It is really that time of year.  It is the time of year that all prior diets always fail.  I am not willing to do that this time, but I still went over today.  I had thought we were going to have chicken at a family picnic we went to, and we ended up having pizza.  With this family that never happens– I was so surprised when they said they were ordering pizza.  I hadn’t been super careful leading up to that point because I assumed we would have a healthy dinner… It was impossible to stay on track.  And then I had some cake and a cookie also.  Just a big OVER day.

I am getting nervous about my date with the grey box on Monday morning.  I am not willing to go another week with a “pass” because I feel that could just turn into something bad.  I need to get on it and see where I am.  Although I feel pretty good, I still have had a couple of bad days this week.  I am hoping all of the good days still result in a loss.

On a brighter note, we stayed at my husband’s aunt’s house to watch the big firework show on the Thames River last night.  They were pretty awesome.  As a kid we used to go to them every single year.  We never missed them.  Since having children, I have not watched them in about 7 years.  It was great to be able to see them, see all of the newer fireworks that were cool and especially great to see how much my kids loved them.  Plus, we were able to watch from inside my husband’s aunt’s condo which is right on the water.  The noise wasn’t bad at all so my daughter, who was nervous/scared leading up to the fireworks, wasn’t scared once they started because the booms were not so loud because we watched them from inside.  Although I might have gone over for the day, I still had a GREAT time with family, fireworks and swimming.