Ladies and gentlemen, this is 7 gallons of milk.
It's fortified. With vitamins. It's pasteurized. I love it! It's ho...mo....gonized. Oh I love my milk!
(Sorry. It's just that random songs from my past pop into my head ALL the time. If I always bothered to tell you about the songs in my head, you'd be scared of me - so I don't.)
Yesiree. Seven gallons of milk, at roughly 8 pounds per gallon... well, you do the math. 56 pounds of milk, equal to the 55 pounds I've lost, plus the one pound I shed trying to finagle 7 gallon jugs into my hands.
Speaking of finagling....
I was standing there, minding my own business, smiling pretty for the camera, when that rogue jug in my left hand - the one on top - started trying to escape. The problem was, I had that one hooked on my thumb, and if you've ever seen my hands, you know that I have stubby thumbs. It's one of the reasons I could never master anything other than the G chord on guitar. When it started slipping, I hollared, "Help! Slipping, slipping!". Dani, in a flash of brilliance, ran the other way.
She was getting the grocery cart, which was a few feet behind her, but I didn't know that. So I yelled louder, "HEY!! HELP ME!" All of a sudden, BOOM! The jug hit the concrete floor with a splat, splitting wide open and gurgling vitamin D all over the place. In that same nanosecond, a man came running from behind and took the jug tucked under my right arm. Turns out, Dani snapped a picture of him moments before. Look closely, and you'll see him. I thanked the guy, but he looked at me like I was a loony tune and continued on his way.
It was then that I really thought about it. What must people have thought, walking past while a crazy woman off her rocker enough to wear orange pants struggled to juggle 7 gallons of milk, when her grocery cart is a mere 5 feet away? And then, what kind of weirdo poses for a PHOTO with those 7 jugs of milk??
A woman who's lost 55 pounds, that's who.
And fifty-five pounds, my friends... WORD TO THE MOMMAS. That's a lot of spilled milk!
12 comments:
Stacy
I can't say how proud and excited I am to watch you on this journey. It is one that I will start and hopefully be as successful as you on!
You go girl!
Nancy
npetercmway
Congratulations!! You are doing AWESOME!
By the way - you look so cute in that outfit!
You look AMAZING!!!!!!!
WOW, Stacy! You look fantastic! Keep it up!
Julie
That is AMAZING!! You look wonderful, and I can see it in your eyes how happy you are. Keep it up, Skinny girl!
If I was a passer-by, I would think bench pressing a bag of dog food beats juggling milk cartons LOL.
Congrats Stacy!
WOW - you look amazing! I can't wait to see you in person!
~Kesa
You look amazing Stacy.
Holy noodles STACE!! you look amazing!! I need to see you.. wrap my arms around you!!! OH PLEASE!!
Hey, I know that song. Karen l.o.v.e.d. it. Was it the B-52's? I can picture the cassette tape!
It is not possible for you to scare me with the songs in your head. I have a serious tune wedgie issue.
That is amazing Stacy!! You look stunning :)
HOLY MOLY! Hubba hubba! WOW! I can't get over how amazing you look! Wear the orange pants...show off that hot, new bod!
And the milk story just made me lol!
One more thing...the singing in your head...well, I have often thought if everyone knew the music running through my head they'd think I was insane. Glad to know I'm in good company!
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