And then Ocracoke Happened...

So we had a nice beach vacation...that was also full of great gig opportunities for the Queen City Silver Stars...in Ocracoke, NC in the Outer Banks.  We rented a huge house for the band plus the wives & kids.  There was lots of eating, drinking, and general merriment.  We had some guest appearances from famous locals like Coady Haga & Barefoot Wade - both legends in their own minds.

The drive was a bit much and next time, I will fly down and meet everyone there.  But it was still an excellent vacation & chance to bond with friends that we don't see nearly enough of.

THE BUMMERS X2

1 -

So we had a call from Stephanie on Tuesday - she was checking in on the kitties and noticed a horrible smell when she opened the door.  Apparently, the freezer door had not closed all the way.  The fridge must have overloaded and it was only blowing hot air at that point.  The flies were EVERYWHERE and nastiness abounded.  Stephanie is a SAINT and cleaned out everything she could & threw into our outside trash bin.  We owe her a steak dinner...if she is still able to eat meat, that is.

I had pre-cooked a TON of Quinoa Breakfast Muffins and stocked up on chicken & turkey breasts for our Advocare adventure...ALL LOST to the flies.  It is still sticky and a haven to maggots even after cleaning out the actual food and our house smells absolutely disgusting.

Pray that this never happens to you.  It kind of soured the trip for me and made starting back up to work even more miserable.

2 -

So we ate just terribly on vacation - fried foods, carbs, sauces.  Drinking our weight in IPA & rum.  And basically laying around in the sun for a week.

So I gained back 6.8 lbs of the 12.3 that I had lost - I want to cry!!  Mark gained about 3.6 lbs back.  It is probably water weight from the salty foods & beer.  I knew we would gain some weight, but COME ON!!  1 step forward 2 steps back.

AND

We have no fridge until Wednesday - when Sears will deliver a brand new fancy fridge along with our new double oven (stainless steel lining to this dark cloud) - so we are STILL eating terribly because we have no food in the house.  We have been trying to do salad bar from Kroger for most meals, but not all.

The Advocare program is on hold until we can get some proper food & re-prep some meals.  Maybe Monday 8/11/2014.