Sweet home StL

Well after a little side trip to Texas for a conference we made it to Saint Louis. A place that is like a second home to me...to us really. Checked into the hotel and are ready to start apartment hunting. The sun is up, shining and it is beautiful day. I feel like it is a "new day" in a sense. A new adventure maybe?

The road trip here was long and today it was all made worth while...Many reasons why of course.

For a couple weeks I have been struggling with healthy life. I eat well and exercise but having a plan or guidelines is always something that I like to have hanging out in my mind. Most anyone who knows me knows that I lost a lot of weight 8 years ago with Weight Watchers. Today I decided that in order to get to my ultimate goal of health I would join up again... I felt kind of bad going in, like a failure of some sort. Boy, was I wrong. The women and men there were so welcoming and surprised that I have kept the weight off without WW for so long. It was nice to be called an "inspiration" today. Both surprising and humbling actually. I constantly want to lose more weight, be healthier, run faster etc. I look in the mirror and see faults when I should see accomplishments and celebrations. Truthfully today,  I thought I would walk in and hide in the back...I left with such a proud sense of myself and a smile on my face.

Then onto make an appointment and I was more than pleasantly surprised that my friend Nat was visiting DC. It was a great little smile maker! We chit chatted for a bit and I started to really feel like I am home for a bit. What  a great feeling. It is always nice to see people that are happy to see you right back and share in your life, your stories and theirs!

A day of lost normal's...that is what I would call today. heading to a weight watchers meeting, hanging out at DC with some ladies and laughs and then the biggest....I have not been to a McDonald's for so long, I can't even tell you the last time I ate here. Years people, years. I wanted a diet coke so I swung in to use the Wifi and get a bottomless DC.

Drinking my diet coke I sat there thinking about how many memories I have that involved McD's.  Although the memories are funny and part of who I am I remembered today why I stopped going and eating there. The smell of the stale grease and meat was nauseating and the site of so many people consuming chemicals, preservatives and true garbage made me sad...I am glad that I got that out of my system.

So, onto a new adventure...Here is STL I am hoping to score some fun positions. Working and changing lives. Who knows what is ahead..I can't wait to be home next week and all comfy in Ethel with my love, my husband and the B. Working on the house and just being "home" with them!