Welcome to Satan's Torture Chamber aka The Gym

Do you hear that?

Do you hear those ear piercing screams?

That is the sound of my muscles and joints crying out in agony and pain. Begging to never have to endure that harsh treatment again.

Alas, I have vowed to whip my own ass into shape!

Being thin is by no means a measuring stick to being in shape! I'm sore in places I can't even mention on here...not that you need the visual...

I went to the gym for the first time in almost a year and I am going back today. Even though I really don't want to. I know that in time, please let it be soon, I'll adjust and not be so sore. So, I must continue!

I'm getting older, things are getting soft and jiggly, and I don't like it.

So, Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to the gym I go...

Hurray for School!

The kids go back to school tomorrow, albeit with a 2 hour delay, but they are going back!

They have had off since Friday...and this Mom is ready to pull her hair out. Have been for some days now! Friday was a teacher work day and then the "Big Storm" hit on Saturday. Which in the Hampton Roads area means, life and everything it involves shuts down!

But, we have all managed to survive the snow, ice, and attitudes, and will resume our normal, ha ha ha, lives tomorrow morning.

Reflections through a broken mirror...

Sitting here reflecting over the last year of my life, there sure have been alot of changes. Some good...some not so good...some really bad. But all those changes are what makes me the woman I am sitting here today.

I've tried to take a long hard look at myself and my life. At first, looking into that broken mirror, I couldn't see anything. Kinda hard to see the whole picture through all those broken shards. But then I stopped and really took a long hard look and you know what I discovered? That I was able to really "see" myself in each of the shards. I was able to focus on one thing at a time. Somehow, seeing my life this way seemed less daunting, less scary. I learned that there are many thing in my life that can and will make me happy. Can and will make me sad. Can and will make me angry. I don't have to focus on the big picture. If I'm having a bad day, then I focus on a piece of mirror that reflects a good thing in my life. If I'm having a good day, the I can devote some time and energy into focusing on a bad piece and hopefully making an improvement.

I learned that I don't have to be or act a certain way due to the image that I see reflecting back at me. There are many pieces that make up the image of me and I'm learning to enjoy the view of all of them!