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!