turkey!

A good sleep, time spent with friends and a drive in the snow certainly changes lots of thing. The holidays are just around the corner and I couldn't be happier. Work has been nowhere near as busy as I had hoped it would, so the finances aren't in the greatest of shape, but the holidays for me are all about family... so while my gifts may not be as nice as I had hoped to give, it'll be all ok... the godson and mom will be here Sunday, I'm eagerly waiting to meet the little tyke :) and given all the good things I have going for me at this time of year, my loneliness and sad thoughts have sort of drifted away... I get pangs every once in a while, but hell, I get them even when I'm dating someone, so there's nothing new here :) my new year's resolutions have been accentuated by a willingness to be a little more free with me... I always told myself at 30 I'd do things a bit differently and I have started on the right foot :) I've been a bit more careful in my eating habits and I'm nearly the same weight I was in grade 10... that for me is amazing... grade 10 I was 175... grade 12 I was 180-185... second year college I hit the 190 area and went up to 200 during my college years... when I went out west i stayed around 190-200 for most of the stay and in the past 5 years I've basically been 190-195... at my 30th birthday I told myself I'd start exercising and eating better... the exercise hasn't panned out as I had planned, though I do more physical activity than i used to... but the eating has become a lot better and over the past year I've dropped a little weight at a time until I've gotten down to 176-178 steadily... my ideal weight as calculated on several of those ideal body weight calculators is 170-175... so I'm quite happy with myself... if I keep it up I can achieve a weight around 175 and maintain it :) the next step is to solidify some of the body parts and tone a bit of the body, so I guess exercise is in the near future... the jazz dance classes may be just the answer for that... we'll see... anyway, given all that's going on in my life that's good, I have nothing to complain about after all is said and done :) tis the season to be jolly, and after careful reflection, I truly am a jolly not-so-fat man :)