Sweet Surprises!!

Latest vice has been donuts.  I randomly eat those things but stopped to get some Monday as I was rushing into work. Hey, I'm a simple person.  2 glazed donuts satisfies all the cravings and frankly, it hit the spot.  Actually, it was the best dang donuts I have ever eaten!! This business is amazing.  It's a clean, modernly decorated place.  They put donuts on display but you don't see the have used sheets of donuts because they go to the back to get you FRESH ones!! They are warm and the glaze has barely set....ok....so you see how easily a person could get addicted right!?!?! That being said....


Voices bantering outside the apartment at 7 a.m. isn't the best way to wake up on the last day of the weekend to sleep in! What can a girl do? So I'm staring at the ceiling and all I can think about is those stupid donuts.  Do I really have extra money to waste on a whim food item that's bad for me? Not really but they are only 75 cents.  Do I really want to get dressed and drive all the way there for that? Well I'll pull my hair back and just put on a bra. LOL Excuses led me to the donut direction.  


Not gonna lie to you; I cherished every delicate moment I had with those donuts.  Then it happened...the motivation I needed to get control of myself. Having licked my fingertips clean already I began unpacking a few keepsakes that I typically use around my apartment to make it feel a little like home.  As I'm digging through this small box, I come across a "Fat Picture" I took of myself last December.  I mean one of those "before" pictures people take to remember what they started exercising and dieting for to begin with.  I labeled the date and weight at the time and put it on my fridge while I was in Austin to remind myself not to eat out of boredom.  Well ladies and gentlemen; I have lost almost 20 lbs since that picture was taken. I didn't even realize it.  Today, I took a progress picture, went for a run and promised myself


NO MORE DONUTS. 

Puzzle Pieces

Remember long ago when I mentioned that I feel like life is a serious of puzzle pieces? You don't know what the big picture looks like until the end. Sometimes you pick up pieces too soon that don't fit even though you know they belong somewhere.  Sometimes you look back on a certain piece you love and realize it's so far back in your puzzle that you feel a little sad.  I'm beginning to look at every piece like that.  


These gypsy feet do grow weary.  It's about time to settle down a little I think and finally....I have direction.  I finally enjoy a place from top to bottom, feel welcome and am excited to make a plan to be here long term.  The Avett Brothers say "When you're loved by someone, you're never rejected. Decide what to be and go be it." That's what I need to remember.  I came here simply to hang out with a friend and the person I found was someone that isn't just a bestie...she's a strong person who loves me for me and she inspires me to decide to be.  Now to work out the kinks and save for an apartment!! 

Texas, I'm Back

The moment finally came!! My family officially drove me crazy enough to leave the state!! Nah...kinda.  My mini vacation was anything but relaxing.  Time was spent recovering from the removal of my wisdom teeth, caring for my dog who obtained about 7 inches worth of stitches down his chest, going to at least 6 doctor appointments, spending time with the whole family on the 4th, helping my nephew move his furniture outside to remodel inside then a day later running in the rain to cover the furniture, going to a OBGYN appointment to hear the heartbeat of my great niece on the way, and trying to give any advice I have to the young adults at home who are getting out on their own for the first time any day now.  It was painful, memorable, exciting, eye-opening....so many moments captured in 2 weeks.  


Now here I am in Dallas, TX for an assignment that will probably be shorter rather than later but is shaping up to quite possibly be the place I stop and settle down once I'm finished traveling.  Yep...this is it.  It's the year I slow down.  I can't believe I'm saying it but I love Texas.  I love Texan food, attitude, vivaciousness and men :) Time to save some money and park it.