It's hard to believe that I arrived last Tuesday - and I'm getting ready to get on another plane tonight. I'm looking forward to the next leg - a little apprehensive as there are aspects of this next leg that are outside of my comfort zone.
My time here has been short - and it's been next to impossible to visit and catch up with friends and family. I'll be back in time for Cup Match and my birthday :-) so am looking forward to connecting with everyone then.
I did get to spend some time with family and it meant a lot to be here to celebrate Calvina's 21st! She's really coming into her own - and it as nice to spend an evening together - especially as we managed to get Mama Louise to try some sushi (which we described as cooked fish with rice around it). She was tentative but tried it ....and actually enjoyed it :-) It will be a while before she'll actually break down and order it -but by the end of the night she had tried a few rolls.
While I've made my rounds, several have commented on how 'great' I look and remarked at how much weight I have lost. I have a real problem with the wholesale use of the term "lose" when it comes to weight - so am on a mission to change the mindset and language used.
I struggle with the word "lose" as whenever we lose something we inevitable "find" it or it magically appears when we least expect it! Years ago I "lost" 75 lbs - and you know what? I found it ...and as luck would have it, it brought back a friend. In all honesty, I don't think we ever really lose anything - I can recall times when I've searched high and low for something. Fretting about not being able to find it - and will find it while looking for something else. It happened when I returned home last week. I couldn't find the key to my car. I thought that it was in my handbag - and it wasn't there. I looked absolutely everywhere. I had a meeting at the office and was beginning to panic about being late. I was about to call a taxi or a friend for a ride - and decided that I would put a load in the washer first. I opened up the closet where the washer / dryer is ...and there hanging on the hook was my car key, exactly where I left it! So I have determined that my goal is not to lose weight but to "shed the excess".
Think about it ....when a snake shed's it's skin - it doesn't crawl back inside it or go looking for it - it leaves it behind. The other image that I use is that of the caterpillar as it transforms into a butterfly. I think of caterpillars as being these pudgy little things that move fairly slow and spend most of their time eating. This time that I am taking for myself is the chrysalis phase and that there is a butterfly within me waiting to emerge!! :-)
So my friends, it's time to shake off the excess and let our lights shine!
Lots of love,
Norma
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