Pain Free!
Day 3 of my chip-free cleanse and doing ok… 
Feeling so much better today than I have the last few weeks. Even though I did 25 minutes on the elliptical yesterday and then went to athletic therapy for an hour my pain is non-existent, which is EXCELLENT! Means that I should be able to get moving soon! October is a busy month for me, I’ll be attenting the Momentum Fitness Conference in Winnipeg on the 17th and that’s a full day of workouts! Then my Aqua Fitness Certification class starts on the 27th and I’ll also be taking the Zumba Fitness Certification on the 31st so my goal is to be functional to take advantage of the classes, and can’t do that if I have to sit out every few minutes. I was so happy that I was able to do a downward dog that I almost cried! This body’s gotta get back into fitness!
Meanwhile I am preparing for my sister’s visit. Gives me a chance to cook for real! Living on my own doesn’t give me the inspiration to make complex dishes and I usually stick to easy peasy meals, but with her coming I’ve already started on the empanadas which were a special request and the chicken that I’m making for panes con pavo (it’s only two of us so I’m making chicken instead of turkey. We’re don’t celebrate Thanksgiving but we’ll be doing a small dinner anyway since she will be here for a few days. Looking forward to a lovely meal with her!
A New Year, A New Decade
It’s now 2010! This past year felt like a short moment to me, and New Year’s Eve was like a blur. I usually get nostalgic on New Year’s, right after midnight hits. I think of times gone by and times yet to come and about all of the things I miss most. I was surprised that this year I didn’t feel like that at all, even though I didn’t have any family around me and I went out to a *gasp* bar to celebrate with friends. Maybe the reason why those nostalgic feelings didn’t come to me this year was because it didn’t really feel like New Year’s, or maybe it’s because I was too busy trying not to get pummeled to the ground by the drunk chick partying it up at the table next to us, but the point is that I felt “normal”. It’s a new year, and a start of a new decade people! And I feel optimistic. I don’t make resolutions anymore but I make life choices… I want to cook more and write more, I want to dance it up as much as I can and learn new dances, I want to meet new people, hopefully meet that special someone as well, I want to study yoga, maybe even teach it someday. In a nutshell… I want to LIVE! I don’t want to be stuck in the what ifs and the what-could-have-beens. I want to be alive, and that’s what I inted to do. Read more
