beginning of the end!

What an optimistic phrase - today, not the first day of the rest of your life, but today, leading into the final 7 weeks of school. I've enjoyed this school more than any I've ever done, but really, it's time to end. I'm cranky, the kids are cranky, coworkers are cranky and there's an awful lot of staring into June, wishing a large chunk of life away. Being the proactive type - as at least I imagine myself - I've planned a specific focus for each of those 7 weeks at work, but what am I doing for those same weeks while off duty? There's the ongoing & so far satisfying corporal improvement plan. In those 7 weeks, I'm focusing on losing an additional 14 pounds and working into a 5-day-week gym schedule. I've held myself to the every-other-day exercise routine so far, so changing to 5 day/wk is a small change, but one that will be a huge challenge as the workday gets tougher, meetings become more frequent and expendable energy becomes harder to access. What's the payoff for this extra project? Health? Strength? No, nothing so useful. I want to be in the pictures we take in London. Yes, vanity. Vanity in a person so insecure she gained way too much weight to have some to throw around in the world. So, here's to vanity: if you save my life, we're pulling for you. And to the next 7 weeks - you'll pass.