Back to the "Real World"

Vacation is over and I today was my first day back at work. It was sure rough getting out of bed this morning when the alarm went off (or truth be known, 5 minutes after the alarm went off when my dear husband lovingly dragged my lazy butt out of bed laughing the entire time). But thats okay, the "real world" isn't horribly bad and it was nice to get back to my own home. Our Christmas was wonderful as I hope was the same for each of you. Our day was very relaxing and enjoyable with all of our family. We left that evening heading north to Michigan and all was well until the last 60 miles when we hit ice...and ice in a HUGE way! At that point our speed began to average 10 to 15 mph IF we were lucky. Thank God for answered prayers and a hubby who grew up in that mess and remembers how to handle it. About 30 miles out we were caught behind a bad wreck that had us sitting for over half an hour. We gave up and tried alternate routes, the first of which was axed due to the interstate we were heading toward being closed. Back the other direction and ended up on a 2 lane road with horrible conditions but we were able to make it thru...instead of arriving at 830am as we expected, it was nearly 3pm. Then later that evening we got stuck 2 houses from the cottage we rented on Lake Michigan. Ugh! AND hubby and I both fell on the ice, I ended up with 2 nice bruises and we thought he broke his hand, thankfully he did not. Once hubby's family came to help out with the problem and get our car down to the cottage, I could breathe a little easier. Though I did tell him if the weather and roads did not get better, my butt was NOT leaving the cottage all week and if anyone wanted to visit us, they could come to us!! lol Thank God for more answered prayers in the way of rain all night which helped to clear the roads. The rest of the trip was great with much visiting but also lots of time spent with just Gary, me and the kiddies by the fire. AHHHH....relaxing! We headed home last Friday morning, stopped to spend 5 hours at a mall in Nashville and arrived home by midnight. Then bliss...two whole days to relax before going to work today. A perfect way to end a vacation!! I was a bit scared to get on the scale but I was pleasantly surprised that I was basically the same as when I left. How I"m not sure since I surely didn't worry too much about diets up north, but thats okay. Now I'm home and back to watching what I eat more closely. Also back to the gym during lunch today and though it was brutal and I wanted to quit early, I trudged forward and finished the entire workout. Tonight hubby and I will be continuing the routine we have started of spending some time on the Wii Fit the kiddies got for Christmas. I hope that each of you made some special memories this Christmas and were able to enjoy the holidays in moderation!