Okay, so I'm no good as a writer. We did not actually get stung by jellyfish yesterday. We were just leary of getting stung and thus returned to the safety of the sand posthaste.

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My travel agent is a wonderful woman. I was highly impressed when she got the tickets for my great Triangle of Travel (i.e New Orleans to Seattle to Baltimore to New Orleans) for under $700. (I'd been expecting more since I know that if it isn't round trip you usually end up paying through the nose.) But then I got a call from her the other day telling me she'd gotten a break on my fare, saving me another $180. Woo! The extra will be refunded to me in the form of a voucher on Northwest airlines, and since Northwest flies to England, I'll just apply it towards that trip.

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I didn't go running last night. Yes, I was a wus, and complained that my legs hurt. I'll go tonight though. We haven't been walking during the day much anymore because of the heat. The one night of rain we had did nothing to cool things down. However, I have lost right at 20 pounds.

I have two weeks until I actually get on the plane. Can I lose another 5 pounds? Hmmmm. I can actually fit into a pair of shorts that is part of my "goal" wardrobe. I can pull them over my hips, I can zip them up. I can't breathe or sit down, but that's beside the point.

I'll take those shorts with me to Clarion. Maybe by the end of the workshop I'll be able to wear them.