The weekend in Portland was a lot of fun. We had the opportunity to see how the competitions operate here in the NW, the show was nice but the women competing were not very impressive at all. I was shocked to see clearly out-of-shape and overweight women competing in the bodybuilding divisions. They were very unprepared. The men made a much better showing. Although, the judges seems right on target with all but one of their decisions where the women were concerned, they were not as on target with the men.

We enjoyed ourselves though and Cheyenne had a great time with Summer and Steven. She took the train downtown and went to the mall and a huge open air market. She of course found a pet shop that had two beautiful black n white rats...as she stated "they were fat squishy boys". I think I will talk to her dad while she is away this summer and see if we can talk him into letting her have a pair of male rats for Christmas. They are great pets, and while not being for everyone, she really loves them. She misses Kittsipimi a lot since he passed away in November. She has done excellent in school this year and I think she has proven she can focus on her schoolwork and maintain some responsibility to getting another pair of rats is not a bad thing.

Week 2 of the Consistency Challenge has begun and it is also the week of cutting bread from our diet...well the clean eating, workouts and water will be a breeze but giving up my bagels proved TOUGH. I did not succumb to the bagel, cream cheese and lox but the craving was certainly there at every vacant moment.

Workouts are going well, I am up almost 3 lbs and I am sure I will lose most of that but that is okay...I will keep bulking and growing so I can handle burning the fat too. At least I will not have as much to cut later.

We are gearing up for the big equestrian medieval event at the fairgrounds this weekend. Tonight was archery practice, riding "Samson" the massive Percheron, working on costumes for Cheyenne and I. Tonight I have been working on the Itinerary for the show...minute by minute. So, it is down to the wire and getting the knights ready, the archers, the swordsmen and the fine details....wow. But it will be great, the big show is in late August and that one will take tons more organizing and planning.

Well, it is off to bed soon, so more later.