See You In September

I always have oldies running around in my head.  The other day it was "see you in September" going round and round in Frankie Valli's high falsetto. Sometimes I think that is my dad tormenting me from Heaven.

OK, soooo.  What am  I working on?  What goals??? Well, as you know, we moved from Duluth to the Twin Cities (Apple Valley/Lakeville) a month ago.  I still cannot believe I live here now, it is surreal.  Never really thought I could do it, but here I am.  I have lived in Duluth all my life except for that little six month visit to Kansas City when I was pregnant, 21 and immature as humanly possible. Needless to say, that "geographical escape" did not last long...but that's a story for another day :)

So, here I am at age 39 - starting a new chapter in a new place.  Overall, I think I have adjusted well to the area and to my new role as chemical dependency program supervisor.  Granted, it has only been a month, but my previous anxiety over "is this the right thing" has all but disappeared.  I know God led us here...and I know the devil has got to be pretty angry that his plans were thwarted. For reasons unknown, he did NOT want us to leave Duluth. I suspect God has a spiritual promotion in store.

Oh yeah, goals. #1 for me was finding a church. I tried three and the third time was a charm.  It was just like the three bears. The first church was too big and too "out there" for my taste.  The second was too small and conservative with inadequate childcare.  And the third church was... JUST RIGHT! Really big and progressive but tons to offer and many opportunities to connect through small group involvement.  We've gone three weeks now I think.  Lots of stuff will be starting in the fall - so I plan to start a small group and also a Bible study perhaps.

It is a large church...the sanctuary is like an auditorium in fact.  During my first time there, I watched the youth minister speaking and was really transfixed by his charmisma.  I thought to myself, "I am going to speak in front of this church."  That is one of my goals, and I've started visualizing it, down to what I will say and wear.  Sometimes when I am running, I have an out-loud commentary of my ministry.  "Whatever you can conceive in your mind can be brought into the physical world." -Dr. Wayne Dyer.

As for fitness goals, I am ready to take it to the next level.   I am in good shape, but I can be so much better.  I am going to start Insanity again on Tuesday.  I tried back in May, but quit after 2 weeks. I don't even know what happened.  Just got busy with moving stuff and lost interest. Not this time! I WILL complete the full 60 days!

Other than that... work goals.  Training everyone in Motivational Interviewing and bringing in a trainer Scott Miller) for Feedback Informed Treatment to create a new vision and fresh excitement for everyone.

I have started meditating and visualizing.  I know this is the way to bring my goals and intentions to life.

I was just looking over my last entry - almost a year ago.  A lot of the goals I had have come true in the past year - or almost!

I did de-clutter my house in preparation to move! Yes, we are organized hoarders...I admit it.  Not dirty at all - very clean but just packed to the gills with stuff in boxes and bins that we don't need. It is amazing how freeing it is to rid yourself of "stuff," it does imprison you I believe and makes it impossible for new, fresh "stuff" to come in.

We are moving... not to a house on a lake (yet) as I outlined in my goals... but to a newer, bigger house in the Twin Cities... so most def an UPGRADE!

I am super excited.  I have lived here all of my life pretty much except for a short little 6 month stay in Kansas City... and now I am ready for a change. Mike and I both received promotions. His was very awesome and he really earned it. 10 years of hard work paid off.  After 1 year with Nystrom and starting the CD program in Duluth, I will be the new supervisor in Apple Valley!

I did not meet Steven Tyler - but I DID touch his foot! We had 13th row tickets to see Aerosmith in June.. but the stage was set up like a long cat walk so we had front row seats for the whole show. One of the thrills of my life!!!  They opened with Draw the Line/Love in an Elevator, and it was all dark as the show started, all of us with our eyes glued to the stage in anticipation. Suddenly the lights went up and the sound went full throttle - and here I was, still looking at the front stage.  Mike nudges me and says "Look!" pointing over at the catwalk, and there standing right over me is STEVEN TYLER! My mouth just fell open. You should've seen it. And it stayed that way pretty much the entire show.
Also, we reengaged in church... another one of my goals. I am sad to leave our church and I have grown attached to our new pastor there. I have a long history at that church... I actually went to kindergarten in the basement there.... I remember that the bus would pick me up from home at noon. My mom always watched that soap opera "Ryan's Hope" before I left. LOL  Not only that, but Mike and I were married there in 2004... I've also attended various other weddings for friends there.  I am hoping we will be led to the right church in our new home... in fact, I KNOW we will.

What else. I wrote a program curriculum for my job... it is called BodyLink and promotes nutrition, health, fitness and many other things in CD treatment. I have high hopes for it. First our clinic, then the state, then the nation and the world. I will also be presenting it at the St. Louis County Conference in October.

Fitness continues to be top priority - it is so much a part of me that I can't imagine doing it. I run almost every day - it is like my 'medicine' and do various other things.

Well - that's about it for now - I do plan to get back to blogging, I have missed it! See you soon.