All around updates

39. Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

What a great book. I absolutely loved it. I'm currently reading In the Company of the Courtesan, also by Sarah Dunant, because I enjoyed Venus so much. A definite recommend.

Before I left for Kazakhstan, I was working towards a 30-pound weight loss goal. I had lost 4.8 pounds towards that goal, with 25.2 more to go. While I was gone, I lost another 6 pounds (a cautionary tale of horse meat and mayonnaise), with some-odd ounces, so now I am at 10.8 pounds lost, with 19.2 pounds to go.

If I hit this goal, I will weigh less than I did when I met my husband in high school. Although I can't ever imagine having that body back, what with baby pooch and other pregnancy-related malformations, at least I will be at a more ideal weight. And if I lose this last 19.2 pounds, I'm setting another 20 pound goal. But, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Total weight lost since beginning of the year: 36 pounds.

Updated reading list

34. A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
35. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
36. Firefly Cloak by Sheri Reynolds
37. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
38. Wives Behaving Badly by Elizabeth Buchan

Haven't officially weighed since I've been back, but certain I lost some weight in Kaz - so hopefully still on my way to the next weight loss goal.