Philadelphia or Bust

I'm flying out this morning.

Early rising to get an extra workout this week (treadmill and some weights) so I don't need to exercise on the trip.  I'll have Sunday rest day and Monday I'll do some abs and arms in the bedroom - quick down & dirty.  It saves me a lot of trouble and packing.

I think my new hair stylist will be great.  She had some new ideas and cut my hair differently.  I'm happy I made the change.  We'll see when I style it (keratin treatment on now, so hard to tell).  I really did get polished up this week lol.

Whitening also went well.  I see a difference - yea.  The sensitivity is still tolerable so plugging on.  I brought 2 applications for my trip and a bottle of white wine lol (they will only have red).  Maybe that's a little overboard, but red is also acidic and will increase sensitivity.  I want an option to have a drink (or two).

I miss my morning coffee.  I thought it best to give it up while I whiten for the same reasons as red wine.  (I still get a Starbucks iced americano later - I'm not that crazy - and it's with a straw!)

I like my eating plan for the weekend.  There will be good options for some of the meals, but not for all of them (i.e. pizza for lunch).  I'm going to roll with the punches.  I'll drink a little, but not a lot (a number of reasons).   My mom tried to accommodate some of my food "issues," but she seems to have trouble understanding everything.  She made a dessert she "can't wait for me to try" but it's made with whipped cream - I'm lactose intolerant - for the last 20 years.  I don't expect her (or anyone) to serve around my preferences, but some things are not negotiable in my eating world (broccoli, heavy lactose, grapes, pork, etc).  It's not a big deal - not being able to have dessert simplifies my choices.  For the rest, I'll moderate.

I have a good balance when I travel right now.  Keeping some of the routine, relaxing on other things and enjoying myself.  The intention on this trip is spend time with family I haven't seen in years and help my mom have a great 70th birthday.

I debated taking War and Peace with me.  I will get some good reading time on the flights.  The problem is, it is an actual book - heavy and I need to be careful not to crinkle it up.  It might be more trouble than it's worth.  I think I'll start a bit of a reading schedule when I get home - I've made practically no progress and it's a lot of reading!!  But the other issue is I will start a new book on the plane and will need to finish it too.  War & Peace keeps getting bumped and I still want to give this a solid go-at-it.

Okay, time to get going.  Until next week ...