Melissa's Motivation

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.