I work in a cube farm.  There are not any other people outside our group sitting near us, but right around the corner, there is a group.  One of the group members name is Fatima and every time I pass her cube, all I can hear is Camper Van Beethoven singing "I am the eye of Fatima"…

Back in August I decided to join WW again and stick with it this time. I have joined so many times in the past and never stuck with it. I have taken inspiration from my great friend S, as she joined and made it to being a lifetime member of WW.

Last night at my weigh in I hit 5% of my body weight lost. Here we go towards 10%

Have a great weekend everyone!

This past Wednesday afternoon, I packed my bags, said goodbye to my son and headed to Indianapolis with some of my very favorite people, S&J and their teen son.   Destination: GenCon.  After our 8+ hour car trip we arrived at our hotel a little after 11pm.  We immediately went to bed when we got to our room, all in anticipation of the first day of the con!

We got up pretty early, considering the drive we had made the night before.  I was up first and got coffee for all the adults.  After everyone was ready, we left the hotel for the first of many walks to the convention center.  I had purchased all my gaming tickets and membership online and opted to leave it all at Will Call.  Thank the gods for that, because this was the line for those people who had not purchased prior to arrival.

And that is just the back half of the line!  Will Call was a breeze.  There was no one in my line and I walked right up.  After getting the badges and lanyards and swag bags, we needed sustenance.   We ate at this little place that dubbed itself and adult student union.  I had the best breakfast sandwich.  Then we hit the convention center.   The Dealer’s Room was HUGE.  Lots to see and spend money on, which is what I was happy to oblige.  One of my favorite comic book artist/writer was at the show, and he has a new book out.  He does the writing this go round, while another huge talent handles the art.  He signed both books for me and I can’t wait to read them!

After wandering around the dealer’s room for a while, it was time for J and I to go play a game of Munchkinquest.  I was a little nervous because I had not played before, but it was not a problem to pick up the game.  Actually the session that we played in was a prelim round for the Munchkin Quest World Cup.  It was a great deal of fun and my friend J made it into the semifinals!  He had to cancel playing D&D with us, but hey, it was the semifinals!  After Munchkin Quest we just stayed at our table because we were in a Munchkin game next.  S and the son joined us at that time as we all had tickets to this game.   We had a great time playing.  And, the son made it into the semifinal of the Munchkin World Cup!  Like father, like son!  By the time we were done with the games, we decided to go to dinner.  S&J are awesome homebrewers and I am always down for a good beer, so off we went to The Ram.  They totally catered to the gamers.  Check out the top of their menu:

Cthulhu also had appetizers with us:

It was a pretty nice place, very friendly, not bad beer.  And they loved the gamers!  After dinner we walked to the Monument and walked around and took pictures.   I had a 9pm game of Illuminati:NWO, so we parted ways.

My game was underwhelming, and ended relatively quickly.  After we were done, one of the guys playing told us that he was ranked as the world champion.    Wow.  So, after the game I met up with S&J at the hotel bar and had a nice Newcastle, then we called it a night.  More tomorrow with Day Two!

I am a gamer.  I attend science fiction conventions.  Today, I leave for gamer mecca.  Ever since I got into gaming there was talk of GenCon.  And the dream of attending GenCon.  So, off I go.  Back on Monday with pictures and some tales!  Oh, it’s in Indianapolis.  I am excited!

Well, my baby boy started high school today.  Wow, I can’t believe that he is there already!  It seems like just yesterday I was taking him to his first day at preschool.  Back then he screamed and cried when I left him.  This morning he couldn’t get out of the car fast enough when I dropped him off. 

Ahhh, adolescence.  He is pushing me away, but at the same time, I think he still wants me around.  Not that he would ever admit to it.   I just hope he has a great high school experience and keeps to the straight and narrow.  I can only hope!  I know what I was like at this age!

Why can you not do what I ask when I ask you to do it?  Simple chores.  The time you spend arguing with me is the time you could be using to do what I have asked you to do.

Teenagers.  Erghhhh

So, recently I have been checking out some cleanses and detoxes. So, I decided to start off with the small, 2 day detox.   My mom and I had been at Whole Foods one day and I bought a bottle of juice from Arden’s Garden.   My mom was checking out the label and noticed that they have a detox\cleanse, so I checked it out here.  Yesterday I went to Whole Foods and I bought 2 gallons of the premixed fruit juices. 

I started this morning.  Not too bad.  I also weighed before I started, so I will weigh Wednesday morning and see if there is any change.  I am hoping for a little more energy and any weight that wants to leave certainly can!  A 10 day cleanse is in my near future…

So last night I headed out to the Perimeter to meet up with Dave2 and a group of Atlanta area bloggers and folks who read blogs. What a great time I had! I met a great group of folks. I didn’t get everyone’s addresses, but I do believe that Dave will have that information.  I had a blast and look forward to getting a chance to meet up again!

What a strange week. First Ed, then Farrah, and now shockingly, Michael.

I hear Cronkite is not well…

I just wanted to say thank you to those of you who sent good thoughts for my mom. Turns out all is well, the “mass” is a gallstone and should be easily remedied.

You all rock!