By the numbers

It's been awhile and I'm thinking, maybe I'm not cut out for this blogging thing.  At least not to the point where I'd have loyal followers and I'd make money off this thing.  Every once in awhile though,(usually Sunday mornings while I'm running ungodly amounts of miles) I have a good idea.  So here's my life by the numbers.

9- The number of miles I ran yesterday in my quest to achieve 13.1 in just 6 short weeks.  Why, a year ago, did I think that doing this as my "bachelorette party" was a great idea? A year ago I was in the middle of dealing with plantar fasciitis and coming to terms with the fact that I wouldn't be running a marathon with my daddy at the end of October. Now I'm for the most part healthy (other than an IT band that doesn't like my funky stride) and running is fun, but I may not be cut out for this over 10K thing.  Sir Fianco helped a lot by bringing home a foam roller so I could massage my entire lower body, but now my upper body is sore from holding myself up as I was rollin'.  What a dilemma.

2- The number of months we will have had our adorable pup Jake in our lives on October 1st.  He just graduated from beginner dog class on Saturday and while we're learning as much as he is, I don't think Sir Fianco and I would trade him in for anything.

21.8- The number of pounds I've lost since June.  I've been telling people 22 because I think it's close enough.  I'm pretty proud of myself.  This is the first time in pretty much ever that I've been at a healthy weight and used healthy means to get there.  Problem now? Already did my first wedding dress fitting and with all the running, I'm still losing weight.  I know people would consider that a "good problem" but really I don't have the money to be getting more substantial alterations just weeks before the wedding.  So I've started basically eating whatever I want.  I still lose weight but not as fast as I was while I was still following weight watchers to the "t".  Anyone who wants/needs to lose weight, do Weight Watchers.  Your life is worth every cent you pay into it.

45- The number of days until THE day.  I've already ordered most of the decorations, figured out bridesmaids gifts, we've booked the hotel room for the night of our wedding, booked the honeymoon, finalized flowers, finalized cupcakes, we have a tasting on Wednesday (food and alcohol), a meeting with the DJ next Sunday, booked hair and makeup appointments, and started getting RSVPs back.  Now I can focus on little details like the ringbearer pillow and the something borrowed/blue/old/new.  Little things that will make this wedding, our wedding.

Those are the numbers that are ruling my life as of now. I can't wait for the wedding.  Mostly because we will have everyone we've ever loved (minus the few who can't make it and we'll miss terribly) in one place and be able to share the happiest day of our lives thus far with them.  Then we can move on to babies.