TJ North

Considering where my head was in June, when EXLB dumped me in a particularly mean and childish way, I am very proud of myself right now. The last few months of that thing were very hard, and I take full 50% responsibility for that. Ok, well, done. As they say, it is called a breakup because it is broken.

Immediately I started exercising, and set a goal to be able to run for 5km without stopping. I can do that now! And to my surprise, it was fun getting here. I enjoy the running and it has become a good habit. I feel great, even though I am still a fat middle-age woman I feel svelte and strong. (Maybe svelte-er and strong-er). I am eating much much healthier and my tastes are changing….I had a cookie yesterday and didn’t like it…WHOA what is that about?

I finally did the motorcycle course, something I have been talking about for years and was too afraid of failure to try. Well, it was hard, but also so much fun. I felt like a kid playing as I learned all these new skills and could see myself actually doing it!

Overall this has been a great summer, and I hope I can carry this through the dark days of winter. The hiking trail right now is particularly beautiful as the leaves change colour, but the days are getting shorter and winter is coming. That’s ok, that will bring snowshoeing and maybe this year, downhill skiing! (Although Son #2 last night took his life in his hands by suggesting I think about lawn bowling ‘like the other old people’…just wait till he gets home for Thanksgiving…lol)

Thanks to everyone for your encouragement….I hope I can give back as much as I am getting from this place!