Getting Ready And Feeling Good...

So I'm in the middle of finishing my last load of laundry I am doing before I head out to New Orleans for 8 days. Dusted my room, put away all my clothes, vacuumed, and organized my desk. I am going to start to pack tonight and finish up tomorrow. It's a good feeling to get all this done before I go on trips, because it is a great feeling coming home to a nice clean room and no pending household issues when I get back from my trip. I think I have everything I need and luckily I am going on a trip, where if I forget anything, I should be ok because I will be with family and not in a hotel like my usual business trips. I'll be rotating where I will be spending the nights while I am in New Orleans between my Dad's place, my Mom's place and my little brother's place. My brother is conveniently located between both my mom and dad's respective houses so I will prob spend the majority of the nights there. So my itinerary is going to pretty much consist of hitting up Bourbon Street, several restaurants, a Zephyrs game (minor league baseball!), possibly going to a water park (blue bayou in Baton Rouge), going bowling, seeing family, seeing friends and who knows what else. It has been 8 months since I last went back (November for my father's wedding) and feels like way too long. So apart from the weight loss contest we had with friends that I wrote about in previous posts, I have lost a total of 16.4 lbs in 8 1/2 weeks. Which means I can spoil myself a little on how I eat while I am out there. I am very proud of my success with the weight loss and am motivated to having my ideal weight in sight. I need to lose about another 8lbs and I will be at my ideal weight.