Soon To Be Skinny Sooner

…at least, it seems that way. I got a call from AMVETS earlier this week, asking if I had any donations for their every-six-weeks-or-so trip trough my neighborhood.

“Lady,” I thought, “is this ever your lucky day.”

Clothes from the beginning of my journey

Two and a half sacks, plus a suitcase, full of clothes I’ve undergrown.

This, I think is a great day on many levels:
1. AMVETS is a truly worthy cause, an aid organization for veterans.
2. The obvious self-gratification of putting more X’s on the street and on display than a French-Quarter porno store (clothes for us large people are sized by Xs. 4xl, 5xl, etc. I was in the 5-6xl range when this started, now in the 2-4xl range, depending on the type of clothing and the manufacturer).
3. Knowing that there are quite a few needy people out there that can’t easily get large-sized clothing, and that this might help.

I don’t actually know if it was 115 pounds of clothes. But, it was a suitcase that typically weighs 40-45 lbs. when full, plus two sacks that seemed at least that heavy. So, if anything, 115 pounds might be an understatement, though, to be fair, it wasn’t all clothes that we gave away.

But, it’s interesting to think that all those bags I lugged from our back bedroom to our porch (further than it might sound, given the unconventional layout of our house) are a pretty visual and tactile representation of how far I’ve come. So I’ll stick with 115 pounds.

Boomer Sooner, and Keep the Faith!

-s2bs Sooner