can I do it?

Well it's the 11h of July and I think an update is in order. My goal of getting to 200 pounds by August 1st is definitely attainable.

I took a week off from the gym because I was fortunate to score some much needed overtime during a two week stretch at the end of June and the beginning of July. I was doing both for awhile but soon burned myself out. So, the OT is now finished and I'm back on the treadmill groovin' with my sweet new iPod Touch.

207 pounds. 14 pounds melted-to-oblivion since June 1st. I'm feeling good, eating well (not starving myself) and working hard.

our princess UPDATE

My brother-in law Adam and sister-in-law Arlynn had to wrap their heads around the news of a rather large tumor in my niece's jawbone. For a week, they knew it was there but had to wait for biopsy results to determine what it actually WAS. They had prepped themselves for the worst...

I am over-the-moon to report in this case we will not be using medical terms like cut, donor bone, reconstruction or wired but will happily and gratefully use these: scrape, less aggressive and less invasive. There have been only 13 documented cases of her tumor since 1992, which her doctors classified as "exotic." According to Arlynn, she goes in on July 23rd and will have her procedure and then spend one night in the hospital.

So, it's good news and A+A and all of us now know it. As a parent, I cannot even begin to imagine what that waiting week was like.

With royal respect, I dub A+A King and Queen Of All That I'd Never Be Able To Handle, bow reverently and hope her procedure destroys and her follow-ups confirm that this thing is gone for good.