Vacation and Floating Butt Fat

This past weekend we finally had a family vacation. We drove 10+ hours to get to Perdido Key, FL to stay for 2 nights and drive another 10+ hours back home. It was well worth the 20 hours of drive time with a 2 1/2 year old in the back seat of a little Hyundai. Well worth it.

First of all, Happy was a fabulous boy during the long trip. Usually he is an awful car rider and gets bored just going to Wal-Mart, and begs to get out of his car seat. I had prepared him for the "long ride" and "the beach" and "the pool". So evidently it all made a difference to him and he was ready for the ride! Plus, it helped that I had a special big Mommy bag of goodies. :) I had gone to the Dollar Tree earlier in the week and bought about 7 cheap little $1 toys (bag of lizards, coloring book, motorcycle that made noise, etch a sketch cheapie, magnetic book, army men, etc). Each of these toys went into a brown lunch bag and I folded them closed. These all went into a big bag that Happy knew nothing about. Then during the trip, if I anticipated a melt down or could see he was bored .... I'd pull out a Goodie Bag and tell him how proud we were of him. It worked! He LOVED the Goodie Bags and it really did help! And belive it or not, I didnt even have to use all of the bags! Plus, we have a cheap dvd travel player that was strapped to the back of the passenger headrest (yes, my headrest... ugh) .. and Happy watched a lot of Cars, Jungle Book and Nemo... he watched them A LOT. In fact, I think I now have them memorized. And the trip pillowcase was perfect for him during nap in the car!

That was a big long ramble.. ha.ha ha.

The vacation was perfect. The weather was beautiful. The pool was still warm enough to get in. The ocean was rough from Ike, but that was okay ... we found lots of seashells and enjoyed the sand and the view!

I am overweight. Although I've lost about 40 pounds in the past 2 years, I still need to lose about 70 more. That's big. ugh. Anywayyyy... the beaches were empty, the pool was empty. And I decided I was going to wear my bathing suit without shorts. And I felt ... Lib-er-rated!!! Wahhhoo.. Of course, it helped that no one was around but us! Okay, there were some people.. but I saw their fat too and I didnt care. :) But aside from feeling so liberated by wearing my bathing suit, I also found out something else.......

Fat floats. Yep. I got in the pool and felt something behind me everytime I jumped around in the water. I looked behind me, reached back there .. and mercy me, my butt was floating! Yup.. floating butt fat isn't a good thing. Shudder. I think I just figured out the way to get the rest of my 70 pounds of fat off .... think of floating butt fat every time I eat! ha! Shudder.

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