I'm finally here!

It's been a LONG couple of weeks... but I'm finally here!  Dan and Scott, my heroes, brought me half way.  Then Judy B met us, and her and I continued on our adventure.  It took us a while, but I made it to the end of check in by the skin of my teeth!  Gotta love LA traffic.  I honestly didn't mind that it took so long because Judy and I got to catch up.  I have to say, I love my friends.  Like in previous posts, there are so many people I can just hang out with, like we just saw each other, even though it's been years!  It was so good to find out whats been going on.


When she dropped me off, I have to say, I was sooo extremely nervous, because everything is new.  But it was great.  The people hanging out on the porch all said hello and Jacob, one of the hiking guides was there helping with check in.  He took my bags and they had my stuff right there up front.  I went right into measurements.  The best part is... my last two weeks - The Civil Rights Trip & San Diego I'm down 7.6 pounds.  I can't believe it.  Right now that puts my overall total at 35.4 since May.  Wow... and we'll see what happens after these two weeks!

Dinner was good.  Got to meet new friends.  It's funny how the same types of people just gravitate together.  I ended up eating with a girl who is a history teacher.  Funny... since that's who I was with for the last few weeks!  And I didn't know it, but my roommate Kim, was also there.  It was a nice surprise to see it was her that I could share a room with.  I really like her!

We came back to the room, changed and headed for the hot tub!  It's huge!  There were about 10 of us.  The best part is, it was both newbies and people who have been here either in the past, or for the last few weeks.  They gave us some of the ins and outs and what to expect.

I can't wait to get started tomorrow!

Here's my home away from home for the next few weeks!  I'll write more and take pics tomorrow!