So much has happened!!

It's been so long since I've touched this and so much has happened!  It was crazy!!  Well, everyone knows we went on our trip to NYC to see the Islanders and the Pens play.  The Islanders have long been Kyles favorite team and he's been dying to get to the Nassau Coliseum before they decided to tear it up since it's so old.  So, he got tickets to see the game for Xmas.  Right on the glass.  Behind the Islanders bench!  He was so excited and we had such a great time.  If anyone follows hockey they also know that this is the infamous game that they had over 300+ penalty minutes and there were, no joke, 3-4 players left on each bench.  

Before the game!

This is how close we were.  Kyle loved Gilles fumanchu.

It was a great time!  The whole weekend we pretty much spent running around but that's ok because it was the first time in NY for both of us and we wanted to see the 'Big Apple' too.  The day after the game we got up (at the buttcrack of dawn because we couldn't sleep in the entire time we were there) and left for the city.  We took our first NYC rail mass transportation into the city via the Long Island Rail Road and it was pretty scary because the train bounces around and people walk from car to car while the train is moving like it's no big deal.  

We got to Penn Station and starting walking and had NO IDEA WHERE WE WERE.  Kyle refused to let us get a map because then we would 'definitely look tourist-y'.  He's insane haha.  We had an idea of what we wanted to see and eventually figured out for the most part the road system.  We went up the Empire State building and it was SO COLD!!  The wind was blowing you away practically.  It was really beautiful though, to be able to see for miles.  That was the closet we got to the Statue of Liberty though haha.  We went into Macys which was super cool because every Christmas I get the 'Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus' and to see the building and how really old it is just blew me away.  They even had wooden escalators. 

We walked pretty much right into Times Square and you know what?  I wasn't as impressed with it as I thought I was going to be.  TV makes it look so much bigger and cooler than I personally think it was.  It was awesome to see in person and be like oh man, I was there but it didn't really suit my fancy haha.  We did eat some New York Pizza though and it was fantastic.

Loved him some NYC pizza haha

We walked as far as Rockefeller Plaza then walked the whole way back to Penn Station.  50+ blocks in one day.  I was feeling it for the entire next week ahaha.  We had a great time but we were a little bummed that we didn't get to see the WTC site or Little Italy or Brooklyn and I secretly wanted to see Soho haha.  We did all of this in about 4 and a half hours because we were back in the hotel by about 6pm.  

By this time, Kyle was acting a little weird and I was getting slightly frustrated with him because he wanted to go ice skating and I was so sore that I didn't want to go, but put on my big girl panties and got ready to go.  We got the whole way there and they were 'closed for the season'......uh, really?  It's the beginning of February in NY and you're closed for the season??  So, we were both kind of pissed about that and decided that we were just gonna go back to the hotel and buy a movie and relax for the rest of the night. 

When we got back to the hotel, Kyle told me he was going to go downstairs to ask if we bought a movie could he put it on his credit card instead of mine and was gone for a while so I was sitting there googling how far we walked and how cool it was and what we need to see next time, etc!  When he came back into the room he wasn't saying much and walked over to me still being kind of weird.  I noticed he had something in his pocket and I was like what are you doing??!  He told me that I made 2 of his dreams come true this weekend by taking him to see the Islanders play at home and also by going to NYC.  Then he got down on one knee and asked if I would make another one of his dreams come true....He asked me to marry him!!  OMG.  I was speechless.  I think I actually said Are you serious??!?!  Of course I said yes, but I was so in shock.  We had talked about it and what it would be like and all that fun stuff but I had no idea he was doing it so soon.  The ring is gorgeous!  He did an awesome job!


So after that fun filled weekend, I come home to a 4lb weight gain on the scale.  Poopoo.  Whatever, I knew I would make it better this week coming up and that it was just the Valentines day dinner Kyle brought home at 10pm for us the night before(that'll do it!).  I got on the scale yesterday to an amazing 211.2lbs.  6.9lb weight loss for the week and a total of 15 in the 6 weeks I've been doing it.  I feel great!  It's awesome.  I've gone down 2 pant sizes since this time last year and I was a DD last year and went bra shopping on Sunday and I'm down to a C.  It's really cool to actually see it happening!  


Ok, well I think this was really long and ridiculous, so I'll leave you with that.  I'll update more often!  -G