I'm off to the Kansas race. My favorite driver's home track. A lot of members of the fan club are going to be there, and we're going to meet up that weekend for a party or three.
Hey, his sponsor is Jack Daniel's... you know there's gonna be partying! We've got to support the sponsor, after all.
Last couple years I've been to Sears Point (Infineon, whatever) for the day previous to the big race, but haven't been there for the big race yet. Maybe next year. This year it was BLOODY HOT at the track. Definitely courted heat stroke, but I got some great pictures when the Cup guys were practicing.
Yesterday was a blast! There's a car show out here called Billetproof. Its sort of the anti-GoodGuys show. Started 12 years ago as a tiny show with a couple dozen hot rods, now its evolved into this juggernaut with 3 other dates across the country, and well over 1000 cars at the NorCal show. Great show, lots of awesome old steel, lots of fun.
For the first time in 3 years I actually saw a lot of the car show. Reason I hadn't before is I was the person who organized the pinstripers' panel jam (lots of paint slinging happening there) and I'd get so wrapped up in painting, making sure things were going smoothly, etc. I would not really get away from that area. This year I didn't really paint much, but I did get to see more of the show. AND one of the vendors that I've purchased a couple rings from in the past was happy to take them to resize them since they're both too big now.
I'm still kinda tired. But I'm in a lot better shape the day after the race this year than I was last year.
One thing that was a LOT of fun... there were several people I know through the car shows that hadn't seen me since March at the latest. They were, shall we say... rather shocked by my transformation. Everybody there has always known me while I was overweight.
I got to talking to the girlfriend of one of the pinstripers, and it turned out she had lost about 70 pounds a couple years ago. Looking at this woman, very sexy, curvy, gorgeous gal, there was no indication that she was ever overweight. So she knew exactly what I meant when I told her that I had that point of 'okay, that's enough of this shit!' before I started losing weight.
Another of the women that I see at the shows a lot had just started a program similar to the one I am on, so I was happy to be proof that it works.
Today I went to my Dad's for his birthday. The family was there, haven't seen my stepbrother & family or my stepmother's brother & his family for quite a while, so last time they saw me I was still at my heaviest. It felt good to not be the chunky one in a room full of people who are, for the most part, in really good shape. Even my stepsister who just had a baby a few months ago doesn't look it.
Ok, better go do laundry before I have to start figuring out what to pack.
Bleagh! Kinda blew my 'diet' the last couple days. Ended up having a burger and some fries last night (didn't eat at least half the bun, and maybe ate 1/3 of the fries... then the grease aversion kicked in), plus various & sundry other junk. The good thing is it wasn't in the quantities it would have been in the past. Gonna make a nice big salad for dinner, with some shrimp on it, maybe some chopped up hazelnuts and almonds. Yeah, that sounds good.
