Kansas Trip

I went back to Kansas to visit the 'rents over the weekend. I had a good time and got to see the fall colors, which I love. The best thing about being out there during the fall is you get all the colors; you have the reds in the milo, the browns in the harvested milo and corn and dead grass, the yellows of the trees, and then the brilliant green of wheat. It's so great. I was also able to hang out with my family and play with my new niece and see my grandparents. But the thing about this trip that was so different from all the others was...I couldn't wait to come back to Colorado. Yes, that's coming from me, Miss Always-Homesick-for-Kansas-and-no-place-is-better. I missed Colorado. I missed the weather and the mountains and especially all my friends. I missed my football game. I missed my kitties. I guess I am now a true Coloradoan. This is really my home now.

Now that I'm back...it's time to get back on track with maintaining/losing weight and keeping my budget. I think I gained like 10 pounds when I was at home. Whenever I go anywhere, I throw healthy eating into the wind, which I should also work on. Now that I'm back, though, I really have to crack down and start working out more. In the last two weeks, even when I was here, I only worked out twice. Surprisingly today when I worked out, I ran for a while (well, a while for me - 10 minutes). I'm trying to up my running time slowly so maybe someday I could run a half-marathon or something (whoa, did I just say that???). Then I biked for 20 minutes and called it a day. It'll take me a bit to get back on track.

With the budget...I'm going to try to keep my entertainment spending to less than 60 bucks a week. That includes any going out to eat, alcohol, movies, fun stuff. My grocery budget (which usually includes household items) is 30-40 bucks. I've been really bad with that one lately. Now that I really see my bank account draining, it's obvious I need to do something and I'm hoping it'll stick this time. I can do it....I can do it....I can do it.... :)

Darn Bar-fighting...

Ok, so I didn't get it bar-fighting. But I do have my first black eye today. Yesterday my flag football team kept up our perfect record by losing our 5th game. Before the game while we were practicing, my teammate who was rushing against me elbowed (or punched?) me just below my left eye. This morning it's swollen and a little purple. I haven't tried putting my contacts in yet, hopefully in about an hour I'll be able to. Another teammate hurt her finger after she ran into me, and I have a sore collarbone from that. I was also knocked down a couple times, one of them after I was hit from behind on my calf, so my right calf and hip are sore. Doesn't this sound like so much fun? Don't all of you wish you could join my team? ;) Actually, I am having a blast. I love this time of year...football is by far my favorite sport!!

Oh, the horror!!

My beloved Packers have fallen to 0-4 for the first time since the late 1980's. But before getting too sad, I remember that their last three games have been so close, losing them by a combined score of only 6 points. They will prevails...oh, yes...they will prevail.

Well, at least my flag football team is as good as the Packers. My new team, the Maginot Line, has also started out 0-4. For those of you who may have read my "soapbox" on my website last year, you will remember that my team then, the Orange Crush, only lost one game and won the championship. The captain of that team decided to go to the competitive league where there are no rules that girls have to participate. Thus, he swiftly eliminated all of the girls, except for his fiance of course, from the team with a "sorry, but I don't need you" email. Two other people from my team (including one of the guys who didn't want to go competitive) and I joined a brand new team that was mostly composed of new hires. Yes, we suck, but I'm having much more fun this year. Last year, if I missed the QB's flag or let a rusher by, I was pretty much made to feel that I brought the whole team down. This year, although we'd like to win, we just go out and have fun and not worry about winning or losing. I even go out for passes sometimes and am something other than a rusher on defense. Woohoo!! ;)