AS I shovel down my oats for Meal 1 I will try to type up some randoms thoughts as they pop in my head, in no particular order... lol
Drive home was good considering it was torrential down pour half of the way, barely visible. I followed my parents the whole way so it was good & in case something happened they would be there... When i got my oil change the week before I left it was found I needed something fixed on my car but it would be ok to drive, just get it looked at as soon as I got back... now it's making lovely noises .. SO hoping to get that taken care of .
The Protan was FUNNY... I always looked much better after application with the definition. Shan & Tray have seen very intimate parts of my body.. that's trust and not sexual... but if we had it on vid I think we'd be a little richer Both of you, thank you SO MUCH I cannot express more than I already have my gratitude.
Arriving at the theater before morning judging.. I kept to myself I didnt make eye contact or scope out the competition to 'see what I was up against... ' Tray got us a room on the 1st floor, i.e. no walking up & down stairs in those heels lol... thank you girl! We had the same room for the evening show. Aside from Shan and I there were two other girls in there, the fitness girl who started off the show #1, it was her first so she was a bit nervous, and more of a vet in the short class and masters... girl had some delts. She kept saying how nice I was, I told her there is no reason for me NOT to be... HER to me "It's great to not have that caddiness or vindictive nature. That's abundant at these things...you are so nice, thank you..." and there we have it.
The "It stays" is glue you roll allover your tush & boobs or areas you need to stick your suit to so it wont move on stage... The girls again rolling that on and sticking me in... thank you ...
The curling irons lol.. well I go to turn them off and grabbed the wrong end, right before we went on at the night show... needless to say my left side didnt pump up as well b/c all the blood rushing to my finger tips to blister.... OUCH.... I sat on the chair with my feet up until the very last minute and that could account for me coming in leaner for the night show, as well as me bring off my feet all day. Shan was nice enough to share her bands to get some upper body ownage going...
There were some VERY nice ladies, and a few not so nice. Ill just leave it at that.
I had at least 50 different compliments on my suit, and I think it blew alot of the girls away, meaning the site of it ... Sylvia couldnt be more happy with the way I represented it... her words & email were too kind, she told me to look into FAME and other types of orgs that she thinks I will do well in... we'll see... but she is my suit girl... hands down, Im a lifer for her. I was asked to take some pics with some 'fans' which was pretty cool.. and the compliments felt awesome and I was very surprised and grateful people took the time to comment, compliment and just stop to tell me what they thought. All of you out there, thank you so much for doing that, you will never read this Im sure but wow you made my day even BETTER... is that possible?!?! lol
My father told me he was so proud , so proud, he couldn't stop smiling and was afraid to cheer.. my mom told him not to b/c she thought he'd embarrass me. I told him yell all you want... That is what really helped and to hear Tray really helped... My dad has not said those things to me in years.. I could have cried at any moment but I was too happy to see him smiling and they were in the front row of the night show... I looked down and wow... I did it and there they were SO PROUD ... Im tearing up thinking about it...
I love false eyelashes.. I want to wear them all the time...
If you all didnt know I asked Shadow last year if he'd be interested in working with me for a show.. things finally came together and when I started this log (in Feb) is pretty much when we started... the sprints... I did his project thread when i first came to EF so he is pretty familar with what Ive been through, has seen my progression, what my body can do, exceeding even his expectations, and that is always a bonus,let me tell you.
He is basically a mentor to me and I kept in contact with him via phone, text and with the help of shan snapping pics after every protan, loofah, rinse session so we can to a step by step, coat by coat analysis... Ilk gave me some great makeup tips, laid out some colors and I went to Mac to have Tony my makeup guy show me show to do it.. and I nailed it IMO. I was so happy with my makeup, I am NOT even kidding. Tray is the eye lash pro, did a few touch ups and ta-da, I was just rawkin' the lashes... again, I want them on all the time, I LOVE THEM hahahaha ... my dad noticed them from the audience b/c he's used to seeing blonde & light everything... not dark, black, ect... my eyes popped for sure.
So anyway, Ilk & Seth you are a great team thank you for your patience, support, efforts and positive attitude the ENTIRE time, I am grateful.
After the show we went to outback.. ended up being us three + my parents. I had a center cut sirloin and a glass of cab, sweet potato plain and some veggies... oh and a few pieces of bread they put out... YUMMY. I started with this blue cheese cinn crusted walnut or peacn (i forget) salad... I wanted to lick the bowl.. lol
After that we met up with CG, Monster, joeyp, Iron Buddah et al at Bahama breeze... I stuck to the vodka rocks, tiny splash cran with a lemon and water. I enjoyed watching cg eat his cheesecake... YUM-ME lol...
Went home, took my face off, crashed, up to shower, repack my wardrobe and off I went.
I went to the gym last night to clear my head, did some step mill cardio, & trained legs. I was 154 around the late afternoon when I got home. I wanted to see how the post show meal and carbs I had in the car on the way home (my chicken sweet potatoes and green beans pre made... yes, COLD, just like the way to MI ... lol, nothing BAD, sorry to disappoint) , this a.m. I was back to 151.8 lbs, my weight the day before the show... INTERESTING Ive never been this low. A lady at the gym told me I was getting too skinny... pshaw... I smiled and showed them a few pics to show her just how skinny I am not.
This am Went to gym, did some light cardio and calves and just ate an omelet, big apple, and oats.. YUM... I am FULL
I just typed up a bunch of stuff about what is going on here and deleted it... no need to post unnecessary negativity at this time. I have a lot of thinking to do and a lot of decisions to make. I just want to again thank you all for your love and support through this and more.
Have a wonderful week.. Ill be in out around & about.
XXOO
all the best , always...
*B*