Wednesday. Smack dab in the middle of the week. And I am feeling it in a mighty way. A mighty GOOD way that is.

LIFE.IS.GOOD.

Got into the office a little earlier than normal today. Why did someone ask me if I was high? LOL I guess in a way I am. I hit the gym bright and early this morning and let me just tell you, after slacking off a little last week (ok…a lot!), I worked it o-u-t out today. For real. Amped up my time, intensity, and weights. Before my mind caught on to my diabolical but much needed plan, I was halfway done. My body was having a conversation with my brain about how they were forced to go through the motions while they waited for my brain to wake up, smell the locker room and move us all pack to sedentary! Ha – by that time, I was showered and dressed. LOL

I’m a morning person by nature but Baby, by the time I walked up in the place today, I had more energy than the law should allow! Somebody might just need to watch out today cause I am working the “Please-Hammer-Don’t-Hurt-Em” ensemble AND matching at-ti-tude today.

Anyway, I guess today is just a continuation of a productive evening. Knocked quite a few things off my “to-do” list which felt sooooo good. Took some time to review my goals and progress for first quarter. Just like this morning at the gym, I worked it out goal-wise too. And ya just gotta love that! Hit my savings target for the quarter even while funding “College Search 2008” for D and having some medical expenses I hadn’t anticipated. Realized that, while I did MEET my goal, it was too low from the jump. So I’ve made the adjustment moving forward.

I’m gonna need to be a little more creative where my finances are concerned this quarter – need to shake out some funds for book #2 so I can get the wheels in motion. Plus, I need to carve out funds for a long overdue road trip this summer, a week-long vacation somewhere warm & near the water, the jazz festival and high-school graduation. Plus there are some ‘must-do’ things that have to happen around the house. *Sigh* Well, at least the car note will be out of the way by the end of this quarter. Whoo-hoo!! Let’s see if we can get through inspection next month without having to shell out oodles of cash. (Please Lord don’t let my ‘baby’ need new shoes!)

I was talking with my friend Princess Dominique the other day about being under the weather and we reminded each other that we have way too much to do, too many books to write, too much poetry to live (lol) to let ourselves get rundown. So much to live for. And along with living long, I want to live WELL. To be healthy on ALL fronts – physically, mentally, financially, spiritually…all of it. Getting there from here means doing a new thing…or sometimes, doing an “old thing” in a “new way”. It means that it is time to grow….

When I was in my first diabetes management class last month, they provided dinner. Nothing big – but enough for us to get the feel for how many carbs we could have, how much protein, etc. Ham on wheat bread with mayo, no cheese. A small bag of carrots with ranch dressing, a fruit cup and bottled water with Crystal Lite. One of the guys in the class looked at the instructor and said, “You can’t possibly think this is enough.” Poor thing. He kept saying, “In reality, this isn’t enough.”

What struck me then…and resonates with me now is this thought which I shared with him, “We’ve just been introduced to a new reality.” It’s just that simple. Those of us in that room could not continue to do what we’d been doing and expect to be productive or healthy.

And so it is in other areas of my life…I’m walking into a new reality. The old ways of doing things need to be shaken off, challenged, amped up, laid to rest. They served a purpose but what lies ahead is going to require more, deeper, better, richer…

Yes, I’m facing a new reality. The real beauty of the moment is that it’s a reality I can shape to my liking. And you gotta know that the creative catalyst in me is L-O-V-I-N-G that.

Hmmmm….if I didn’t know better, I’d think I was about to set the world on fiyah!

Be well. Live WELL.

In Joy,
“MsJayy”