So an idea was planted to start using some muscles I have let atrophy and it's much harder than I expected.

Have I lost it? It used to mean everything. How to begin again?

It always amazes me when I sit in church after struggling withing something and the sermon directly talks about what I've been going through. It's not like this has happened once or twice but a number of times ( Read more... )

I have conflicted views about a job that leaves one exhausted, demotivated, and drinking a double gin and tonic at the end of the day.

Today I have worked on two of my three resolutions! I sat down with my lovely new planner (which I HEART) and I read through everything, transposed some work deadlines, meetings, and events and thought about some long term events coming up. I also (bum bum bum) started Weight Watchers! I got my (big) ass up at 6:50am, got ready, drove to the ( Read more... )

You wake up extremely groggy from sleeping too hard (like I didn't move all night but once to take my socks off) and realize you've been having a "nightmare" where you get your new planner but the planning pages don't look like they did online and now nothing is correct because you don't have enough space to write everything ( Read more... )

This is my year to improve. I don't really have external goals this year. I have my degrees; the wedding is planned and done; I am not in a position to hold a permanent job for the next couple years so I do not have my eye on the long-range job plans. Soo - with no external forces pushing me to make goals relative to them - this is a year to pay ( Read more... )

May I start by saying, Welcome to the Longest Post Ever. hehe Sorry - I want it all recorded!

Well - the first DoIDare Christmas has come and gone and I believe it was a smashing success! It had its down moments but doesn't everything. It was much harder than I expected to incorporate traditions from both sides and form new ones as well.

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My grandma has not been very well lately. She has issues with water retention due to kidneys, etc as well as old age and not being in generally the best of health. She was in the hospital a month or two ago because she was not taking her medicine for fear of having incontinence issues and thus her body was swelling and it was hard for her to walk ( Read more... )

My entries on my new job at the nonprofit will be friends only as any venting that may occur doesn't need to be public. If you want to read these - you need to be listed as a friend.

I handed in my two week notice at work today - eeps!! I'm running on adrenaline and caffeine! I'm so stoked! (Can you tell by the exclamation points ( Read more... )