Dreams are a sign of stress

I finally convinced my dad that we didn’t need the heat turned on overnight, or at least pushed further down on the thermostat than it has been and last night I slept through the entire night with relative ease. I didn’t turn over and look at the clock, and for once in however many [...]

Nothing much new

Beyond my little mini identity crisis where I’ve changed my hair completely, decided to try and improve my skin tone and discoloration of the teeth (I love sweet iced tea, but it’s murder on the teeth), plus control my weight gain — my life is going pretty well. I have a job I really like, [...]

A month of better living

I’ve now been going to the gym for a month, and I feel a lot better physically. Some days my energy output seems off the charts. In addition to the thrice weekly visits, I’ve now been going for 20 to 30 minute walks each day during lunch or around dinner time (sometimes doing both). The [...]

Time to burn some added baggage away

Decided to take the plunge so to speak and join a gym, which I did on Saturday. Got on a scale Saturday morning and had to shake my head in disgust. I’m almost 20 pounds heavier than this time last year, and that’s not a good thing.
It doesn’t help that everything is within striking distance [...]