It's Nice to Be on Vacation

Is there anything better than opening your eyes in the morning and realizing that you don't have to go to work today? Ahhhhhhhh.

I made a short supermarket run before, after a really good Wii workout. I hit 30 minutes on the Fit and then bowled and also hit some baseballs. Needless to say, everything hurts, but I'm experimenting with regular Tylenol to see if it has any effect. So far, so good.

I just had a nice long conversation with the bride-to-be, and it looks like all her plans are starting to come together. This is fun! And will be, I suppose, except for the paying for it part. We're currently looking at October 24, but the date is not yet 100% set. The funny thing is that she and the SnL have looked at wedding venues literally all over the state of New Jersey, and it looks at the moment that they're going to be married in the same place, the same room, where the Hubs and I were married 32+ years ago. Pretty amusing, I think. A very nice place, somewhat on the elegant side. We had a cocktail reception wedding -- not a sit-down meal -- and it looks like they're leaning that way as well.

Speaking of the wedding, I've come to a very big decision for me: I'm going to start coloring my hair. Tomorrow, in fact. I have very short hair with a nice touch of gray across the front, but I have no interest in looking like the bride's grandmother. So I'm getting it colored -- my own color -- and tomorrow, Ray (who cuts my hair) and I will develop a plan so that come next October, I have enough hair for him to do something with on the day of the wedding. Oh, and I've lost about four pounds, which means I have until April -- my goal date -- to lose six more. We'll see if that's do-able before I start thinking about another ten, and I'll see where I am in April before I buy a dress. Yes, a dress. I really want to wear a dress, and not pants. As always, the shoes will be my biggest problem.

If I get a decent picture of my new hair tomorrow, I'll post.