accelerate!

I had a pretty awesome weekend - had a public speaking contest on Saturday morning. I got 3rd place, which ended up being the perfect place to finish. Top 2 advanced to the final round in 2 weeks, but I think I made it as far as I wanted to make it. I felt like I had the 2nd best speech of the morning, but am much happier that I got third. I made it 3 rounds, so I beat hundreds of people to finish where I did. Considering how little time I've been doing it I'm pleased.

From there it was straight to PA. Dropped Jack off at my mom's and went straight to Scranton for the party. It was like a trip down memory lane, staying in the same disgusting hotel room that I've opened my eyes for the first time in a new year a few times. Looks like we'll do that again this year.

We rented out the upstairs of a bar. My friends have a nice network of friends to call upon so we ended up with almost 100 people at the party. I was a cock-block, and people seemed to like the costume. A lot of people didn't get it at first, but once they did most thought it was pretty clever. I think I've decided that next year I'm bringing my all-time best and all-time favorite costume, the kissing booth. It's been a few years since I rocked it to great delight and I've yet to see it again in all the years since. I think it's a clutch costume and I need to wear it once every few years.

But the one main take home besides how much fun I had: when I look at the pictures I wince a little bit! Need to accelerate this weight loss a bit. I had been talking before this weekend even that I think I'm gonna start waking up early and getting my runs in in the AM - that seems to work for me. Add some lifting in at night. But the fact is - I look at the pictures and I kinda want to throw up in my mouth a little bit.

So we need to get working on this. Immediately.