Joy

It's amazing what a few dietary changes can do for the system. It's only been 5 days since I started making significant changes to my diet, and I already feel a lot better. I haven't had any back pain, my joints don't feel swollen and I have a good amount of energy. Whoo-hoo!

But sacrifice doesn't come without it's sorrow. I had to give up coffee. WAAAAAAAAH!!!

I miss it a lot. Granted, it's only been a week, but drinking it was reeking havoc on my system, so I had to say goodbye. WAAAAH again.

I also have to stay away from a few other things, but I can handle it (sort of). This whole journey that I have been on concerning my health in the last few years has been really rough, but I'm in a place where I can spend my free time focusing on diet and exercise and really get back into shape. I'm glad that I can finally do this now, and I look forward to getting my old body back. I've truly missed it.

Other than that, life is slowly rolling along. I'm still trying to figure out where I'm going to live in the next 2 months, and I'm still trying to get on my desired career path. And Sam is still Sam. Lots of sleeping, eating and catnip. LOL.

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Celebration

Yes folks... after three years of learning, complaining about learning, being tired, thinking too much, writing 12 papers (yes, I wrote 12 different papers) and giving 12 different presentations, I have officially finished my Master's degree program.

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYYAY!

Just wanted to get that "YAY" out of the way.

As I'm sitting here at my desk today at work, I'm starting to think about all of the things I want to do now that I have time to spare. The list goes:

Take up kayaking (ambitious, I know)
Learn to make my own pizzas
Exercise, exercise, exercise
Take a Saturday morning Pilates/Yoga class
Paint. Anything.
Move out of my apartment and into a new one
Start playing tennis again
Learn to reeeeally like running (and run 5 and 10K's)
Take a vacation to Paris for a week

That's just the start of the list. I'm going to add more to it as time goes on. For the next week or so however, I'm going to drink some alcohol, watch movies, give my mind a rest, and just be for awhile. I'll start hopping on my list come June 1.

Whoo-hoo! I'm a Master of English! I guess this means I can't get away with misspelling words and using broken English in my posts anymore... lol :)

YAY

School is almost over! I can't wait.

Happy Happy Joy Joy

This is how I've been feeling over the past few days. And I can't complain. I know that it's contributed to the new herb that I have been taking. I finally feel like this time, it's working, and probably within the next year, my body will go back to normal. I can't wait!

Anyhoo, the semester is drawing to a close, and I couldn't be more relieved. The folklore class that I have been taking has been a major thorn in my side. Don't get me wrong - learning about the spirit world has been interesting, but after reading 8 different books in one semester and having to deal with a bunch of weirdos in my class, I'm ready to be done. December 14th can't come fast enough.

Other than that, life is rolling along. I've been watching "Arrested Development" on Netflix... it's a pretty good show. If you like shows like "30 Rock" and "The Office", this show is right up your alley. Check it out!