I got home last night about ten minutes early.  Troy picked me up at the airport and dropped me off at my car.  I stopped off at Harris-Teeter to pick up some shaving creme and razors.  I forgot that I was not supposed to put those things in my carry-on bag and they got thrown out at the airport on the way to Mexico.  We were also out of kitty litter so I got some of that, too.  I was pretty worried about how I was doing with the weight loss death match, but I only gained a little over a pound while I was down there.  We did not have a scale down there so I had no way of knowing how much I weighed.  I like to use the same scale every time anyway to have consistency and keep myself honest.  Now my seven day running average is over 35 pounds lost.  I am glad to see that Lyle is starting to take it off again.  He posted a couple of times.  I do not think Bryan has posted again since he made his target weight, so he can count this as harassment and a reminder that we are going to keep posting our weight even AFTER we make weight.

On another note, an old childhood friend of Lorena from their neighborhood in Monterrey did a search for different members of Lorena’s family on the web and found this blog.  She sent a marvelous email with a bunch of pictures of their time growing up together.  I have posted a couple of those below.  After they exchanged emails, they all talked on the phone.  Paty lives in Chetumal in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, not to far from Cancun.  It was all quite emotional.  Lorena and Lynn have spoken often of Paty and her mother Leydi who was a good friend of Conchita.


Lorena’s neighborhood friends 1

Lorena’s neighborhood friends 2

October 7, 2004 – Not enough time (Photos)
October 8, 2004 – Politics and rockets