After the mini, I kind of slacked off. And then we got extremely busy at work. So, I haven't made time for a lot of exercise. Luckily, the last fill in my band has dimmed my appetite greatly. I'm down 5 pounds for the month already with a week more to go.

I was so excited to get back to the elliptical after the mini. All through my training I only walked and ran. My first time back on the ellptical I did 30 minutes and was just dripping the sweat. I was able to average 13:24 a mile on it.....something I can never do when I run.

I'm fired up to start logging the miles again. I went to North Carolina this weekend and just felt fabulous. Losing almost 30 pounds has done wonderful things to my self confidence. My friend Paula and I met two guys from Florida last year at the uptown Charlotte festival. Well, we met up with them again this weekend. We partied our assed off. I danced and flirted more weekend than I have in the last two years. We went to Coyote Ugly after the festval. That place was a real pit but lots of fun. The best thing is I spent hardly any money this weekend. My part of gas was $79, the hotel was $45 because we had two free nights and the guys paid for everything the two days spent around them. No...we didn't spend the night together. In fact we stayed in hotels 35 miles apart. We were staying at the $90 dollar a night Sleep-in and they were staying at the $250 a night Omni.

My endurance is great too. I went to the Nascar race and spent lots of time on my feet. Saturday night, we spent 9 hours at the festival either standing or dancing. Last year, I was exhausted and spent most of the time sleeping on the way back home. This year we partied more than usual and I jumped out of bed ready to take on the day. I even tried my hardest to workout on Saturday morning. I headed to the fitness room right away. Darn, everything was broke. The TV didn't work, the resistance on the recumbent bike was broke, the stepper's battery was dead and the only light bulb in the room was flickering. But I didn't give up I went back to the room, put my swimsuit on and swam laps.

Happy Memorial Day, everyone.