ACCOUNTANT BY DAY

I’m not a fan of these “Let me explain why I haven’t been posting” types of posts on blogs, but just so you all know, the wedding was fine last weekend and I simply haven’t recovered yet from my exhaustion, which is why no one has heard a peep from me in what seems like years.  We leave for New York tomorrow and we’ll be there for a week, so look forward to hopefully seeing something next week.

Oh.  And I just wanted to say, that wedding was great for my self-esteem.  Aside from the marriage part, I mean.  I made all but four of the desserts that were served, and got a ton of compliments.  My chocolate cheesecake went over very well.  I also heard that someone else wants me to make a cake for their wedding in October, which I am open to doing, although I think frankly they might want to consider getting a sheet cake from Price Chopper or Hy-Vee or something if they want it to look nice.  I’m good at making things that taste good, but I don’t have any decorating experience.  Weirdly enough, this whole thing sort of makes me want to learn.  Because seriously, it was such a freaking ego trip to have people getting all excited.  I love to feed people.  I’ll qualify that by saying that I try very hard not to be a food pusher.  So I am that asshole who brings it around, but I won’t be hurt if people turn me down.  I of all people understand how tough it is to say no to sweets.

I was feeling kind of fat yesterday (I’ve been off the wagon a lot this summer - hoping that the walking in New York will help me at least maintain until I come back), but then I was packing for the trip and I found this shirt that I used to use as an every day shirt when I was really heavy.  It was like a size 18.  For reference, I now wear a size 8 dress.  I tried it on to see if it would make a good sleep shirt for the trip, since my current sleep shirt is the free t-shirt I got when I bought my Volkswagen last year, and was shocked at how huge it was.  I can’t even remember having it fit like a “normal” shirt.  So that helped give me a little perspective.

Not that I wouldn’t consider a tummy tuck if I won the lottery next year.

I didn’t realize how much I missed baking.  I’ll have to find more reasons to do it from now on.  But now that I’m going to try to get back down to business again and take off those last few pounds, I need to strategize.  The last thing I need is to put on a bunch of cake weight.