Not every encouraging...

"Dallas is way, way behind unless you live in the richer parts of Dallas..." - Response to a comment about family friendly, improved parks and the like. This makes me quite sad.  Reading that truly made my heart sink even more.  I never would have though about Las Vegas being better than somewhere else.  Truthfully. I just wanted out that I didn't really think much that other places are behind Vegas in so many ways.  Including progressive thinking.  Now I knew coming to Texas was going to be a challenge in our views/beliefs/philosophies with dealing with a lot more uber-conservative thought then we are used to dealing with.  But it just keeps slapping me in the face with how "behind" things really are.  The only person who has even been willing to reach out to the "newbies" in the neighborhood (that being us) is the apparently racist occupant across from us.  Great.  Those are also the only children I ever see outside playing.  So much for neighborhood friends.  I have a real hard time with people like that.  It stirs up more emotions than I can truly handle on top of all the other ones swirling around in me to begin with.  I will never understand that how in this day and age, people can still be so blatantly ignorant and intolerant of other human beings. We are all here together trying to make some sense of it all.  Why must someone insist on separating and pointing out the minute, insignificant differences just to make themselves feel better than someone else.  I don't get it.


But again I digress...


Things are different.  Plain and simple.  And behind.  That word just keeps resonating in my head.  Behind.  That is really what is in.  As if, this place has been hidden behind large stone walls and kept from the ever changing, progressing, improving world.  Unless, as the above quoted response points out, you are of money and have said money to break from these walls and make some changes. I am a big advocate for change and pushing the envelope and making a difference, but this may be a whole lot more than I can handle.

Nothing big today

Not a whole lot has gone on at all today.  I was feeling very under the weather earlier but other then the exhaustion part, it seems to have subsided for now.  Tonight I will finish up week 1 of Couch to 5k.  I am guessing I am putting on muscle since I am now gaining weight instead of losing.  To be expected I guess.  I have loads of cleaning to do tonight as well, since I haven't done much throughout the day.

Sorry that the posts are getting so much shorter.  Its been a pretty tiring week.  Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things next week.

Lack of motivation

I am completely dragging today.  I know I probably over did it just a bit yesterday, but the working out felt so good.  Now I'm feeling the results today.  I'm sore, tired, and just not motivated to do anything.  I do need to get my arse in gear and get some cleaning done though.  So away from the computer I go...

Slacking

I'm losing ground on the blogging thing.  I'm not trying to skip days, but I have been getting caught up on other things as well that I forget until I'm already laying down, half asleep. 

Today I completed Day 2 of my first week of Couch to 5k.  So far so good.  Next week only bumps up the time a wee bit, but it might make all the difference of how I am feeling about it by that time.  I also did a Yoga/Pilates workout earlier today.  Both workouts felt great!  I'm really into this and hope I can stay on track this time around.  I have quite a bit of weight I do need to lose and also really am wanting to get back in shape all around.

Last night was the most amazingly loud, beautiful sounding thunderstorm.  I wish it had started early enough for me to truly enjoy it though, instead of losing sleep from it.  Glad the tornadoes stayed away from us at least.  This whole "Tornado Alley" thing is a bit creepy.  Before getting here, most people said Dallas really didn't get much of the weather anomalies...apparently those people were uninformed.

I hope to get the kiddos out of the house for even a little bit tomorrow, as today it was quite obvious they had really bad cabin fever.  Even the park for an hour would help, I am sure.  But if all that comes of tomorrow is a walk around the area, I'll take that too.  That is, if it doesn't rain again.

Another week

Today starts week 7 since we've moved.  Last week was a rough one.  I'm trying to make the effort to truly feel better about the move.  I think one of the things that has us so down is that we are a bit at a stand still.  We aren't really going forward with any of the goals or plans that we very firmly had set before we ever even left Vegas.  If we can start to change that, then maybe we can start feeling better and more at home.

I started the Couch to 5k last night.  It actually felt great! Of course, so far, its only walking and jogging in small increments to start, but still I felt the difference then if it was just a normal walk.  I really hope to get into shape a bit more with this.  Plus, I really hope to build up an endurance that I haven't ever had.  Running has never been something I have done.  I am bound and determined to change that. 

I have a few plans for the week.  We'll see what I actually get done.

6 years and counting...

I remember every moment of that day with such clarity...our wedding day that is.  Its funny because by the time we made it away from the party, I didn't remember anything.  It was all such a whirlwind.  But now, I can look back and remember SO much.  It seemed like the wind and many other things had wrecked out day.  Yet, now I can laugh...a little anyways...and cherish the fun time we did have together with family and friends.  It was a great day, despite any mishaps.  It was great because we got to openly share our love for one another with those that are so very close to us.  There are little quirks I think of now and sort of roll my eyes.  Several people we no longer talk to.  People in our wedding parties that we definitely wouldn't have chosen if we were to do it all again today.  Things we'd do different (indoor ceremony anyone??).  But in the end, the result is just the same.  Married to an amazing person and so many more years to come.

The Plan

I have a major health and fitness goal by the end of the year.  So I am working on getting all the elements of it into place. This all begins Saturday.  The husband and I are working on our meal plans and I'm working on the fitness part of my goal.  I've talked about doing it for some time now, but I will be starting the Couch to 5k Challenge.  This is what I am using for my source to get started: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml.  It has a good layout for what should be done each week.  I'm getting pretty excited about it actually.  Hoping to see some good results, but all to get myself into some good habits as well.

Today was a fun mail day.  We finally got our library cards AND we got our The Mommies Network t-shirts! Yippee! We will head to the library after dinner.  And then I cannot wait to sport out TMN gear at an event soon! Woohoo!

I'm thinking about what all we could do this weekend, no specific plans yet but I'd like to get out some.

I'm glad its been such a good day, and I am pretty ready to start getting this big goal started. I'm motivated.