Chuck’s Home World

It was good to see everyone and I was able to see all my nephews & nieces and their children (with the exception of one nephew who was not available).

I broke the trip down into two pieces and was able to spend a good bit of the day visiting sisters before heading over to the beach. I first made it into Florence, SC around 10:15AM and met up with sister Joy. We had a Shoney’s breakfast, which was very tasty. It was my first real break away from the diet. After visiting with Karen (momentarily because she was off to work) I spent the afternoon visiting with John & Chris, then Rhonda and family once she came home. This was Wednesday. I was at the beach sometime around 6:30 PM.

Thursday, I made it back over to see Karen & Rhonda again – going a bit earlier so I’d have more time to spend with Karen.  After Karen went to work, Rhonda and I made our way to the store to pick up a few things for our Saturday dinner. I wanted to get a bit more healthy so we picked up fruits and veggies along with the other things we needed.  I was able to return to the beach again around 7PM or so.

Visited with Jim and Ann, Jessica, Larry and Christian at the beach on Christmas eve and Christmas morning. Had lots of food and saw Uncle A. B. and Aunt Bonnie before heading over to Joy’s for Christmas night dinner (yummy steaks) and presents exchanges. Slept pretty good that night as I was a bit tired.

Saturday, Joy, Bill, Ashley, Derrick (or Darrel as I called him!), Kelsi and DJ headed over to Karen’s for our Christmas time together.  I drove on while Joy met up with Ashley and entourage. We had a wonderful time and even Jessica, Christian and Ann came in for a while. It was good to see everyone (only wished Jim would have come too).

Anyway, I made my way back to the beach on Saturday arriving sometime around 9:30 PM. On Sunday, I saw Lester, Zac and Michelle, my favorite cousin Donna, and left around 3PM to head over to visit with Karen, Rhonda and family once again. Around 7PM I was on my way home again. I in the night in NC a few miles south of the VA border and made it home on Monday around 12:30 PM. (My car’s navigation thought it would be fun to take me through DC, on 395, but it wasn’t fun at all!)

Anyway, it’s good to be back home! And even though the scales provided bad news when I got on them today it was worth visiting and eating all that wonderful food.

I didn’t take that many photos, but took a few and will posts some when I get the chance.

I really wanted to go, but I picked up a cold or some sinus related thing while down in SC. It hit hard during Tuesday night, but then hit really hard yesterday and last night. This morning (Happy New Year!) I woke up feeling like shit. I took some more meds and that’s seem to help, but it could have been the blowing of the nose that helped most. Man I hate getting sick.

On top of that, I found out that I have to work on Friday. Not a big deal, but for some reason I had it in my mind the office was closed on Thursday & Friday, but alas it is not! Bummer!

Anyway, I’ll be taking it easy on this first day of the new year and hoping that I will feel good enough to go into the office tomorrow. I wouldn’t mind a final 4 day weekend, but I’ve got work to do!

I’m going to be heading up to Philly, PA on Wednesday after work to spend the new year with Uncle Jim. I’ve not been to his place since the last new year and I’m looking forward to seeing the changes he’s made. I’m not looking forward to driving around Philadelphia, but the more I do, the better I’ll get at it. I hope the weather holds out for the Mummers Parade. Last year it was delayed due to the rain.

But that’s always the case.

I had a really nice time with my friends Kenny & Jean on Saturday. They drove down from PA for the day and we went out to eat at Romano’s Macaroni Grill. The food was good and I was able to stick to my diet pretty much. I thought I’d blown it for sure but I did not; at least according to the nutritional information from the foods I consumed.

By the way, the diet is going great. I have my first weigh-in on Thursday to see how much I’ve lost since I started the plan. My own scale at home says I’ve lost about 8 pounds since I started or 16 if you count the 8 I lost before I actually started the new plan. I’ll have a preview of the weigh in on Tuesday when I go see my doctor for the follow-up to the exam I had back at the end of May.

The trip was short but very enjoyable! I was able to see and spend some time with all my sisters and their families. I made sure that I had my camera with me, but I didn’t take any photos. There were several digital cameras about so I’m sure that some will be sent my way so that I can post them up.

My traveling isn’t over though. I’ll be heading over to Hanover, PA on Saturday and then it looks like I’ll be heading over to Philadelphia for the New Year’s Eve and Day.

I’m back to work today and while I’m waiting on the system to do some stuff, I thought I’d write a quick bit.