Finally Friday!

This week has seemed like it lasted forever.  I was really glad for it to be Friday.  It was drizzling off and on this morning when I took the puppy for his walk.  I couldn't find my little umbrella so I had to take our giant one.  I felt a little bit silly walking around with this huge umbrella when it was barely raining, if it was raining at all, but I decided that after 15 minutes I would have been quite wet, even with such a small amount of rain, without it.

I haven't been posting my weight the last two Fridays because on both days my scale was packed (or in a different state).  I had been bouncing around a little lately and overall my weight has creeped up a little.  Today my weight was 137.2, which is out of my happy range.  I did start officially working on losing my last 10ish pounds today.  I am using an app to try out counting Points Plus with Weight Watchers.  I decided to try something different to get off these last few pounds.  If it doesn't seem to work, I will go back to counting calories.  It is, at the very least, making me think about what I am eating again.  What I think I like most about this plan is that most (and so far all of the ones I like) fruits and vegetables don't count as points!  I like that part a great deal since it gives me something I can eat if I am hungry that doesn't take away from what I can eat later.

School was quiet today.  Since the vast majority of our students take public transit to school, they often stay home when it rains at all.  Added to that, it was a Friday, and many of our students think that means they shouldn't have to come to school.  Together, those circumstances made for a rather slow day.  I got a good amount of fixing in my class done and I was able to help my co-teacher out with entering grades, so at least it was a productive day.

After school, I headed home for about an hour and then went back out in the rush hour traffic to go pick up my packet for my race on Sunday.  I am starting to get excited about this race.  Since it is a distance I have never done before, a quarter marathon, I am guaranteed a PB!  The race also has a half and has all of the trimmings of a big race, including pace groups.  I am hoping to attach myself to the 1:20 pace group at the beginning, but depending on how I am feeling, I may see if I can catch up to the 1:15 pace group.

They gave us a "gender-specific" tech shirt as well, but I don't think I will be wearing this one much.  It is sleeveless, but not exactly a tank.  It looks to me like a shirt that they didn't put any sleeves on. It seems rather awkward.  It also seems almost a little late to be giving out sleeveless shirts.  It would have made more sense back in mid-July, but it is almost September.

Ok, as I look at it, maybe it is a little more like a tank top that I originally thought.  It looks really weird on me though.

After that, I continued braving traffic to head over to my friend's house for dinner.  My husband was meeting me there with Chick-Fil-A for all of us.  I had been fairly full all day, but on the way to my friend's house, I suddenly felt like I was starving.  I can't think of why that would be except that I ate my afternoon snack 30 minutes earlier than normal.

My friend and I chatted until about 9, when we both started yawning so badly that I decided I needed to go ahead and drive home before I fell asleep.  I got home and had some of my night-time tea with cream (which is well worth the extra Weight Watchers point).  Once my tea is done, I will be off to bed.  I have a rather busy day tomorrow.