The LOOOOOOONG Overdue Update!
So folks, where do I begin? I've been gone for about 2-3 months, evidently I have missed a lot here, but I'm back! yay! I couldn't leave me lovelies forever.
Weight Loss
So back in December I had Gastric bypass, if you didn't know that already. At the start I was 353 pounds wearing a size 24. I am just about 4 months out of surgery, and I have lost roughly 70 lbs and am now down to a size 18
I definitely feel good, people are noticing how much weight I loss, and that makes me happy. The only downside is that I have the droopy oprah arms, and since I lost so much weight in a short period of time, I have saggy skin in my arms, tummy, and thighs. But I'd much rather have saggy skin than the crazy health problems I was having. Here are some comparison pictures.
This was taken in 10/2009
and this was taken about 3 weeks ago
That pencil skirt is a UK size 20-which is a US size 18 I believe, when i first purchased it, there was NO WAY IN HELL I was going to fight in there, but now I can.
But here is a better comparison
That is a dress I had made, which was a bit snug, especially in the belly area when I first made it, now it is loose. And that was only about 2.5 months after surgery, and you can see how short I cut my hair.
So enough about weight! Moving on!
Health
Had a couple of health scares, one of them being a HUGE lump in my breast, thankfully found out it was just fatty tissue built up since i lost all of that weight. Fibromyalgia-still sucks. Docs told me it would go away with the weight loss-it has not. If anything, I'm having more severe flair ups. It sucks, but I am a trooper.
Work
Um, if you don't know, I finally went into business for myself. Photography! YEAH BABY! Weddings, portraits, etc. I have a license, llc, tax id, all the special business goodies. I have a couple of weddings booked this summer (can't do too much because of the fibro-gotta spread my energy about), portrait sessions are a blast, and I am an official photographer for the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Walk! Which is October 17, in Wilmington SO I am extremely happy about that.
Remember crazy photographer bitch from way back? The husband and wife team that I was working under for two years? Well that shit went crazy, I had to totally remove them out of my life, because they were freaking spazzing. Admittedly she is a great photographer, but sucks as a mentor and sucks more as a friend. Sure I accept criticism, shit there are many great photographers in the SG group as well as other forums that I look to for advice, but this chick was downright negative. Her and her husband had the nerve to get mad and contact my husband when I removed them off of facebook! lol. My logic is simple, you bring negativity into my life, i must remove you. Plus, it doesn't look very professional on their behalf when they badmouth me to others in the industry, and I end up finding out. But hey! I got a couple of gigs for their badmouthing, so keep doing it!
{b}Life{/b}
Well Wes and I have had our ups and downs, but through it all, I love his cranky old ass. He is "damaged", yes even at 42. You would think that the female brings in more drama, but oooooh nooo-this mother fucker does it. For one, some of you know we are swingers, and that is fun. But he picks these CRAZY girls, who have some serious issues. And I tell him "the bitch is crazy, I advise you not to do this" and he'll tell me "oh, it's just because you don't want me to have any fun". If that were the case, he wouldnt be getting pussy on the side at all. But he has this whole thing where he is trying to fill this hole of where he feels unwanted based on his past. and i told him -swinging is fun, yes, but its not going to fill the hole, and 2-YOU HAVE AN AWESOME, YOUNG, HOT, FUCKING WIFE! I SHOULD FILL ALL THE HOLES YOU'VE GOT! (sounds perverted i know)
so latest example is we have two friends M(the wife) and R(the husband). They are both very prudish, not openly sexually. been together 11-12 years, both were virgins, didnt have sex till they got married. they are not a physically affectionate couple. husband doesnt have a backbone, and wife is obsessed with guys jerking off . they have 2 kids (10 and 3) and the wife is also obsessed with Twilight (if that doesn't send warning bells for a 30+ something woman)
so Wes expresses interest in her, i say go ahead, but be careful-because you might ruin your friendship with R, and M is crazy. so apparently 1 night, M and Wes kiss in the kitchen. Suddenly he is bombarded with emails from her with things like "i keep thinking about your kisses", "i daydream about you", "you are soooo distracting", "i dream about kissing you and teasing you", basically shit full of that teenage angst that Twilight is full of- to her, my husband is Edward". right then, I pinged the chick as crazy. And I told Wes exactly what would happen. She would get cold feet because she would realize that her and her husband do have intimacy issues that they need to work on. And she thought that by messing with Wes it would be fun, but it would only add to the complications, and that she feels that her husband is not really ready for it. So, what letter did she send him just yesterday? EVERYTHING I SAID TO HIM! lol. I told him, I can ping these crazies, and its happened about 4 times during the course of our relationship lol.
Fun Stuff
going to the STEAMPUNK WORLDS FAIR NEXT WEEKEND!!!! May 14-16 in New Jersey. Voltaire is performing. WOOT! I still have lots of sewing to do to get things done, but I'm so looking forward to it
I also started LARPING (live action roleplay) My husband has been doing it for years, and I finally decided to go. It is a Vampire larp-but NOTHING like twilight. My character is a 1950's southern debutante, named Charolette, so I can break out all of my 50's clothing and accessories!
These are me at game
I love it. Now, at the end of each larp, they have something called "nominations", where other players nominate you for being awesome. i've only played 2 games back to back (we play every other weekend), and on BOTH games, I was nominated for being totally awesome in character-plus having killer outfits to match my 50's persona. And I pull of a nice southern accent. No one has ever been nominated their first, or even their second game. know what that means? I ROCK!
And here are some pictures of my old man and I , that I like to call dirty hippy day
Till next time folks!
So folks, where do I begin? I've been gone for about 2-3 months, evidently I have missed a lot here, but I'm back! yay! I couldn't leave me lovelies forever.
Weight Loss
So back in December I had Gastric bypass, if you didn't know that already. At the start I was 353 pounds wearing a size 24. I am just about 4 months out of surgery, and I have lost roughly 70 lbs and am now down to a size 18
I definitely feel good, people are noticing how much weight I loss, and that makes me happy. The only downside is that I have the droopy oprah arms, and since I lost so much weight in a short period of time, I have saggy skin in my arms, tummy, and thighs. But I'd much rather have saggy skin than the crazy health problems I was having. Here are some comparison pictures.
This was taken in 10/2009
and this was taken about 3 weeks ago
That pencil skirt is a UK size 20-which is a US size 18 I believe, when i first purchased it, there was NO WAY IN HELL I was going to fight in there, but now I can.
But here is a better comparison
That is a dress I had made, which was a bit snug, especially in the belly area when I first made it, now it is loose. And that was only about 2.5 months after surgery, and you can see how short I cut my hair.
So enough about weight! Moving on!
Health
Had a couple of health scares, one of them being a HUGE lump in my breast, thankfully found out it was just fatty tissue built up since i lost all of that weight. Fibromyalgia-still sucks. Docs told me it would go away with the weight loss-it has not. If anything, I'm having more severe flair ups. It sucks, but I am a trooper.
Work
Um, if you don't know, I finally went into business for myself. Photography! YEAH BABY! Weddings, portraits, etc. I have a license, llc, tax id, all the special business goodies. I have a couple of weddings booked this summer (can't do too much because of the fibro-gotta spread my energy about), portrait sessions are a blast, and I am an official photographer for the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Walk! Which is October 17, in Wilmington
SO I am extremely happy about that.
Remember crazy photographer bitch from way back? The husband and wife team that I was working under for two years? Well that shit went crazy, I had to totally remove them out of my life, because they were freaking spazzing. Admittedly she is a great photographer, but sucks as a mentor and sucks more as a friend. Sure I accept criticism, shit there are many great photographers in the SG group as well as other forums that I look to for advice, but this chick was downright negative. Her and her husband had the nerve to get mad and contact my husband when I removed them off of facebook! lol. My logic is simple, you bring negativity into my life, i must remove you. Plus, it doesn't look very professional on their behalf when they badmouth me to others in the industry, and I end up finding out. But hey! I got a couple of gigs for their badmouthing, so keep doing it!
{b}Life{/b}
Well Wes and I have had our ups and downs, but through it all, I love his cranky old ass. He is "damaged", yes even at 42. You would think that the female brings in more drama, but oooooh nooo-this mother fucker does it. For one, some of you know we are swingers, and that is fun. But he picks these CRAZY girls, who have some serious issues. And I tell him "the bitch is crazy, I advise you not to do this" and he'll tell me "oh, it's just because you don't want me to have any fun". If that were the case, he wouldnt be getting pussy on the side at all. But he has this whole thing where he is trying to fill this hole of where he feels unwanted based on his past. and i told him -swinging is fun, yes, but its not going to fill the hole, and 2-YOU HAVE AN AWESOME, YOUNG, HOT, FUCKING WIFE! I SHOULD FILL ALL THE HOLES YOU'VE GOT! (sounds perverted i know)
so latest example is we have two friends M(the wife) and R(the husband). They are both very prudish, not openly sexually. been together 11-12 years, both were virgins, didnt have sex till they got married. they are not a physically affectionate couple. husband doesnt have a backbone, and wife is obsessed with guys jerking off . they have 2 kids (10 and 3) and the wife is also obsessed with Twilight (if that doesn't send warning bells for a 30+ something woman)
so Wes expresses interest in her, i say go ahead, but be careful-because you might ruin your friendship with R, and M is crazy. so apparently 1 night, M and Wes kiss in the kitchen. Suddenly he is bombarded with emails from her with things like "i keep thinking about your kisses", "i daydream about you", "you are soooo distracting", "i dream about kissing you and teasing you", basically shit full of that teenage angst that Twilight is full of- to her, my husband is Edward". right then, I pinged the chick as crazy. And I told Wes exactly what would happen. She would get cold feet because she would realize that her and her husband do have intimacy issues that they need to work on. And she thought that by messing with Wes it would be fun, but it would only add to the complications, and that she feels that her husband is not really ready for it. So, what letter did she send him just yesterday? EVERYTHING I SAID TO HIM! lol. I told him, I can ping these crazies, and its happened about 4 times during the course of our relationship lol.
Fun Stuff
going to the STEAMPUNK WORLDS FAIR NEXT WEEKEND!!!! May 14-16 in New Jersey. Voltaire is performing. WOOT! I still have lots of sewing to do to get things done, but I'm so looking forward to it
I also started LARPING (live action roleplay) My husband has been doing it for years, and I finally decided to go. It is a Vampire larp-but NOTHING like twilight. My character is a 1950's southern debutante, named Charolette, so I can break out all of my 50's clothing and accessories!
These are me at game
I love it. Now, at the end of each larp, they have something called "nominations", where other players nominate you for being awesome. i've only played 2 games back to back (we play every other weekend), and on BOTH games, I was nominated for being totally awesome in character-plus having killer outfits to match my 50's persona. And I pull of a nice southern accent. No one has ever been nominated their first, or even their second game. know what that means? I ROCK!
And here are some pictures of my old man and I , that I like to call dirty hippy day
Till next time folks!
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cunninglinquist:
congrats
xtrigger:
you look awesome! welcome back! we missed you! 