Sometimes I laugh so hard I fall off...

This summer break is off to a fantastic start! I am well underway to reach my summer fitness goal. I started running. I have always wanted to be a runner. I envied those who I would see running down the street. I would see them and go home to jump on the treadmill. This always ended in failure. Seldom would I reach a mile. One mile!! I knew what the problem was. Weight. So…it took a while but I am at an acceptable weight.

Last week a friend and I joined a local gym. My friend needs to gain weight and definition. I want to lose ten more pounds and look better naked. So…one week in and we’re both pleased. The first morning I went I decided to just hit the treadmill. I get a little overwhelmed and self -conscious so this was a safe start. I got on. I hit start. I plugged in my ear buds. And somehow I ended up running three miles! Three! Maybe it was because I was watching Will & Grace. Or maybe it was because there was a little picture of a track showing where I was. Either way I was thrilled. I could never do that in my basement.

I go twice a day. In the morning I run alone. In the evening I go with my friend and to strength stuff. Will I keep it up? I sure hope so. I enjoy the heck out of it.

In other news…I think my mother has started drinking. J

Tonight I received a txt from her mentioning how much she enjoyed looking at the newly mowed lawn from the “veranda.” Last time I checked it was just a breezeway. But apparently you give her one Mint Julep and it becomes a veranda.

Well…I suppose I should make my way out to the lanai. Cheers.

Slowly....

I am becoming the person that I have always wished I was. :)

I want to run.
I am not intimidated by the gym.
I am reading everyday.
I can see (almost) where I want to be.

And it is still May!

Lancelot, we are knights.

“Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.”

 -- Ann Landers

:)

I’d like to leave this world with a little more love than I found it.

It seems like a lofty ambition, but I promise it’s not. Each day, we get so many opportunities to share our good vibes with the world around us. There are a thousand little moments that we can fill with love.

These moments are so common that they’re easy to overlook – and the loving gestures can be so small that they’re seemingly insignificant. It’s smiling at the elderly woman in the food market. Or reminding a friend that you care about them. It’s saying hi to the person you pass on the street. Or stopping to pet a dog. It’s recognizing your love for this planet by picking up a piece of litter. Or even silently acknowledging the light you see in the eyes of a stranger.

The thing that’s great about love is the more you give it away, the more you get in return. The world is like a big mirror and I guess it makes sense; the energy you put out into the universe tends to come back to you in like form.

As you go about your day, consider this a gentle reminder to fill your moments with love.

When I say...

"...I don't want to be wrong." It means I don't want to be right. So...sealed it stays.

From nine months ago...

Competition…it means different things to different people. But whether it’s a friendly rivalry...or a fight to the death...the end result is the same. There will be winners...and there will be losers. Of course, the trick is to know which battles to fight. You see, no victory comes without a price.

There are three people. Two will win. One saw it coming.

To those who say that "it is better to have loved and lost, than to never to have loved at all."

You were never in love.

Must read...

"...They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail."
— John Green (Looking for Alaska)

Really. Everything is okay. My moment(s) of angst are over. I have never been better than I am right now. :) Will you believe me?

Only Love

I see you try to turn away
I hear the words you want to say
I feel how much you need to hide
What's happening inside you tonight?

avalon

Ma vie ... à nouveau

Have you ever...

...started a message to someone then deleted it before you found the courage to send it? 


Welcome to my day.

...lust(?)

Should you reach for me, I should run my heart away.
But I won't; I'm not free.
I'm not a lot of things I used to be.