the last runner

it has been almost a month since I have updated this. I didn't mean for that to happen. I am so excited that Jamison met the angel tree goal. Now to find him a family....

my husband got me a HP pad for my birthday. This is the first time I am really typing more than a couple words on it. I hope it goes well, cause it would be nice to use this to blog.

one of my favorite shows is the biggest loser. I think this is season 13, which amazes me and makes me think I must have missed a couple somewhere. The new season started last night, and it always inspires me. As many people do, I have made my top new years goal losing weight and getting healthy. I know my numbers will not compare to theirs, but I am hoping to see where I am at at the end of 12 weeks.

at work last night, something was read that our district manager wrote - he meant it about taxes, but I am thinking about it on a much bigger, personal note as well. Today I read an update from Al (dwlz.com) and he had a very similar message. Back to back, to powerful for me to ignore. Now, I have heard this before, but never did such meaning come across for me as well. The message is plain and simple - the pages of our story - the future story - are blank. We can write whatever we want. We get to choose what gets written on them. I like that.

no excuses is what the motto on BL is this season, and in that spirit, I walked tonight. Which was something that I tried to talk myself out of a few times, with various excuses this evening. I am happy to say I didn't let an excuse stop me. As I was walking I thought about running, something I usually do. I never liked running as a kid up until recently. All of a sudden I thought I would love to run. Somedays from something, others to something. I thought it would take years of training and many pounds lost before I would even try. Everybody runs (ok, maybe not technically, but there are lots of them out there and you don't always see them or know). I must be the last person to learn this secret. The feeling of running must be incredible.

so I tried. Maybe not actual running. More like jogging on the treadmill. And only for small (and I do mean small) amounts of time. No excuses. Writing my own story. I may just be a runner sooner than I thought!