I'm Back, Bloated and Busy!

We got back to the cities early yesterday afternoon and it feels so weird. I want to thank everyone who wrote to me after the I-35W Bridge collapse last week, it means so much to know you all were thinking of me and my family. I found out about the collapse at about 6:40 on Wednesday and immediately tried to get a hold of Derek, all cellphone traffic was down and I could not reach him. From our house this is the easiest, most direct route to Minneapolis and we take this bridge daily to work and to the Metrodome for Twins games. I had spoken to Derek earlier that day and he had told me he was going to the Twins game with some of our friends and they would be picking him up around 6. I did the math about a hundred times. If they left my house at 6 they would be crossing the bridge around 6:15...needless to say I was scared sh*tless. I finally got a hold of one of the guys that went with him to the game around 8:30 to find out they had been running late ***THANK THE LORD***. My prayers and thoughts are with all the families broken up by this tragedy.

Okay, so my vacation was wonderful. I had a blast with Rosie and my sister at the cabin, although we worked a lot and didn't relax as much as I had hoped. I didn't do well on my eating, but I still fit into my new jeans so it wasn't horrible. Thursday through Saturday night we met up with the boys and went to WE fest (country music festival). It was so much fun, Sheryl Crow, Toby Keith, Gary Allen, Trace Adkins, Keith Urban, and so many more great performers... We walked a lot but I don't think it came close to making up for the fair type food we were subject to eating the entire weekend. I have been sick and bloated since we returned. Hopefully a couple days of being OP will get me feeling normal again.

I will update more as I have time today. I am going to try to catch up with everyone, I missed you all so much.