No Net!

The serious workouts begin. I can't possibly reinvent myself in this new life with these belly rolls and chin nooks. There are just so many laps a girl needs and I am quite certain there is no need for the boobs and arsenal to be way down there. Ahhh, the struggles of our self image. We all have them for sure. Men and women alike. If there is one thing I have learned early in my journey of self discovery; I have learned that being lost or stuck or uncomfortable in our own skin doesn't discriminate.

The writing tablets are out to document a plan. Will I run, Zumba or Jillian Michaels' my way out of everyone congratulating me on what appears as 4 months along. I have the bicycle, the 5 and 10 lb weights and the 100+ degree temperatures sucking up the air.

I can't possibly reinvent myself with my mind having become mush these past several years of monotony. I have been stuck mentally as well; MICPS, Failed Claims, Failed Activities, Eligibility Checks, Services Not Authorized, MD Schedules, MD CSR; IFI, CST, ACT, PSR, PEER. blah, blah, blah, blah....no stimulating conversation. I search in the dark for good books and conversations; someone talk to me about travel or food or gardening or sports and only slightly, politics. I hate to sound all Eat, Love, Pray, but for God sake's I have needed to be inspired.

That isn't entirely true. I don't hate to sound all Eat, Love, Pray. At one time recently I warned friends I was about to go all Eat, Love, Pray on this life. Then I realized, as courageous as I think Liz was/is; the fact still is she was able to go off in search of inspiration as a part of her livelihood so she didn't really risk it all to find where she was supposed to be. Or, to find her balance.  She at the very minimum had a financial security. And any one of us who live in the real world know, financial security is hardly minimum. Reality is, it is what prevents most stuck human beings from going from I am in a secure job and completely unhappy to I am going in pursuit of happiness.

Sorry, I got side tracked.

Back to the work out.

30 Minutes of Zumba; 30 Minutes of Jogging (I am not up to runner yet) and 30 minutes of weights and resistance. I love resistance....it is such an appropriate workout term.  Then there are two books to complete this month and two to peruse. Read: The Tennis Partner: Far From the Land; The Piano Tuner. Peruse: See It, Say It in Spanish; Costa Rica Bradt Travel Guide.

I think it is safe to say I have a long way to go. I have a goal of being some what presentable by the time my road trip rolls around. So, I ask you, my twelve blog followers, including you two from New Zealand and you from India; will I ever reach this goal of slightly less belly roll and a few less chin nooks and a broader mind? Please tell me I can get it together? Cause, I really don't have another plan.

Recipes: A little bit of motivation mixed with support and a plan should get me where I am going...

Roadtrips: There will be at least three miles of activities in my every day agenda.

Renovations: There is no safety net in really going for it!