Winter didn't creep in this year. He made his prescence known right quick with plummeting temperatures and crisp, dry air, and there doesn't seem to be any reprieve in sight; Mid-20's for the next week and beyond. I enjoy this weather for a lot of reasons, but there are a lot of other reasons, right now, why I wish it were 30 degrees warmer. It's hard to go for a walk and think about the next steps you need to take to achieve your goals in life when all you can focus on is, "how numb can my hands get?". I like to be outside. I like to breathe the fresh air, but I like to breathe it more when it doesn't feel like it's strangling my alveoli. I like my alveoli...they have treated me well so far. Winter, please leave them be. I just thank God that I am not susceptible to the "Winter blahs" like so many others. If I got down and depressed over the lack of sunshine in addition to the lack of activity time there is, I would go insane. Winter...I just ask that if you're going to be around, drop a nice amount of snow. And not that fluffy crap that blows away; Drop some good, wet packing snow so we here in the Midwest can at least have a LITTLE fun.
In Other News....
a) The next 30 months are going to be very hard for me. I have to get my butt back into academic mode and out of this freaking out about 6 years from now mode. I can do this, I know...it's just a matter of plodding through it all.
b) I have lost 29 lbs since I started my job at PIC. I hope to lose about 30 more. I think that will get me to about where I want to be. I can already tell a major difference, and Im excited about losing more.
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