I'm back........I Ate French Fries.

Ugh.

Horrendous weekend and I am just now (Thursday) able to write about it.  Warning:  There is nothing uplifting about this story and I am going to whine....a lot!

The story starts on Friday afternoon which is when I intended to start the four to five hour drive to Richmond, Virginia.  To do this, I am going to have to drive through our nation's capital, Washington, DC.  Absolutely daunting at any time of the day or night.

I found out that our very first baseball game will not be until 9 p.m. Saturday night!  I immediately postpone the trip to Saturday morning, fully knowing too many people will be driving South of DC to the beaches.  I will deal with it, I think.  This move saves us a night in a hotel room and we can sleep in our own beds.  I'm doing well.

On Saturday morning, we skated through DC to Northern, VA, .....uh-oh.  Now we are stopped in bumper to bumper traffic and people in the HOV lanes are flying by us.  Frustrating.  We finally make it to Richmond at about 2 p.m.  My son's team wins all of their games and are in the championship game scheduled for 8 p.m. Sunday night!  We finish at 11:30 p.m. and I think it will be a good idea to drive two hours to get north of DC to avoid Monday morning rush hour.  We will stay on Kent Isle, Maryland, Garsonville.

However, my GPS refuses to take me through Washington DC toward Annapolis!  It just couldn't find it's way.  After the third time around the Washington Monument, I ignored the GPS, turned North on 495 and drove home for the next three hours, angry, tired and upset.  We arrived home at about 4:30 a.m.

Food:  Over this grueling, physically demanding chaotic weekend (did I mention the heat?  95 degrees 100% humidity?) I was trying to stay on my food plan, but after the late game Saturday night I ate french fries from McDonalds, I had no resistance to ordering them.  That is one of the items I promised not to eat for my 96 day reduction effort.  I am so disappointed in myself.

Exercise: I have not been able to exercise this week because I am completely wiped out physically by this experience.  I can't wake up in the morning and when I do I am in physical pain.  And, the heat is unbearable.

Trying to keep positive.......