Yes, I love techonology...

Facebook is killing me! Brant sent me my very first invitation and I can barely remember him! I met him during the Travis County Caucus. He's a kid, like everyone else!

So, I accepted his invitation and set up my own Facebook site. The learning curve has been steep. It's some kind of network! 3 long lost friends/relatives have contacted me since I've joined and I have no idea how they did it. Oh well, there you have it. I just created a badge:



See you later, Sweet Potater!

Back from the brink!

Ugh!  I've been ill.  I have the crud; it's the old bronchial junk.  I'm so lethargic.  I had not trained in over a week until today.  Yep, I went to Tough Cookies training.  I could hardly breathe but I did as much as I could without passing out.  Carolina had no mercy and kept telling me to stop whining.  She's brutal and heartless but as sweet as can be.  I love her!  We did the 800s workout which is running 800s and strength training exercises.

I just weighed in at 139.4 lbs.  I have not seen a 3 in the 10s digit place in over 5 years!  I'm ABSolutely thrilled!!!  Speaking of ABS, I'm seriously thinking about doing the Oxygen Magazine abs challenge.  It would be difficult for me to win because my abs aren't buried underneath a ton of fat, just some fat, but I'm going to go for it anyway!  I think.

I've been writing!  I have what I believe is an awesome book idea but putting it all together has been slow going.  I'm getting there.  I'm finding lots of information to support my position so it's heartening.  However, I know how hard it is to write a book.  I'm staying positive but what I really need to do is get writing.

Finally, I cleaned out the fridge.  It's looks splendid.  I have made a great grocery list and am headed over to Whole Foods.  I feel tired.  All we have is our health!  My God!

Ok, Chicas Bonitas, I'm outta here!  Just think, I'm almost 135 lbs. which I think is my ideal weight.  Incredible!!!

The Early Bird Gets the Worm

I'm up.  It's 5 am and I am up.  I never get up this early unless I'm flying.  My brief stint with United had me up at these hours all the time, so did Encore.  Yep, generally, if I'm up at 5 am, I'm leaving town on an aeroplane.

I wanted to see how it felt to be up this time of morning.  This is when my girlfriend, Imani, writes!  That's so inspired.  She is compelled to get out of bed most mornings by 5 am to write! I believe that is what it takes.

I suffered from a bit of depression yesterday.  It's been over 90 days since I separated from my job and I have to admit that I have been having anxieties.  Certainly, wasting away at that job was a sure-fire death sentence for me.  There was no creativity, the leadership was mediocre at best, there were no visionaries, well, there is one--it was simply an ant kingdom--but, it was something to do, it gave me an identity and a crucially significant paycheck.  All that being said, I could never return.  It would be a sin against my God and the Universe for me to waste myself staring at irrelevant information on a computer screen.  I know that someone has to do it, it ain't moi.

I don't miss the job, I miss the false sense of security that it gave me.  I KNOW, without a shred of doubt, that I had NO future in the ant kingdom.  I should have left a few years ago but I cannot dwell on past mistakes.  My current task is to work toward learning my role out here, in the Beautiful World.  I am a member of A New Earth, truly.

The battle is for the mind.  I must convince the mind to join the heart and the body.  I have set high goals for myself and at 40 years old, my prospects for success appear bleak, however, that may only be the mind's perception.  It has yet to be won over.  

I have to continue to run this race with heart and body.  I believe that the combination of mind, body, and heart (soul) is the magical combination but 2 out of 3 ain't bad; it's what I've got and it will have to sustain me.  I finished my last marathon with heart (soul) and body.  IT WAS NOT FUN!  IT WAS NOT PRETTY!  So, marrying the three is where I'm at!  I'll let you know how it goes.

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