The biggest loser

That's me with 119 combined pounds and inches, I am the biggest loser at Curves since they opened in Kenneth Villiage. I tied for losing the most weight, but I was almost double the next person in lost inches. HCIT.

In other awards, I gave my speech at Toastmasters yesterday. I totally lost the audience in the last paragraph of the body of the speech--too much content, not enough laughs, but they gave me an award for the best speech of the night anyway. I was up against Dean who makes his living consulting with people to improve their business (his speech was about what makes a successful team using "The Incredibles," the movie, as an example) and Beth who has won awards for her speeches in toastmasters (but who can't make eye contact to save her life). I also won an award for best table topic. It wasn't that memorable to me, because I couldn't even remember what I had said. We had two speaking opportunities in the meeting, one was about our favorite elementary school teacher and the other about the vacation we most wanted to take. I thought I got the award for Sister Elizabeth and it was actually for how I used to want to go to China, but no more.

Mary is fine. She's getting a bunch of tests, but they also make her do breathing exercises and take her pills on time. She was in terrific spirits when I left yesterday and maybe the doctor will tell her she can go home today. We'll see.