It’s November 10, 2013 and Kenrick and I have decided that this is the first day of the rest of our healthier lives. We’d like to share with everyone our committed 24-day journey as we do the Challenge. You’ll hear about our missteps, achievements, everything. We’re being completely open and honest. This also includes sharing photos and videos. We’re super excited and regardless of how this ends up, we’re here with you for its entirety. It will definitely be a challenge as we do this during the Thanksgiving period. We’ll blog and tweet about how we feel as well as our fitness. Be sure to check us out and leave us feedback or ask questions. We’re just two very regular people with normal weight issues. Real weight issues. And so that you don’t have to be inundated with this stuff we’ve created our own blog that focuses on all this stuff! You can visit it here and you can even follow us on Twitter! Disclaimer: There are photos on the site that show us as we are. Close your eyes!
Where Has the Time Gone
I was a little reluctant to post. I have been reserving my current posts to reflection on my poems. However, I have been itching to write more. I wish that that itch would spread to the novella I am writing. Pardon my lack of use of contractions. You would be surprised how often we use them. However, I am using my bluetooth keyboard on my iPad Mini and surprisingly it is a common feature to have the apostrophe hidden away as if it was an uncommon key. Thus, you have to press the function button plus the L-key. I am not doing that. Seriously, considering how great it is that my fingers are small enough to proficiently use this keyboard as if it is a full size keyboard, I will just make due with no contractions.
It has been stressful for me recently. My day job has on many occasions recently caused me to become very stressed. I can handle it but I assure you that I do not do so without making a fuss about it. If it mattered to me at this point to change that about myself, that would have been the case over the past few weeks. However, it is not something that I am thinking about now. We often become so overly concerned about always being polite or gracious and in trying to do so we only cause ourselves more stress. Do not get me wrong, common courtesies should not be ignored, but just do not expect me to always be in a great mood.
Full Circle
I came very close to not posting at all tonight. It was a very long day. Between work and shopping with the hubby, and getting irritated with the hubby I am quite exhausted. However, as I wait for the full effects of my nightly pill regime as well as the SleepyTime tea to kick in I willed myself into typing up yet another previously unpublished poem and am making a quick post.
When I say Full Circle I refer to the poem, Dying. No, I don’t feel like dying but I will say that when I re-read the poem as I typed it up I thought that some of the things I felt then, over two years ago I still feel now. Although there was a great deal more turmoil then I still struggle with money problems (don’t we all?) and concerns regarding my health. I’m still very grateful for the life that I have and its many blessings but there are times when you’re just really tired.
LaToya M. Davidson-Perez 