Birthday Princess!!!!!!!

I've spent 3 birthdays with Brian & his family now. :-) They're the best. We just sit & have dinner & laugh & tell stories & jokes. It's so much fun. I love quality time more than anything in the world. If no one ever gave me a thing but spent time with me just sitting & chatting, all would be right with the world. Brian hadn't seen my new apartment yet, so, I made them dinner & they came over to my apartment. It was perfect. I felt all adult-like finally. I had my own dinner guests in my own place & made my own dinner all by myself.

I did have a little mishap early on in the day. I have a sinus infection & my nose started to bleed. BOTH SIDES! It bled for a long time! Long enough that I called my best friend Stef to bring me some Vaseline cuz nothing else would stop it! That did the trick though. And the rest of the day was perfect. She saved my day!

Anyway, I got to have a perfect princess day. I chose what I wanted to do & what I ate and who I was with. It was amazing. My 91 year old g-pa took me to breakfast too. And I told Brian that I want to run the prowler when I get home from Guadalajara! lol. I wanted to do it tomorrow but I think I'm too close to leaving for him to let me.

I love birthdays. Perfect day with most all my favorites. Can't wait to do it again next year. It was a perfect send-off before my next big meet. Leavin' the 10th. Can't wait. I'm real excited for this meet. Numbers are pretty much set. Training feels great. Brian has me healthy & feelin' good & ready to hit it.

Torn

WELL! Let me start off with some VERY important news that I never updated you all on. Brian got FIFTH in his body-building show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He hasn't competed in 20 years and he went in & placed in his first competition back!!!!!! He was soooo impressive!!!!! I was so proud of him. And I'm so proud he's my trainer. He's still keeping his blog, throughout his off-season, if any of you want to follow. http://workout-center.blogspot.com. He is going to do another show in the spring, I think. Can't wait :)

I've been pretty torn lately. I get a lot of comments from my relatives that don't live near me or see me often, when I do get to talk to them, for not keeping up on my blog too much anymore. I've been feeling very bad about it. I know you guys like to follow me & know what I'm doing, but, I've been doing SO good mentally since I stopped blogging & knowing my numbers day in & day out. I'm three weeks out today & I haven't asked Brian for a number yet. I just love going in & lifting. Once in a while Brian throws a number out at me if he knows I'll be pleased, or if he needs to make a point with something he's talking about. But, I didn't even ask yesterday. Brian smiled, so, that's enough for me. If he's pleased, I know it's okay & I don't need to worry. I'm hoping my second lift will be 186 this time around. I'm not sure what I'll open with. Somewhere around 165 maybe. And then I'll see how well the second lift happens & go from there.

Anyway, I love you all for all your support. I'm doing GREAT! I love training & I know my accessory work seems to be increasing, so, the bench either is or will be shortly. AND I still have the same trainer :-) Go ahead, high five the person sitting next to you, I'll wait..........haha. That's ENORMOUSLY awesome to me. Over 2 years now! Everything is good. It just goes much better when I actually think about the technical things or just the fact that I like to lift, instead of my numbers. I'll try to get a bit more frequent with posting SOMETHING. Hope you all are doing well!!