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Open and Closed

A rare bird, this: a video blog post!

After this, Connor decided that he wanted to climb down the stairs after all. Since the basement isn’t a place where he’s generally allowed, I had my work cut out for me in keeping him interested only in the stairs (and not Daddy’s comics).

He’s not nearly as adept at climbing down as climbing up — and he’s not nearly as adept at climbing up when he’s getting slappy and tired. He bonked his nose climbing up near the end of the evening, and I had a bit of a time convincing him that he should climb up the rest of the way and get back on the proverbial horse.

(As an aside: I really have to work my pronunciation around my new braces. I hadn’t realized what that looks like. It’s a good thing I’m not any more self-conscious about having braces than I was about having bad teeth. There’s just a learning curve to working around the extra hardware.)

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Now That We’re Back

I have several ideas for relatively short, Wil-Wheaton-esque vignettes from our recent vacation. The only thing that’s stopping me from writing them is my desire to get all my photos posted first. After that, I’m sure I’ll want to edit together the small amount (less than an hour) of video we shot, and hopefully integrate the snippets of video from our iPhones and my point-and-shoot digital into the DV footage.

It’s all about priorities.

So, in the meantime, enjoy this short snippet of how we spent much of our vacation.

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T-minus 20 Days and Counting

YouTube user alexkelowna1963 has uploaded several videos of the Royal Playa del Carmen, including this one of the resort’s beach. They’re only serving to make me even more excited about our trip.

We’re really not beach people. I swear. We spent one afternoon sunning and swimming at Waikiki back in 2008 before we got bored of it. Granted, this was after we’d already experienced things like parasailing and snorkeling, and had walked up and down the beach both by day and by night.

As for this trip, we have one tour already booked — on my birthday, no less — and are planning to do some other excursions on the fly: snorkeling, maybe parasailing, and definitely exploring Playa. And exploring the menu options at the Royal — it’s all-inclusive, after all.

As for now, though, we’re focusing on the little things. Making sure our shorts still fit, and buying new ones if necessary. Procuring swimsuits. Making sure the sunscreen we bought for Hawaii is still good. For me, getting a haircut (and getting my nails done). Finding cute sundresses at the thrift. Getting new glasses (and prescription sunglasses). Checking to see if any exit-row seats have opened up on our flight. Refreshing our rudimentary knowledge of Spanish.

The build-up is half the fun of vacation! So, while I might seem like I’m wishing the days away, it’s really kind of like Christmas — the waiting is what makes it exciting.

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Meet Linda

Linda, my Weight Watchers Leader, was featured on 13abc last month in their “4 Ways To Lose 100 Pounds” series. In this interview, she shares her before and after pictures (which still amaze me) and a very abbreviated overview of what losing 120 pounds meant to her — and how she did it on Weight Watchers.

(Incidentally, the interviewer, Rebecca Regnier, was also in one of Linda’s Weight Watchers meeting groups, so I understand.)