Yes!! I deserve a lollipop! I'm writing in the journal for a second day in a row. Wonders will never cease, huh?!

Today is a rest day. No cardio, no weights, no gym! I needed this. I was getting a bit grumpy and tired.

The rest day has given me a chance to work on future updates for the site (lots of great pictures are coming; I just saw the disks from the shoot I did with Brian Moss in New York before Figure Nationals, and he did an incredible job). I also am going back through John Steinbeck's, East of Eden. I love to find quotes and chapters that really grab my attention and make me view life in a different manner, and that book tugged at my emotions. It's definitely a must read!

I'm about 50 pages into Edith Wharton's, The House of Mirth. I think Emma Thompson starred in that movie, but I'm not sure. Anyone can correct me on this by going to the message board. I studied Wharton's, The Age of Innocence, in college. That too was a movie, starring Michelle Pfeiffer. The book was much better (as usual).

I'd like to move on to Mary Stewart's, The Crystal Cave. That involves the Merlin trilogy. Then I might get into a Faulkner novel. We'll see. If you have suggestions, please post them on the board. I love talking about literature!

And I know I still owe y'all more details regarding Figure Nationals. I promise, promise, promise to write about that in the next few days. Just hang tight on that subject, and you'll hear all about the show. My mom is developing the pictures from New York and the trip to Northern Ireland and England, so those pictures will be in the next month as well. I can't wait to see those!

Take care and have a fun Saturday evening! I'm off to eat my cheat meal (still don't know what I'm going to have, but I'll tell you about it tomorrow)!

Jodi