Day Eighteen

On day 18 the true test of strength willpower and the stamina to succeed in completing this 30 day challenge....a cheerleading competition.  I actually thought for a fleeting moment that I was going to have it easier than all my fellow P2 counterparts who had to travel to Atlantic City until I received the fateful text from Maddy, "you are going to have to curl my hair."  Just that alone made me think not only did I want a bott....oops I mean glass of wine I wanted to inject it directly onto my veins.

Well I am happy to let you all know that I successfully made it through curling Maddy's friends hair without uncorking the bottle that is in my refrigerator.  I know you are all really impressed with my self control knowing I was able to resist opening an ice cold bottle of wine!  :-). I have to do Maddy's hair at six tomorrow morning, there will be an update in tomorrow nights blog to let you all know the bottle is still uncorked.   Plus all know hairspray is an appetite suppressant.

Seriously I give all of my P2 counterparts credit for sticking with the program while at an All Star cheer competition.  If you have ever been to one the only food that is usually around is expensive concession food and half the time you don't even want to know what they are serving much less where and what it was made of.   Actually now that I think about it we usually don't eat so the food part might be easier than I think.  NOT!!

The only relief we all  have is after spending 12 hours in a crummy arena with crummy food was going back to the hotel and drinking a few glasses of wine with your friends while the kids run around the halls and bother the other patrons.  There have been many trips where we have been kicked out of lobbies and/or hallways for being so loud.

I know that all of us have the strength to get through a cheerleading competition and I am going to miss sitting around kibitzing about the fact that we can't drink.  :-).   Be strong my friends I am with all of you in spirit.

"Be calm and don't drink" (Dr Who, sort of)