I'm blogging so it can only mean one thing: I'm at the library! Not much time to get all my thoughts down (and the library computers are notoriously slow) so I'm shooting for the random thought layout and just gonna start writing and see where I'm at when my 60 minutes is up.

Let's begin.

* I ate a piece of carrot cake this weekend! I had $5.00 in my pocket and a street fair in my neighborhood so I went there with the intention of buying food and not feeling any guilt about it. I walked the small yet very exciting "Art of Tacoma" street fair a few times looking at all the goodies and finally picked my target. It was delicious. I sat in some shade on a curb and just let my mind think whatever it wanted to think. I was not going to let it deter me from enjoying something that I not only deserved but also am allowed to eat.

* I didn't count one calorie this weekend. I didn't gorge myself on fatty foods out of a bag that I asked to be "super sized". I didn't eat a pint of ice-cream. I didn't order a large pepperoni pizza with extra cheese and eat in a dark room with only the t.v. on. In fact, I ate out once for lunch and only ate half of my sandwich and some of the fries it came with and brought the rest home (which later went into the garbage because I can't stand cold fries and no way in hell I was going to heat them up when there was good clean eating to be done in my house).

* I'm going to be running a 10k this coming Saturday. I'm trying to stay cool about the whole thing but it's not working too well. I know two things will take place on race day 1) I will start 2) I will finish. Those are the only two things I care about. The race is on Vashon so lots of hills to be climbed. I hope to finish in 90 minutes but I'm not going to hold my breath on that time.

* Yesterday I ran a 3.3 miles sans electronics. No music, no heart rate monitor, no watch. It was a beautiful process to run, listen to my breathing and just have a conversation with myself about how life is going.

* Tomorrow is the first meet and greet for the TrekTriathlon taking place on Sept 19th. I am thrilled and scared beyond words to go only because it will reinforce what I already know to be true: I am going to be doing my first triathlon in approximately 10 weeks!!!

* I will also be going to a meet and greet meeting for Team in Training. If I like what I see then I'll be joining. My event that I'm shooting for? The Amica 1/2 marathon on November 28th. That's right, I said it HALF MARATHON BABY!

* The scale is on the downward move again after seeing close to a 5 pound gain since my last OWiS (#27 = 200.8) a little more than a week ago. I identified why there was a gain (stress) and systematically went about getting myself to a much calmer state of being. It's working and I look forward to pulling up my big girl panties and getting back to business.

* I miss all my VBB(s). I've only been able to read a few of them via my phone since I'm cutting out the internet usage while at home. I find so much strength in reading every struggle / victory / frustration / accomplishment / movement forward / gain / loss / slump / triumph. So stinkin proud of everyone!

* Life is moving forward.

* I am in control.