thankful.

So here we are...another Monday morning, the one and only full school/work week in November, which I have decided (along with co-workers) that this is the longest shortest month of the school year with our lovely kiddos whom challenge us in many different ways day in day out. Thank goodness they are cute!

What are you thankful for this month? this year? Watching the news is so depressing...it makes it hard to see all the beauty in the world beyond the cute annoying holiday commercials, the beaming holiday lights (yes, I have already seen a house with christmas lights, a little early isn't it?) and pretty sparkly ornaments and/or other holiday decorations. The empty buildings left to rot, while people go nights, weeks, months without shelter because all of the homeless shelters are booked and over crowded. The people who can't pay their electricity bill and still worry about what to get their kids for christmas, yet other everyday people are lucky enough to participate in tv game shows and win thousands, millions of dollars that they don't know what to do with. The 18 year olds killing their parents and siblings, the repeat offenders still on the streets stealing and what have you. What posses people to kill? to take from other people? to think that they are better than other people?

I am so thankful for where I have been, but as each day passes, I realize how thankful I am for where I am, where I made it thus far, with the help of my parents unconditional love and support, my relationships... I am so very thankful for your support, my motivation, and the opportunity to not only have 1 job, but 4, getting myself together, getting on track, which may or may not be the "right" track in some people's eyes, but this track is so very happy. Don't we all deserve to be happy? Be thankful for what you have, more importantly who you have.

Back at it!

I have let myself go for the past two weeks....well not by choice entirely, but because of my lovely sinuses already so early in the season! gotta love it. My house was a mess up until yesterday and I had not been to the gym the last two weeks until this morning. I was back at it. I've let myself go long enough, I even caved and went to the doctor's last week only to reassure myself why I put off going in the first place, "it's only viral." viral viral viral, that's all it ever seems to be....so I will pick up my flonase today I suppose, since I forgot to this past weekend, but no worries, I have been continuing (and am almost out of) my mucinex as well as the lovely netti-pot mr. doctor! whatever.

Back at the gym this morning. Rise and Shine. and it was light out, which you think would make it easier to get up, not that it was so hard to get up since I'm a morning person, but it's just the whole reason of getting up I guess haha, it being Monday too. But I DID IT!!! with mouth breathing and all....30 minutes on the bike, arm weights and 100 sit-ups on the exercise ball...back home and took Russell for a jog/walk on top of it!! Only to get in the shower as soon as I'm done writing and hit up the netti-pot before work. Life is good. It really is though. I could not be happier, or more proud of myself. Especially since when weighing myself this morning before the gym it said 200.8. Yes, there is a 2, but Awesome that it was followed by two zeros after not going to the gym in two weeks!! Happy Monday. Bring on the four day work week!