2 years later

Oh, what can happen in two short years!

I am happy to report that I most certainly changed my life, but I did not accomplish the changes I was attempting to make that I detailed in this blog.

The bad news:  I went back to smoking, started drinking heavily again, and went back to eating stuff that wasn't good for me.

I had reason - perhaps not a valid reason for backsliding where my health is concerned, but a reason all the same. As I was making all of these positive changes in my life I realized that I needed to dig deeper and really change another thing that was adversely affecting my life, and that meant ending a 6 year long-distance relationship.

It wasn't an easy decision, but it was the right one.

grown-up

thank you, universe

There was a long period of time, there, that I wasn't noticing the simple things.  Five years to be exact.  Funny how those five years coincided with the time I spent at my last employer...

It's not surprising.  I spent the last couple years of my 20's and the better part of my 30's feeling sick.  I'm sure all the sordid details of that will come out over time, but the important thing is by 2005/2006 I was feeling good again.  Really good!  Hell, I was looking good, too, which I'm sure also contributed to how good I felt.

I started what will heretofore be known as the SSJ (soul-sucking job) in January of 2006.  I weighed somewhere around 135 lbs, did yoga regularly, walked just about everywhere and felt awesome.