It's been a long time, Shouldn't have left you, without a dope beat to step to...." Aaliyah (If you don't know that song, I'm sorry, you obviously weren't an aspiring homegirl when you were 15). ANYWAY! It really has been a long time since I blogged, but I have been encouraged to do it again as an outlet. A lot has gone on in the past 900 months since I wrote so I'll update you briefly.
1. The Monkies are old, 8 1/2 an 2 1/2. First day of 3rd grade started today (and a new school). NERVES!!!!
2. We bought a house over the summer (hence the new school) and are back in the area we want to be in. YAY!!!
3. I quit a job, started a new job, quit that job, and went back to an old job. CHA-CHA-CHANGES!!!
4. My grandmother passed away and with that passing I've learned a lot about what people truly value. I also learned a lot about her and her heart. All I can say is that I am thankful that I lived close to her and got to spend the time with her I did and my children got to spend the time with her they did. She wasn't as naive as she acted. She knew a lot and kept a lot inside. She was stronger than anyone can imagine.
5. At the beginning of the summer I decided to work out regularly and get in shape. For years, I over restricted myself in order to be thin and I woke up this year and decided that I wasn't going to abuse my body in that way. (Actually, it was at Christmas when my brother, who never comments on anything, looked at me and said "You need to gain weight." No one had been that blunt with me. And if he said it, then I knew it was true). I was going to eat, enjoy food, but exercise as a way of stress-relief and to be healthy. I'm more healthy with an extra 5lbs and daily exercise than being 110 and hungry all the time.
6. Apparently, it was a good decision to get truly physically healthy, because at the end of the summer I learned that I am not actually "healthy". I was diagnosed with a type of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma which only solidified how I really need to NOT abuse my body but eat right, work out, get rest (as well as I can) and just be as healthy as I can be. At the moment, I don't know what my treatment will be. Until I find out, I need to truly and honestly take care of myself. It is hard when you have been in a pattern for years of restricting your caloric intake just to watch the scale go down every month. It is hard when you work out ALL summer and gain 5lbs instead of staying stable. But I need to learn that my body is getting as healthy as it can and getting ready to fight.
And there ya have it, a quick update on the past few months and hopefully I will continue to write. I was told I should as an outlet and now that big kid is at school and little kid has found an obsession with all things Thomas, I find I have a spare minute or two a day to write. I apologize in advance, but hey, you are the sucker who reads it!
