"...Oh, I wish..."

More positivity today. I know, scary! It's not that yesterday *wasn't* positive, I just didn't have anything to say. Today, however, was an exceptionally positive day so here I am.

I have been in love with the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile since I was a kid. I'd never actually seen it before though. Everyone I know has but not me. Last week I finally spotted it heading South on the highway while I was going North. It was the briefest of glimpses but it made me so happy.

On Sunday when I was coming home I spotted it again! Twice in one week! Being that we can't enjoy anything as a society anymore unless it has a FB page or it's on Twitter, I looked it up and started following their tweets. This morning they tweeted they would be at a grocery store and I had to go sort of that direction anyway so I decided to go get my picture with the weinermobile! And I did!



Let me tell you, I was way happier about it than the kids in line in front of me. Children appreciate nothing. Hmph. I told the Hotdogger I had waited almost 40 years to see the Weinermobile and how happy I was. A guy behind me overheard me and didn't believe I was almost 40 and kept asking strangers "Does she look 40 to you?" Kind of embarrassing. Kind of flattering. I didn't care, I was at the Weinermobile!

They gave me a sticker, 2 postcards, the sheet music of the songs, and a Weinermobile Whistle! How cool is that?



It's a really competitive internship to become a Hotdogger. I actually looked it up years ago when I wanted to change careers. It's for college seniors and they have to put together their own business and PR plan for their Weinermobile. The kid was happy when I said I came because I saw the tweet.

Tonight I went running with my friend who did the 6 miles with me and her SIL (who also goes to Xfit). We were slow but we got our 4 miles in. It was windy and humid by the shore but we got through it. The bugs were out of control. It was kind of like this, minus the dinosaur.



We talked a lot about Xfit since it was the 3 of us and I have to say I'm scared shitless to go back. It's not even the "Ugh, I'm going to be so sore the first 2 weeks" fear. I can deal with that. Just the thought of doing a burpee makes me want to take a pain pill. A power clean would rip me in half. The other day I put my pullup bar back in the doorframe and just reaching up to it and *beginning* to transfer weight to my hands started to stretch my abdomen way too much for my comfort. There is really nothing we do in Xfit that doesn't work the hell out of your core. That's good -- because when I can get back to it and I actually have an abdomen now instead of a blob of skin I may actually see some benefits. But, wow, I'm really scared. I'll just do what I can and go at it at the pace I feel comfortable with. I won't be putting my name on the whiteboard for awhile but I'm okay with that. If this hellish process has taught me nothing it's that things take time.