The Only Way Out is Thru

Pushing through an 11 and a half hour day, I'm sitting in my office for the first time since 8:30am. Between meetings, CPR trainings, and more meetings, I'm exhausted from so much sitting and listening. Recently, my sister told me she and her husband are moving to a town called Lumberton, about 2 hours south of Chapel Hill. She sent me and my other two sisters a picture of the house they just purchased and its gorgeous. Huge yard, nice porch, plenty of rooms, and an in ground pool. Close to her husband's job so that he no longer has to have an extravagant commute 4 days a week and it's an hour from the beach. Perfect for them as a family with a one month old baby and plans to have another in a couple of years. While my other sisters are gushing over the news and sending their congrats, I couldn't help but get upset. I'll start with my initial reaction and then move on to the deeper reason. As I've stated in previous posts, and the reason for this whole bl...

I have not been doing a very good job of keeping up with my blog, which I suppose is a good thing because life has been busy! Scratch that, WORK has been busy. I knew this would happen when I went back to working for the Y as a full time director, and I have to constantly remind myself to not let my life get swallowed up by work again.  I am feeling inspired today; I don't know if its November or just the fact that it's the start of a new month, but I have 30 days before me and I want to make the most of them. As I approach 30 (okay, I still have 2 years to go but bear with me) I have a plan for myself. I want to really work on my mind, body, and spirit. I am making a solid effort to go back to school so that I can apply to physical therapy school. I have some work ahead of me but I want this bad enough that I am going to make it happen. Also, I am going to lose this stupid weight and work on feeling good in my own skin. I have a new workout plan laid out, my diet on track, ...