It's been a long time

It's been a while since I've blogged (about 5 months... wow). I've had some interesting shake ups in my life that have been keeping me from writing and blogging. I'll go through them quick.

• I've been preoccupied with some personal issues
• I got a new job, lost it and have been upset about it since
• I haven't really talked to a lot of my friends
• I've been a bit lonely
• Life is WEIRD

That's basically what's been going on with me. 

Just when I thought life couldn't get any weirder or stranger, it did. Over the last 5 months, I thought that I was going insane. My personal life got weird, my professional life got weird, my family life got strained... YIKES.

Unfortunately at this point in time in my life, I am unemployed. It sucks big time, but it is what it is.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel though. I DEFINITELY needed the time off. I had been looking to spending my days just chilling and hanging out for so long, it wasn't funny.

I do have some money to fall back on (whew), so I should be ok in the long run.

For now, I'm just enjoying not working and figuring out why my cable does not work. I've called Verizon so many times that it's not even funny. 

Perhaps I can explain more in the future. Know for now that I am ok, and will be ok until about the end of the year.

Until then... who knows? Maybe I'll take another European vacation, maybe I'll finish my novel... who knows? 

I look forward to my future journey. And will enjoy spending my free time on my couch :)

Change

Ahhh... good ol' change. Why is it so hard?

At this point in time in my life, I need to go through some serious changes lifestyle wise. Coming to this conclusion has been 5 1/2 years coming, but at least I'm finally here. Part of me wonders why I couldn't have realized this in January of 2006, when this would have truly benefited me the most, but then again I was young. I only cared about partying, getting drunk and hanging out with friends. My health didn't seem to matter too much then.

But it matters now. Getting my health and well being back have now become (next to finishing grad school) the most important thing in my life. The road that I have to travel will not be easy, but I'm going to bet that at the end, I'm going to be grateful for going down it.

Dietary and lifestyle changes blow, let me tell you. I've never had a problem with exercise, but I've always enjoyed being able to order whatever I want off of the menu at any restaurant that I go to. Now, I have to be good. I have to order a salad or some fish and veggies and not that cheese filled, goopy pasta I've always eaten. Or order some grilled chicken and not teriyaki chicken. Ugh. Teriyaki chicken is the bomb! So sad.

Well, as long as I'm better off in the long run, that's all that matters. Perhaps all three of my blog readers and I can exchange healthy recipes? That would really be cool.