Joie de Vivre

So pardon my French, literally, I have no clue how to pronounce the above saying, but I know what it means and I've been feeling it a lot lately. Totally, dippy, yep that is for sure, but I'm feeling more a live lately. Maybe it's all the veggies, maybe it's the exercise, maybe it's because spring has finally sprung in Chicago...regardless it's good to be out there and living life to the fullest.

Ok, so I know all I blog about lately is the BL contest. I admit, I'm a little bit obsessed with it. I can't help it though, I'm competitive and why not be obsessed with it? I'm losing weight to get more healthy! This week's weigh in was killer for me! I had my best weigh in by losing 1.74% this week....though as impressive a loss as that was it STILL wasn't enough to win this week! The winner lost 3.5% of his body weight this week. Who does that? How did he do that? Damn, what do I have to do to win a week around here, saw off a limb? I was considering having one of my many newly minted doctor friends do some pro bono non-vital organ removal. Who needs an extra kidney, an appendix, and while we're at it tonsils? I would add wisdom teeth, but I already had them removed years ago. Maybe if I cut off a bunch of my Rapunzel hair? Nah, I can't do that, I look stupid with short hair as evidenced in the hair debacle of 2004 when I let my alcoholic hairdresser with a case of the shakes cut my hair. Anyway, this week and I am 4th overall having lost 7.43% total (with 2nd and 3rd place just barely ahead at 7.5 and 7.6%). Next Monday is the final showdown. 1st place is still attainable if I work my ass off again this week. I'm at least placing in the top 3, there is no way I'll let that slip through my fingers!

And for those of you who were missing me and my crazy dates, have no fear...there just might be something in the works. We'll see where this one (or two) end up...