Too cool to fool

So I have been working on transferring all these old home movies onto DVD. Which will be nice and orderly when it's all done, but really - when do you watch these? They can be quite boring. Especially ones of just scenery. I do enjoy watching the ones that actually have people in them. (my friend Heather would be quite distressed by this)

There is one BIG thing that is bothering me about all this. From 1999 (probably before that, but we got the camera in 1999) until 2005 - I was FAT. Good GOD ..... I was FAT. Why didn't anybody tell me??? Matthew said I should not be upset by this, but rather pleased that I have managed to lose so much weight. But I still don't like seeing it. 45 pounds lighter - I can promise you I will NEVER ... EVER...go back. Never. I just wish I could go back and take all those vacations over again and refilm them as the new slimmer version of me. Especially Hawaii on our 10th anniversary. Maybe we will have another renewal of vows on our 20th anniversary and I will look better in those videos.

I need a vacation. Again. We are leaving for California in 3 weeks. I have no idea what we are going to do out there. We have 2 days with no plans. We have been there so many times already, we have already done the tourist things. I love going to Santa Cruz, so I'm sure we will head down there one day.

A girl I work with left for vacation yesterday. She is going to be in Gatlinburg for 10 days! What in the HELL do you do in Gatlinburg for 10 days? What do you do there for 2 days? At all? I don't get it. I have been to Gatlinburg all of 2 times in my life. The first time I was 10 years old and didn't know any better. At the time, it was the farthest I had ever been from home (I was not fortunate enough to take summer vacations to Florida when I was little....our vacation each year was to Lexington) so I thought I was going on this exotic journey. The 2nd time I was in Gatlinburg was for our 1st anniversary in October 1990. We wanted to do something to celebrate the occaision, but we didn't have any money. So Gatlinburg it was. Looking back now though, it was a really nice trip for us. We were young and didn't have many worries at the time. I actually wish I could go back to Gatlinburg October 1990.

Today is going to be a loooooong day. I am on phones until 1pm then I have to go to work until 9pm. Yuck. Aside from answering phones from 1-3 tomorrow, I am off for the next 2 days.

I guess I will work on more videos of the fat girl.