AND SO IT GOES....

Sorry for the lack of more inspirational title for this post... it has been an happy yet sad ....weekend... I had my first fitting for my wedding dress yesterday.. that went as expected... I have a few pictures so if you want to see them let me know.. I might post them in my slide show too.. I have not decided yet... I was a little concerned about the dress being to low cut... but I think its okay....
I had gotten some very sad news prior to the dress fitting.. it really caught me by surprise.. lost a very sweet older friend. She was in her 70s .. and had been dealing with heart disease for many many years.. for her to survive as long as she did was in and of itself a miracle. Yet her passing is such a shock not only to me.. who grew up always calling her aunt and alway having her in my life as a blessing; her passing affects our community as well.. she was very well loved and respected and a very very active and vibrant person. Over the years she had to slow down but she was always no further than a phone call away.. she died in her sleep sometime yesterday morning.. her husband over 50 years had left to go the Gym.. he called her later that morning.. she never answered the phone... he knew.. by the time he got back home something was wrong...Somewhere in our hearts and minds we prepare ourselves when we know the news will not be good.. just as I knew when the EMT called me on Novemeber 9th 2001 at 3;15 pm that my dad was gone.. .. I felt it in my heart.. When mom told me that this wonderful woman had passed yesterday.. I was so stricken with sadness.. yet I did find comfort in the fact that she had had such a good life... and was such a woman of valor. I will miss her.. and I feel so deeply for the family.. a light softly dimmed and dissapeared yesterday.. and so it goes...

On to lighter news..
Yes.. I am actually going to the gym today.. no applause please.. I know you are impressed LOL... I just have this craving.. ( oh my God did I say craving ) to exercise...so I am going to walk on the track and ride the bike at the club.. I might even swim should the mood strike... ..
Eating is going well.. though I must admit I am not logging my food like I should.. things are going well in that arena too.. and I have to confess I like the fact that I want to exercise.. and I like the fact that I truely know that moving actually does help me feel better.. so perhaps this might not be so much about losing weight as it is about feeling less pain.. and lord knows I could deal with that.
Wish me well .. wish you well too...