What a day!

It's Sunday and in my part of Pennsylvania it is a perfect kind of day.  Warm sunshine, nice breezes and no humidity.  Perfect.

So i think i'll get off the computer and go enjoy it.

Happy Sunday!

Dude, Seriously...

What's with all the sneezing and coughing and stuffy nose bit?  Huh?  i've not had this much trouble with allergies since i was about 18 (just two years ago..cough cough).  But for the past week, i've been a regular sneeze machine.  Isn't that a lovely image?  Yeah...that's what i thought.

And the other thing is:  i have been working three jobs(one full time and two part-time) for years.  It's grueling.  For the past three weeks, i've only worked the full time and one part time and ya know what?  i feel human.  i mean really human.  i had time last night after cleaning the house and some other chores to just enjoy the evening.  i was able to talk with neighbors and read a bit and even garden and just putz around the house enjoying the house.  Wow.  Do you think real people do that all the time?  Amazing.  If this trend keeps up, i might feel fully human by the end of summer.

The only thing is the job i've not been doing for the past couple of weeks is being the choir director at my church and let me tell you, that's a hard one for me to let go.  i enjoy the music, i love the people and it's just a fun job.  i've been doing it for about seven years and just feel burnt out..need to be rejuvenated and refreshed.  So i'm pretty sure that i won't be doing it this coming Fall...which is a bit sad for me, but if feeling human and having some time off to enjoy and live life is the 'cost'...well, so be it.

So YAY for summer and a time to relax a bit more.  Yay for gardening and clean houses and a few evenings free.

And double YAY for Bath and Body Works Lavendar Vanilla bath salts.

Divine.

Ladies and Gentlemen...

...emmasirish is now a whopping 15 lbs lighter.

woooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Doing the happy dance!

Still in a love-hate relationship with the Ellipitical but today's workout was amazing and i could feel the difference in my endurance. A very happy gym day today!

 

Everyday...you save me

i am a huge Rascal Flatts fan.  i like their sound. i like their harmonies. i like the way they play. And i like their songs.  A recent one "Everyday" is just amazing to me because it's hit a strong chord (pun intended) with me.

Life as i know it, isn't always easy.  i, like everyone else, have hard, dark days where i wonder what on earth i'm accomplishing as a human being.  i sometimes wonder if i were to suddenly die, would anyone care, would i leave anykind of legacy, would my life have glorified God, would...would...would.  And there are days (thankfully not many of them) where i feel "NO" is the answer to all those questions.

But then i see my younger siblings and they scream my name and run to give me a hug, or i get an email from my niece, or a thank you note from someone or even an email from a loved One and in all they seem to say "We like you.  you matter to me/us. Don't give up.  Keep the faith."

And it makes all the difference.

Everyday.

 

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Wondering about Spring...

So given that everyone jumped on the Global Warming bandwagon, i assumed that this spring would be hot giving way to an even hotter summer.  We've had summers like that before - where by early May the temperature is in the 80's and then it just gets worse until about mid-October.  And that's what i was expecting..giving the whole Global Warming bit.

So would someone please explain to me why i'm sitting in my house, with a fleece on and a space heater running?  Why when you are outside past oh..say, noon, you have to wear a jacket and why, for all the Global Warming, is the rain that falls not so much a warm gentle May rain, but more like late March early April?

One would think this could be explained..

Um..but probably not by spouting off  "Global Warming" crap, erm.. i meant to say theories.  Yes! Theories..uh huh..that's what i meant to say

Now...where's that hot tea i was brewing - i might soak my feet in it just to bring them back to warmth.

 

::smirk::

Look what i can do!

Recently, i've started waking at 0400.  Yes.  Every day.  Every single crazy day.  my alarm typically goes off at 0430 M-F, but i find that i'm wide awake that 1/2 hour earlier.

Whyyyyy???  i am not a great sleeper - never have been, but for the love of all that is righteous and good must i wake at 4 o'clock in the morning??? There's not even anything exciting going on at that hour.  All the crazies have fallen asleep, no motorcycle/police car chases through the city, no drunks singing love songs as they stagger home, no FedEx deliveries or parades.  Nope, it's very dark and very quiet at that hour.  i know. 

Sometimes i can drift back off to sleep for about 15 minutes but ya know? Why bother.  i'll just feel worse for wear if i do.  So i've been getting up. 

Yeah.  Up and walking around my house at 0400. 

Ain't life grand?

 

::rolls eyes::

Just Another Day in Paradise

...or more aptly titled: The Gym.

Oh gym, how i love thee

i love that i sweat like a man

and that all my muscles scream in reluctant submission

to the workout of the Elliptical machine

and how when i do the buttocks lifter-thing

i tremble.

Oh gym, how i revel in the smell of the rubber floors

and the showers with the cold water on Monday morning

how i thank thee for the loud music and fans that

don't seem to cool anything down at all.

Oh Gym, what bliss i feel when i look at myself

in the mirror after my workout

and delight in the blotchy pink cheeks and

wild eyes.

What feelings of euphoria!

What delight!

i think i am delusional

and crazy, i just might

be.