Plateaus suck

My sister has been bugging me to update more often and I know that I should.  I just feel so stuck.  I need to figure out how to bust through this plateau I've been on since her wedding.  My weight has fluctuated in the same 5-6 pounds for the last 6 weeks. 

Anyway, life has been a little crazy since my sister's wedding.  When I got back to Texas, I had to start prepping my apartment for my new roommate to move into my second bedroom.  My new roomie is a coworker who lived in the same apartment complex and has loved and helped out with Gus since I moved here.  Her lease was ending, and in an effort to save $s and pay off some debt, we decided to split the rent in my apartment.  I think it has been an adjustment for both of us to share our space and work out our different schedules.  The thing that worried me most was mornings, but it turns out she is totally a morning person and is out the door before I'm even out of the shower.  Since I am totally not a morning person, it is probably best that we don't usually see each other.  :)  We rented a garage in the complex for storage.  Now that I have an outdoor storage space, I'm hoping to grill more and to get a bike.  Totally inspired by my sister who has been cycling around her little town in Kansas for the last several weeks!

Empty-ish living room before roommate's furniture was moved in.

Empty second bedroom.

Then, we dogsat for a lab mix named Gus for a week.  His owner was in the process of moving and searching for a dog-friendly apartment so I agreed to keep him for a week.  (I got put on the spot and couldn't say no, but it was actually really good for me.)  My Gus wasn't sure what to think of little Gus but they got along well.  Little Gus stayed in the crate when I wasn't home and to sleep.  The first couple nights, big Gus slept out in the living room with him, but he got over that and moved back to his (my) comfy bed.  While little Gus was here, we (he, big Gus, and I) walked over 20 miles.  We were walking before work, after work and some more before bed to try to tire little Gus out.  Big Gus was exhausted.  So was Bonnie.  :) 

Big Gus and Little Gus

The first weekend in May, my littlest sister came down for a visit and we headed to Galveston to celebrate the 10th anniversary of my roommate's 30th birthday.  A whole group of us stayed at her family's beach house for a couple nights.  We mostly just hung out Friday night.  Saturday morning, I got up early and watched the sunrise on the beach. 

We spent most of the day at the beach.  It was the first time that my sister had ever been to the beach, so she and I played in the water with wake boards.  The water was choppy which gave us some decent sized waves to play in without having to go too far from shore.  Whenever you got tired of swimming and fighting the waves, all you had to do was stand up!  It was tiring but lots of fun! 

After showers and application of aloe to sunburns, we all snacked and donned our hats for the Kentucky Derby.  

yes, there is a peacock on my hat.  Too bad you can't see the feathers.



Our hats




My sister's pretty hat and my pretty sister.

 A cool setting on my new camera allowed me to capture some pretty cool pictures of the full moon that weekend.

I will try to do better about updating!