this is it, damnit

Welp, last night I went and signed up for Weight Watchers again... and this is going to be the last time, dammit!

We went and visited my family last weekend, and my dad is probably down about 50 or 60 pounds, and I believe he's about 30 pounds from his goal weight. He's doing it via South Beach, and he has it rather easy, whether he realizes it or not - he never cooks, and my mom just cooks healthy and puts the plate in front of him and that's all he eats. He looks like somebody poked his belly with a pin and let all the air out of him. Unfortunately, it also means he's really showing his age now that he doesn't have the extra weight to fill out his wrinkles. But I'm sure he doesn't care, if it means he lives that much longer for being healthy.

My mom (who was tiny to begin with) has lost the 10 pounds she claims she had extra on her as well. She now wears a size 2 instead of a 4. *eyeroll*

I had been planning to sign up with WW anyways, but after seeing my dad... I'm even more inspired. It's time to get this extra weight off and get healthy, and woe betide anyone who tries to get in my way.

I've told Ian he's off the hook for the next 2 years or so til the weight is gone, because I don't want to get married in a plus-sized dress. After the weight's gone, if there isn't a ring on my finger by that point, he's in big trouble! (Yes, I'm joking. Mostly. Heh.)

SCA schedule

I've finally had a chance to take a look at the schedule of upcoming events for Lions Gate and the surrounding area, and figured out which events I'm going to be going to. Events in italics are big maybes, but the local ones shouldn't be a problem for me to get to at all.

February 6 - LG Day of Dance/A&S
March 5-7 - Kingdom A&S in Glymm Mere (Olympia, WA)
March 20 - Viking dinner theatre (a Reik Felag event)
March 21 - UTR
April 10/11 - Tir Righ Heraldic Symposium
May 1 - May Bardic
May 28-30 - LG Archery Defenders
June 4-6 - Sealion war
June 11-13 - Tir Righ Coronet? No location listed yet
July 16-18 - July Coronation?
August 13-15 - SYGC
August 27-29 - Tir Righ Investiture
September 3-6 - September Crown in Glymm Mere
September 10-12 - Odin's Playground (Lionsdale)

Of course, now I have to deal with Ian. Because of us working opposite shifts, weekends are really the only time we get together. He really isn't much interested in the SCA, so I can't seem to get him to come with me... and when I want to go off and do something by myself on the weekends, he is a bit of a whiny baby.

This weekend's event has a brewing class happening at it, and then a tavern/potluck in the evening, AND it's also within walking distance of our home. I'm hoping that the combination of these things will make him more willing to come out for a little bit and maybe start getting used to it.

One of the problems is that he noticed the REAL freaks of the SCA (the ones every group has... that even the "normal" SCAers (as normal as we can be called, anyways) wish would go away and not come back... a certain kilted person in the local area comes to mind as an example) and thinks we're ALL like that. Not me, of course, but you know what I mean.

I may need to enlist some help from my friends on this one. Not sure how yet though.