Timmins

Well I was in Timmins for a few days this past week.  What a trip that was.  Who would have thought that on a Tuesday evening in Timmins there would be no available hotel rooms for a 150 km radius?  Seriously?  Thank God my wonderful other half (Thank you Mike!) was able to get past my yelling and screaming at him....for something he had no control over nor any thing to do with, and find me a hotel room.  Yes it was 198km away in Chapleau but that was better than driving the 386 km (or something like that) to get back to Sudbury.  Those highways up there in the bush are SCARY in the middle of the night.  No traffic, no cell service, and a lot of wild animals.  Big wild animals.  I swear (not really hehe!) if anything were to happen you would be doomed.  No one would find you.  You couldn't call for help...... It was scary.  

Any how, I survived.  Barely.  But just being gone the night was tough.  I have such a difficult time being away from Miles.  I can imagine so many things happening to him when I am not there, it's horrible.  I used to do the same thing when Renee and Michelle where little, imagine horrible things happening when I wasn't there to protect them.  Do all moms do this or is it just me?  

But I'm home now, survived the ordeal, yay!!!  Unfortunately I will probably have to spend a wee bit more time in Timmins over the next few weeks.  Sucks, but it is my job.  

You know, it is really difficult to stick to a "diet" of sorts when you are on the road.  I will have to be better prepared for my next trip.  I have really been working hard on eating healthy and getting the weight off.  I don't want to mess it all up because I'm not prepared to eat on the road.  So far I am down about 8 pounds in the last 6 or 7 weeks.  Not lots but I feel great.  I wore a pair of jeans for the entire day last week without feeling uncomfortable!  It was great!  So I figure if I just keep doing what I'm doing the extra few pounds will continue to come off, slow but sure!