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1. The road to Quebec is very long.  And boring.  Lots and lots of trees.......... A waterfall somewhere between here and Canada 2. I thought going through the border gate would be busy... like a line of cars waiting for their turn.  It wasn't.  It was just us both ways.  In fact fir most of the journey it seemed like we were the only people in the world. 3. We only saw 1 moose.  And Sean saw a fox. 4. While we were told that Justin Bieber was staying at our hotel, we had zero Biebs sightings.  And trust me, we tried. 5.  When you travel to Mexico a lot, other places seem very expensive. Quebec was no exception to this. Anyone want to buy a kidney?  I have a spare. 6. Day 3 of family trips is "everyone is getting on everyone else's last nerve" day, no matter whether the trip is 3 days or 7. 7.  Justin Bieber puts on a damn good show.  ...but he seems a little sad to me.  And that makes me sad for him :( ...which makes...

Usually when I have not blogged in a bit, it's because I have fallen off the wagon and just don't want to face that in font.  Today I come back to blogging after a little break still fully entrenched in my weight loss endeavor.  I have even started running again.  Lonnie and I are fast tracking ourselves through Couch to 5k.  We are and doing three run days in a row (which is week in the program), then taking a one day break, then starting another 3 days.  I assume we will hit a road block around week 5 or 6 where we will need to repeat some days, but maybe not!  It's going well, and even though we are in the midst of a stifling heat/humidity wave, I have been able to easily complete the run segments.  This is not to say I am skipping out there with a giant smile on my face though  ;-)    This summer has been a GIANT exercise in self-control and learning to find outlets for my emotions that don't involve snacks.   We ...

When I was fifteen years old, I lived in a car with two guys.  I spent my days sleeping in the backseat and visiting my friends in the high school parking lot rather that going to school.  I was suspended,  and then expelled. I shoplifted a package of Twinkies from the Broadway Shop n' Save because I was hungry.  I was arrested for inciting a riot.  Then I was arrested again because I didn't return two movies and the store charged me with theft.  Then I broke into house of an ex-boyfriend to retrieve said movies (that he had refused to give back to me) and return them.  And... oh yeah, I was also a cutter.   .............................blah blah blah this all led me to want to pursue a career in social work as I feel that I can not only relate to those who are struggling, but I also feel like I am a pretty good example of the fact that one CAN come out on the other side of a bad place. The past few months I had been pondering going to grad scho...