Errrrr, Epic Fail.

EPIC. FAIL.

 

‘Tis true, my grand plan for conquering the world and blogging about it has fallen a bit short. In fact, I didn’t even think about my little blogspot more than once or twice in the past 10 months. The guilt was vague and fleeting.

 

Could I have ignored my blog and its one lonely post because it was too weighty a thing to deal with? Perhaps I was side-tracked by life. Maybe purple midgets came and dismantled my blog and sprinkled gold chocolate flavored glitter on me and made me forget the super-charged, gun-ho me from January that was bent on world domination (and weight loss, and you know less aggressive things).

 

I really can’t pin down what it was that tore me away from my blog. Life was busy, but it always is so really, I don’t want to make that excuse. Here we are just a few months away from 2013 and I am finally brave enough to revisit this blog and be brutally honest with myself.

 

Let’s go through the list shall we?

 

Weight loss (lose 25 pounds):

 

*Laughs out loud with milk squirting out my nose* Yeah, my gut—which I didn’t have even with my 25lbs to lose—is jiggling with laughter. Silly me. What was I thinking? String bikinis? Mini skirt? By Summer?? Hmm, well now I have to lose 40 pounds. Sad, right?

 

But wait, additional chubbiness aside, I have made changes in the past few weeks that have cut roughly 7 pounds off my body. I am going to the gym 4-5 times a week. I am eating lean protein and vegetables. I don’t drink alcohol more than 1x per week. I eat a certain amount of calories during the week and don’t drink juices or soda. These are new changes… but changes I made before looking at this blog this past weekend. So even though I fell deeper into the hole, I am slowly clawing my way back out.

 

Have fun/do stuff/family time:

 

My husband, daughter, and I went on our first family vacation this summer. We went to Florida and loved it! We also stopped by New Orleans for a night for a quick visit with family. We have been trying to either relax or do fun things on the weekends. Sure, we would like to do more… and we are focusing on that. Otherwise though, I really have enjoyed our family time. I do feel  like our time together is becoming more quality time. My daughter is growing up and is learning English, Spanish and Portuguese. My husband and I are talking about a trip to NYC this holiday season. We are also thinking about trying to snowboard this winter. Fun times =)

 

Novel Writing:

 

This, by far, has been coming along splendidly. Awesomeness. Total fabulousness. And if you recall, this was the big one—my dream mixed with starlight—I did finish my rough draft by my sister’s birthday. I stepped away from it and then added scenes/plot elements in August. I found and fell in love with an editor. My novel has a beautiful book cover done by amazingly talented people. I am expecting to publish my first novel in Winter 2012.

 

W.O.W. What an incredible process! What amazing people! What fun and headaches! I hope that things continue to go smoothly… but so far this is one of my biggest successes for this year. I am just lucky it was my most treasured one.

 

There are some other things on that old list that are irrelevant to me now. So I have crossed them off. Simplify life people!! Who needs the extra mess? Life is already messy… no need to roll in the mud. I have cut out all that I don’t need or want and have focused in on what really matters to me.

 

All in all, I am a chubbier, happier, cuddlier me… with my novel well underway.

 

So, maybe I did epically fail this blog this year, but I did not fail me—which in the end is the only thing that matters.

 

Hey! Don’t roll your eyes! And don’t click your browser off yet! I still want to do this blogging thing!

 

Here are my goals for the rest of this 2012:

 

I will blog at least one time per week.

I will lose 15-20 pounds.

I will go on a trip. For fun!

I will publish my book.

 

So there you have it! Here I go!