Birthday fun!

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. Wow! 3 more years till the big THREE ZERO!
I had a small "party".. consisting of my best friend Sarah, a very good friend Jessica, and my mother. We basically hung out in the kitchen the entire time, baking the cake.. and then while it cooled, a Thai pizza for dinner. Pictures will be posted later (Sarah has them).
Naturally, everything was "Kate friendly".... meaning no processed crap was in them. :) This was the same meal we made last year.... but the marked improvement was that I wasn't on Prednisone and weighed 15 pounds lighter this time around. :) Next time will be even better.
It was a wonderful time. We chatted about all sorts of things... had some really good Christian fellowship, told stories of older days, giggled over who would make good husbands... something I would not have been able to do with all my friends of the male persuasion. And the food was just dynamite! That pizza! WOW! The crust was a gargantuan whole wheat tortilla. The sauce was peanut butter (home made with nothing but roasted peanuts), honey, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, and something else (mom was making that part.. so I missed what all was in there). And the toppings were zucchini, mushrooms, red bell pepper, purple onion, crushed pineapple, chopped peanuts, garbanzo beans, and shredded tofu (that last bit was moms idea... and it tasted like meat in the end!) Then sprinkled some garlic powder on top and baked it till the tortilla was crispy... or as crispy as it could get. Momma mia! That was one tastey pizza!!
Then we ended the night by watching some Dr. Who. Mom acutally joined us! :D Heheheh. We watched the first two episodes of season 5...and I must say, I was SO sad to see David Tennat leave after season 4, and was quite skepitcal of the newest doctor. However, this new actor is proving to be quite satisfactory. :)

Now... these past few weeks I've been working really hard on not eating more than 1,200 calories (with little splurge Sundays, to keep the body guessing)... but this Sunday was MAJOR splurge day.. and spilled over into today was well. So now I am stuffed to the gills and have some serious stomach acid from it. Oy. Tomorrow, thank the Lord, I don't have to work at Waldorf so I can take the time to hit the gym HARD. My trainer STILL hasn't called me.... *hurumph!* (I just now called the gym to remind them... just in case I got lost in paper work or something).

I'm closer to my running goal! 11 minutes for 1 mile! It's not close to 9 minutes by any stretch, but it's getting there... I managed to stay at a 5.5 the WHOLE time. I remember the first time I was running at a 4.5... and 5.5 was just too much. It's nice when you can see the difference!