1/2 Fail

Hellllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooo Blogosphere!

So-I have some news.  I half failed this past week.  Now, I've been EXTRAORDINARILY active.  Like, walking nonstop to and from the U-Mall, but...I have some bad news.

Somehow I managed to gain 10 lbs in a week.  Yeah....I know, right?  Despite having walked literally half my ass off (which is sad because I LOOOVE my butt,) I still managed to gain all that weight.  Now-I didn't splurge in copious amounts or anything like that.  My theory is that since I've been so active, I've been building muscle.  My grandmother's theory is something to do with water retention and the fact that last week was 90 degrees every single day, and something or other to that effect.  Maybe it's both?  I'm not sure.  Either way, I know I'm slimmer (see "Looking Down: I See Boobs"), but it sucks that I still have to carry all this extra crappy weight around with me.

Zumba is still going wonderfully.  Lisa is my instructor here on campus.  (We took Kickboxing together last year.)  Zumba is much more fun, though.  :)  I am always so tired on my way to Zumba, but by the time I leave I've been sweating and the endorphins have kicked in, so it makes the rest of the night go easier. 

On another note....Whale's Tails!!!!  Ryan's recounting of this excellent trip is here; Ashley's is here.

This sums up the Meg Ryan relationship...

See!  I'm not lying.  I have lost some of my tummy!

Mmmm hmmm.

Effing Adorable.

Originally Ashley Ryan and I had decided that Sundays we would use to explore our area via hiking, or doing some other bonding activity.  Ryan and I were going to show Ashley our "spot" that we found last year this Sunday, but instead after looking through What's Good (a little booklet 7Days puts out at the beginning of every school year for us kids,) we found that there's a secret path up to actually touch the Whales' Tails that can be seen coming North on I-89.  So, we decided that for 20-30 minutes we would wave at traffic.  Another Megan in my COR class and I randomly came across each other in Dirt Chic downtown (another place we decided to explore,) and I later found out that Megan saw us while we were at the Whale's Tails.  WHOA.  Welcome to VT-small world.

All in all, the Whale's Tails trip was a success.  Plus, multiple double rainbows showed up.  (Check here for the musical rendition.)  It was wonderful. 

What wasn't a success however was getting a ride back to campus.  The CCTA bus decided it was totally okay to be 25-30 minutes late.  Which would have been fine, had it not started raining.  5 minutes before the water started falling from the sky:

Yes, we're sitting in the grass waiting for the bus.  Soon after Ashley took this picture, the Heavens opened up and water splashed everywhere.  It was an ugly experience.  After making a call to Sketchy Josh to come pick us up, the bus decides it's an awesome time to show up.  Obviously.  This followed by a text to Sketchy Josh telling him he doesn't have to pick us up and waiting the next 40 minutes to get back to campus= a really bad trying to get home trip.  I mean, obviously it was great in that the memories will be there forever.  But-it was cold and wet.  Oh well, at least we got to order Wings (Honey BBQ Chicken Wrap with Cheesy Waffle Fries,) and marvel in the fact that we made it back alive.

Ahhh....the tales of epic travels.

Until next time.

-Megan