Things going on....

With the solstice right around the corner, I have been doing a lot of thinking about the next year and where I want to go with my life and lifting. I admit that while things are still a bit up in the air, I am still very focused on the Emerald Cup. I plan to attend the Cup in 2007 and compete in 2008. As much as I would like to strive for competing in it this coming year, there just is not enough time. I still have much mass to gain and I cannot see myself making it to where I would feel remotely competitive in March/April. But this is good because that gives me time to focus, grow, heal and learn.

I have seen so many bad routines on video that I do not want to place myself in the lower end of that curve much less in it. The time will allow me to have the abdominal surgery and heal with plenty of time to spare. I will also have time to deal with this shoulder and get it conditioned as well.

The time will also allow hubby to settle in to what he wants to do with his time now that he is retired. He is a little lost and floundering. There are times I look at him and see a very content man and there are others where I see the longing in his eyes to be out doing his military stuff. The transition is going well but there will be moments of longing for some time to come. I could not imagine walking away from that type of work and not missing it...it just takes a special and certain type of individual to give in the manner his job required without having equal dedication.

But time goes on as do we all...so we wait and take it one day at a time.

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Slowing Down Finally!

We are here in Washington and what an eventful trip it was. A couple of flat tires along the way, stops to visit family, flying by friends at odd hours of the morning so unable to stop, and then to get within 60 miles of our destination and lose the transmission on our van. Argh!

After much expense of towing vehicle and trailer to the house and then to the shop, paying for a new transmission and much stress, we are finally slowing down.

The new transmission will arrive at the shop from Dodge tomorrow and then be installed, so hopefully we will have the van back on Monday. I myself am still having heart palpatations over the 3100.00 price tag on the transmission and installation but at least we are all here and in one piece. That is a good thing.

We did manage to locate a new gym, The Firehouse Gym. Seems like an okay place and amazingly is the only place close to us that is no a "Woman Only" gym. There are 6 woman only gyms in the immediate area and then just the one that will allow me to continue working out with Hubby. So, I am in the process of fighting with Gold's Gym to cancel our membership and trying to get signed up with the new gym.

Meanwhile, Sherry is thrilled that we are here and we have been helping her with projects around here. Chris and I spent one day putting a new roof on the porch while Hubby fixed her back door and took care of some leaks in the roof of the small trailer she has on the property. This weekend I am tackling her media room which must be re-arranged and have the new TV stand put together and a lot of stuff discarded and/or relocated in some fashion.

Cheyenne is happy to be here and has taken on the role of the "animal custodian". She is in charge of feeding the animals in the morning which include Sherry's 5 chickens (Eve, Rody, Lillith, Jezebel & Fee), the rescued rabbit (Pooh Bear), the dogs (Ben and Blue), her Rat (Kittsipimi) and spoiling the two cats (Amber & Felix). She also spent some time with the sidewalk chalk writing "I Love Washington" on the driveway. LOL

So now it is time to make a few contacts and get started on some new projects. I promised BuffMother to assist her with a new project so I must get in touch with her and get that ball rolling, get Cheyenne situated in her school work and lay out my winter crafting and beading projects. :) And of course get in some awesome workouts.

More from the home front later........