SO CLOSE!!!!!! UGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I am so close to being down 50 and it's making me crazy that the scale isn't giving me the magic number I want to see!!!  Today, when I got to the gym, I weighed myself and I was 1.2 away from down 50.. I worked out, then got back on the scale just for kicks and I was then .6 away from down 50.. I'm hoping when I weigh in on Monday, I'll hit that number.  It's so irritating to be so close and keep going up and down and up and down!!!  Monday will be my 5 month mark so that would be SWEET to hit that number.  I shoudl preface by saying that I wouldn't be 50 lbs down from my surgery date, but 50 down from when I started the pre-op diet, two weeks prior. So I guess, I'm already past my 5 month mark from that date..  in reality, I lost almost 20 lbs on the pre-op (I overindulged the week leading up to it to hit an all time high!! AND, went to Mexico and drank and ate like there was no tomorrow!! ) So, if you are keeping track, I'm really only down almost 30 since surgery which compared to a lot of people, isn't THAT great, but I'll take it!!! :)

So anyways, moving on..  while on my way to work today (it's a beautiful day here in AZ by the way.. going to be 80!) I spotted some Hot Air Baloons in the sky and thought I'd take a couple of pics. Turns out, I'm not that great of a driver/photographer but I try..  

Sorry for the blinding sun in this one.. if you look just under the sun, you can see the balloon..

Here's another.. there were two or more in the sky in the same general area!!

Wish I could have gotten closer to them - they were so pretty against the mountains!!

Ok, back to me.. I keep noticing the more I lose, the more I find different imperfections in myself that I maybe hadn't noticed so much before - maybe b/c I was always so focused on my weight that I didnt' notice other things.  Take, for instance, my nose.. it's HUGE!!!  I think chubbier cheeks might have downplayed this

thing but I'm noticing it so much more now!! 

Ugh, and dont' even get me started on the wrinkles..   thank god the company I work for is planning an Employee Reimbursement plan for the products they make - like Restylane and Dysport.. this girl may need some filler for these lines!! :) Too bad you can't see my cute earrings in this pic, b/c they are CUTE!

Ok, I'm done bitching for the day. I have a huge headache and I need a day off.. next Friday (Good Friday) can't come soon enough!!)