert operations (or as we called it growing up the government- i work for the government is beltway speak for i work for the CIA)  since i am soo not a morning girl, our lively political discussions provide welcome distractions for me so i'm not thinking i have 30 more of these #$%*&@ reps to do) & additionally, it helps to wake me up.  we both stay respectful & know we are on very different sides of many issues - there are also some surprising areas of agreement.  & i hope i'll learn some new information.  if i only hang with my own species- i won't learn stuff.  so joel & i have settled into our routine- he's no adam, but he'll do.  as long as i find some level of entertainment in the working out, it won't be too bad.

so sadie dog & i are off to bed.  danny is in southwest va for the night, so it's just us girls.  here is what sadie looks like getting ready for bed-  it's the pre-sleep sleep- i've included a close up as well.   (i really do have WAY too much time on my hands, don't i?!)