Ahhhhh..the holidays are long past, the court trips are said and done and all is relatively calm in my world at present. I refuse to focus on the negatives and will be putting my best positive foot forward…at least for the purposes of this blog.
So much has happened the past few months that it is hard to know where to start.
Christmas turned out well even in my somewhat pauper state, and this year has started out with a bang, though not the horizontal hula kind of a bang. My sister, God bless her, got me a treadmill for Christmas — a really NEAT treadmill that monitors my heart rate and calories burned and time spent and the whole 9 yards. It inclines and I can adjust the speeds and how fast my little legs can trot on the thing. It is, in a word, AWESOME. As a woman employed in a dead-on sedentary position, I was hell bent on getting some exercise and this mega machine is helping. I turn up the tunes, turn down the socks, and boogie to my latest musical passion and, yep, I even break a sweat. I have been told that’s a good thing. This treadmill is much more technology than I personally would have been able to afford, but my sister and brother have always been BEYOND generous when it comes to such things. I am making 2008 MY year.
The men come and go. Larry resurfaced after months of no contact between us. Not sure what he wants from me exactly, but I have managed to keep my head on straight and my eye on the prize…and he ain’t it. It’s fun to know I have options these days. I am particularly interested in a new guy…we have lots in common and he is very sweet and a doll with one of those salt and pepper goatees that makes me weak in the knees. He’s nice and attentive, and we get along great. Time will tell.
Plans are going well for the new place. It is going to be fantastic when I can actually see the progress being made. Ol’ Man Winter and Mother Nature just need to back off for a little while. Mama needs new digs. It will likely not happen until June or so…a little less than a year more than I expected, but when it happens, it will all be good. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths…yeah, I can handle that 
Work is work but at least I am overly employed and I am grateful. God help the people with no jobs or whose families are hungry. I am learning to look at the good things in my life little by little, instead of focusing so much of my energy on the shit parts of my life, and it makes it much easier to smile. I get more comfortable in my own damn skin day by day.
All the news fit to print…despite some pretty awful times in my past, life DOES go on and things just might turn around this year.
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