I’m taking advice from my sister on this one. For far too long I’ve chased the impossible. Time to let it go and choose joy.
Have you ever felt like you were in a one sided relationship? How did you resolve it?
Cheers!
Michelle
Category: moving forward
Tonight’s reminder.
Cheers
Michelle
A day to never forget 9/11/2001
I’ve started to notice as I age, that I don’t remember things as well as I used to remember. It could be a conversation that I had just a short 30 minutes ago, or what I had for lunch yesterday, either way I seem to forget things a lot quicker than I did in my 20’s and 30’s.
But one day I will never forget is 9/11/2001. It was a day my life forever changed, and when I started to see the world for what it really is in reality. I was stationed at Scott AFB, IL, and was on my morning break outside when the news hit. Immediately thereafter, the base went on lockdown and all support teams were activated. I was on the Blood Donor center team, and my job was to help prepare units after they were drawn from the patients. Our team sprang into action, and over 16 hours later we had collected and prepared around 100 units of blood for both the victims and the first responders. That part of the day was a blur, and we honestly didn’t have time to really register what happened that morning and later in to the day.
But when I got home, reality hit. I was a single Mom at the time, and my roommate was watching my daughter who was only 2 years old at the time. Since the base was on lockdown and I lived ON the base, I invited all of my friends to come to my house to stay. We were all exhausted both physically and mentally and seeing the HUMVEES driving through the base only caused a higher level of fear. So we did what that group did best, and we hunkered down on my dilapidated couch, and held each other and cried watching the news. Seeing the bodies fall from the sky is a vision that I will never erase from my memory, along with the close knit family I had when I was in the military. While the day was a tragic day to say the least, I am so glad I had these people to share it with. My brothers and sisters in arms will forever be my family.
Often while I tend to forget the irrelevant things in life, moments like these will never be forgotten.
Love yourself.
I shared this with my daughter this morning. Middle school hasn’t been so easy for her and gosh kids sure can be mean.
So here’s today’s reminder.
Cheers!
Michelle
Sunday Sunday funday
Today we hit up our favorite place in St Pete for lunch, and then attended our first Tampa Bay Rays baseball game. What a blast. We’ve decided over the last few years we want to make sure our kids have great memories growing up, even if that means we don’t get to save a ton of money. I don’t want my kids memory of me to just be someone who worked all the time. Life is too short. Here are some fun shots from lunch and the game.
Yelp review: https://yelp.to/qTKq/5qQKJvna5P
The game was a blast and the Rays beat the Orioles 8-3!!
How was your weekend? Anyone else not ready for Monday?!
Cheers!
Michelle
Darn.
I broke my streak! Lol! Well we’re headed to the Food and Wine festival today so I’m sure I’ll have a fun food filled post later this evening. Have a great day everyone!
Cheers!
Michelle 
Last night’s sunset was stunning.
Wordless (mostly) Wednesday.
I didn’t die on this run. That’s about all I can report.
Definitely looking forward to October and the relief from humidity.
How was your day? How do you deal with the humidity?
Cheers!
Michelle
Labor Day laboring.
We got rained out today and I was initially pretty bummed to spend a day inside. But when my youngest daughter came home from the mall with a gift for me, I was instantly cheered up.
Once our groceries were delivered via Shipt, I dove in for meal prep and dinner prep. I chopped a bunch of veggies, made some baked chicken and made turkey burgers for dinner. I also made egg, spinach and mushroom “muffins” for quick easy meals this week.
Here’s to week three of our Keto diet! I am shooting for another good eating week and 3 runs this week, weather permitting. I was so pleased I had two good runs last week and a 6 1/2 mile walk at Epcot over the weekend.
What are your week goals? Do anything fun for Labor Day?
Cheers!
Michelle
Thoughts.
Man, I’ve got lots of empty notebooks. Every time I buy a new notebook I get so excited that I’ll find the inspiration to start writing and another week, month, year passes without a single sentence written down. I’m praying I can get past that block in the upcoming year. I’m hoping these daily posts will help a little as well.
Here’s my favorite pic from today.
How do you break writers block? Are you reading any good books lately?
Cheers!
Michelle
Saturday fun
Not a lot to report today. My family and I went to St Pete to check out the Saturday market but we quickly realized the market is closed until the fall. Instead we grabbed lunch (keeping it low carb of course-see below for some of the amazing food we ate) and went to our favorite spice store for some new spices. We came home and relaxed by the pool. We finished the night by watching “I can only imagine,” and I was brought to tears. Such a moving story. How was your day?
Movin' it with Michelle 