Hit the gym this morning. 19 mins on treadmill. Saw Steve’s wife (if you read www.arunnersblog.com, you know who Steve is.) She is pregnant out-to-there and speed walking on the treadmill. She said they are debating about the NYC marathon, but taking it slow and making it fun and socializing the whole way.

Then I grabbed an 8 lb. hand weight and a Swiss ball and did bridge shoulder rolls. I also did crunches with 2 legs on the wall, and diagonal crunches with one leg on the wall. I did planks with a row and side planks with the 8lb weights.

I forgot to share a funny South Carolina story. The first night I was there I was sharing a hotel room, sleeping on the couch, and the bathroom was through the next bedroom. Rather than wake my suitemates, I used the hotel lobby bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth in the morning. I must have forgotten my face wash down there, because it was missing the rest of the trip.

Day 2 I was sharing a hotel room with another friend of the bride, and I mentioned I had lost my face wash. She said she had some potent Japanese stuff, and said I should just use one tiny dot.

After my shower I felt warm and flushed. I thought maybe I had the water too hot and turned the hotel room A/C on. Then I thought maybe I was getting a fever. The apples of my cheeks were red and hot, and my fingertips were red and hot, and my fingers were puffy, but everything else was fine.

Suddenly it occurred to me that I tried a new face wash. I asked the woman if it had cucumber in it, because I am allergic to cucumbers. And she said, “No, it’s like white tea.”

The other thing I’m allergic to is tea.

Luckily it was gone in about 2 hours and allowed me to not wear blush to dinner

When I say I am allergic to tea, everyone asks, “What would happen if you drank it?” And I always answer, “I don’t know, I don’t drink it.” Duh!

Tonight  Brian did something I thought he would never do. He did not have animal based protein with dinner. He ate beans. Yippee! I hope this opens future doors for Meatless Monday or some such thing in our house.

Do you purposely avoid meat every now and then?

2010 goal update: 2710 crunches, 67 minutes of plank remaining.