Changes....lots of them.....

I suppose it's a good thing I'm so busy that I only get to this blog every month or so... and I really have to make an effort just for that. (It's 11:40pm right now...so hopefully I make sense throughout this post...)

Sarah came into town for Thanksgiving and all that fun stuff. It was great to see and spend time with her.. but it definitely wasn't enough time. We had a good conversation, but it didn't feel finished.. (it kind of got interrupted, and we never found the chance to continue it). I'm a very different person, and it was kind of like she had to get to know me all over again.

As always, Thanksgiving was full of adventures. The first was the day for Thanksgiving, over at Rob and Julliana's....when she went into labor and gave birth to her daughter a mere 5 minutes after showing up at the hospital. It was all quite exciting. Then the adventure continued down in Holister... Jess and I drove separate and had some really good conversation. And of course the time with family was fun...especially playing Tri-Bond... always hilarious. :)

I fixed the sprinikler and made it look all nice and perdy. Hehehe. I actually need to now move two now...now that I'm totally re-modeling the front yard.

This is the work in progress of the front bit by the office... I'm actually finishing it tomorrow. -->

We finished the back yard!! Laying sod is a workout, for sure! We were all dead by the time we finished, but it looks GREAT!! The only rototilled a certain portion of it....but ended up with some extra pieces... so we just laid it down on the non-amended "bad" soil. Currently, it seems to be doing okay....but doesn't quite heal as quickly from walking on it. Only time will tell to see if all our work to get the soil good and rich actually means anything. 

We also ended up with a HUGE leaf barracade in the front, because the guys who were suppose to com

e pick it up were taking their sweet time..... so the pile just grew and grew with every day. Leaves were falling like snow. At one point, WHILE I was raking...leaves were falling. It was pure comedy. :)

Art let me direct the Jazz Choir for two tunes on our concert. That was a lot of fun. :) Clearly...you can see it in my face. Hehehehehehehehhehe

I started jogging again just a few days ago. I've been listening to my body more... going to the workshop "Re-Visioning Your Year from the Inside Out" really helped with that. It was intense! I was so exhausted by the end of it... Lots of emotional energy moving...stuff being exposed... all that fun stuff. Anyway... so yeah.. listening to my body = more exercise. And it feels really good.

Steph and I went to Apple Hill over the weekend... it was unfortunately a little late in the season, so most things were closed. But we still had fun and I got a little hair thingy that I totally love. (And then afterwards we braved the Folsom Outlets and I got some new pants, boots, a jacket, and a few winter shirts/sweaters). I like this look and this change. I feel like I'm starting to look like the person I want to be...and slowly feeling like it. A ways off still...but better.. much better.

As for Univera...so far the only improvement (still) is REALLY good sleep. I mean.. that's kind of a big deal, since my sleeping has been horrible for the past 10 years. But I've got a lot of other issues that I'm hoping will work themselves out. We'll see. I'm giving it 6 months.... If it seems like more healing is happening, I'll continue with it... But I'm not sure if the price is worth having amazing sleep. I mean.. it really is amazing. I sleep fantastically every night... and wake up totally refreshed and not feeling like I got hit by a mac-truck in the middle of the night. But for $150 a month?.... If that's the only thing. Yes? Maybe?.... We'll see. I've only been on it for 2 months...so plenty of time left to figure it out.

The current 'me' as of 12/23/13