Blink of an Eye and it is July!

So, I thought I should post in my blog with an update just to let me know I am still alive and kicking and imagine my surprise when I saw the last post was in May and that I was surprised then by the fact it was already May.  I do know the older you get the faster time goes by and I think that is because we are on the last half and not the first half.  This is why I make the most of each and every day.  I Live, Laugh, Love as much as possible so if I sign off with LLL those are my signature words like many others use and live by as well.

There are no guarantees tomorrow will come for any of us so I try not to have any regrets or things undone that if not taken care of before it is my time to depart this earth will haunt my loved ones left behind.  I can also say I am honestly as happy or more happy than I have been in any other time of my life because I make the choice to be so.  Make sense?  Yes it des.

I am not the same as I was before and I never will be.  I have constant tightness and disruption in my abdominals from surgery and after more than a year I have come to terms that it is what it is and I will function with that issue.  It has changed my exercise - I can no longer go out and hike for 10 or 15 or 20 miles because my abs become so tight that it pulls on my lower back which causes me pain.  So, I do 3 miles to 5 miles and make the most of those miles.  I am okay with that.  I can exercise hard for an hour to two hours and then I am done and happy.  I do flights of stairs, 10,000 steps every day (or try), I do Insanity when I want a real pick me up, I do boot camp class, ride bike, play outside, and if nothing else, keep myself moving instead of lying in a chair and letting the day get away from me.  I have a pair of shoes in each of my offices so I can pop them on, take a 15 minute walking break, get in some steps, some stress relief and sun, and then come back for more.

I have managed to lose about 35 pounds over the last 7 months and have done it slow and steady.  I don't deny myself anything that I really want to eat and just modify.  I exercise at least 6 days a week although I try to do it 7 days just because it makes me feel so accomplished and free.  I am letting my hair grow out some more just because I can.  I am loving life as much as possible and find myself in a really good place right now.  Even my job, as much as I struggle with those things I can't control, is not getting me down because at the end of the day I can actually walk out of that building and leave the crap behind.  I am also very happy that I do not have 15 or 20 years left in the work force and continue to look forward to January 5, 2016 when I turn 60 and can officially retire from the State with whatever benefits I can get.  I want to wait until December 31st, 2016 and even maybe April 2017 to get in my 20 years even, but knowing I could go whenever I really decided makes getting to 60 so much sweeter.

Time to head out for work - but it is Friday - so looking forward to 4:00 and the beginning of my time.