.....Last night was wonderful, I should be more grateful. But if I am being completely honest with myself and my blog.... I will be doing well today if I manage to a.) not burst into tears, and b.) not punch someone in the face.
That being said, I will do my very best to chill and hope things turn out alright, so help me God.

It is September 18th, 2012. It's been a great day overall, just a fairly normal day.... tonight promises to be spectacular though. We'll see how that plays out in the end. But today is a special day for two reasons. The first one (da dududum), today is my 5-year anniversary with my wonderful boyfriend, Isaac. We've been through a hell of a lot together, and I am honestly amazed that we've stuck this long. I'm really happy too. I feel like we've beat the odds, majorly... and there were a LOT of odds. So that is wonderful, and for the record I feel a lot better today than I have in a few weeks, emotionally, spiritually, etc. it's a really nice feeling.

Here is a recent picture of us at the beach last month.

First photo Isaac and I ever took together, in January 2008 :D

The other special thing about today is that it marks the beginning of change for me, with certain things concerning my diet, my exercise plan, and the way I have been using my finances. I am not totally sure why I chose today to be the big day, but I did so that is that. So let it be written so let it be done. :)
First step, starting today: I am completely cutting sugar out of my diet. And that includes sugar in my coffee as well (which will definitely be the biggest sacrifice), but I know I can do it, and I feel like I need to in order to give my body a bit of a shock and start making more of a difference and seeing the results that I want to see. So sugar is the first step, I am going to document the results of how I look and feel exactly a month from now. I'm excited!!  I'll be making more changes soon too, regarding diet and exercise, adding some things, eliminating others, etc. and will document those as well, but I feel that it's important to make my goals clear and bite-size for now to ensure that I actually do change and don't just keep planning for it and thinking about it without any real, tangible action being taken.
I'm looking forward to change and positive results!! Cheers!

Starting a blog???

So I've decided to start a blog. I'm not even quite sure what this blog is for yet, but as my passions develop, I think my posts will develop along with them and it will be somewhat of an adventure. :)  I really am not looking to direct the posts in this blog to any particular audience, more of a way for me to track and record my personal journey. But that may also change in time. Let's see how this goes!!