Melissa is ranting about something again… ;)

Good morning!

I realize that it has been a while since I have posting something.  I swear I am going to try my hardest to keep up with this blog…

Last Saturday I had my first training session with Aaron since we took a hiatus last May.  It is so awesome working with him again.  I had worked with him for 8 months and lost over 70 pounds thru changing my eating habits and taking on a structured exercise program.  During the time I was on my own, I did gain a few pounds back…but I’m no longer stressing over that.  It’s so good to be working with him again.  We mesh so very well!  So last Saturday we weighed, did my measurements and did an ass-kicking workout!  I was sore for 2 days after!  I see him again tomorrow afternoon… we are going to meeting every Saturday from here on out.

 This has been a crappy week to get back at the exercise and “diet” game… I have been having some major mouth issues.  I had a horrible headache on Monday, which turned into an excruciating tooth ache in the wee hours of the morning Tuesday.  I’m not kidding when I say that I thought I was having a stroke.  My densist saw me that morning said I had three nasty cavities in a row and that I would have to have a root canal on Wednesday.  She sent me on my way with an antibiotic and some super pain killers (they were so super that I hallucinated on Tuesday night)!  On Wednesday I went in for my root canal, and it didn’t go as planned and I ended up having a bit of oral surgery.  Finally, today I am starting to feel better.  I can actually crack half of a smile without horrible pain.  And I’m finally just taking Tylenol now instead of the pain pills.  I am still on a soft diet however.  Soft food is fun, oatmeal, icecream, shakes, mashed potatoes. LOL!

 Tonight I will be headed to the gym for my first workout since Saturday.  I’m looking sooo very forward to it.  It’s been a nasty week of pain and I’m ready to start feeling normal again.  My mom and I are going to meet up and workout together.  I am so glad that I convinced my parents to tag on to my gym membership.  They are now exercising 3 to 4 times a week at the gym and really enjoying it!

Well I think that is all I have for now… till next time!

This wordpress blog thing is still very new to me and I’m still trying to navigate it all… it’s confusing to be honest.  Thank goodness I am a very techy person and I catch on quickly.

Last night as I was setting up my blog template I was trying to determine which one best fit my personality at the moment.  I finally settled on the ocean theme which I found fitting.  I love the coast and I love the beach.  But not just any old beach.  Definitely not the beaches where I come from (Houston — Galveston).  I am a fan of the Pacific.. and the layout reminded me a lot of something you would see driving on Pacific Coast Hwy 1 in Northern Cali, past San Francisco.

 What I love most about the ocean is how open and expansive it is.  When I think about the ocean I think about possibility.  One of my favorite spots is the lighthouse at Point Reyes.  I remember just looking out at the ocean wondering what was swimming just below the surface in hopes that I would see a whale pop his head above the surface for a quick moment.  I also think about who is on the other side of that great piece of water.  What is their life like, what do they do, who are their friends, and what are they all about.  I could just stare at the ocean for  hours and think and hope and dream.  That is my peaceful place!

I have decided to jump on the blog bandwagon.  Sometimes you just need a place to go where you can be yourself and say what you need to say.  God knows that the blogs on MySpace, etc… are not the types of places to do that.  So I have arrived here. 

There is no theme, no rhyme or reason to anything I will post.  I will say whats on my mind when I feel like it and I will have no regrets or apologies.  I have trained myself quite well in the art of keeping it all to myself and now I feel like I could just burst with all of the “stuff” that I always keep in and don’t talk about. So I will get rid of it all on here.