I've taken several bad pictures. Here is one -- and it is among the reasons that I'm doing this crazy race.
This was taken 1 year post back surgery. I was about 185 lbs. I would gain 23 more lbs before I was at my heaviest, and I would spend these years stressed, unhealthy and depressed. I was 33.
Here I am ten years later
The best way to convince me to do something is to tell me I can't -- and the doctor who operated on my back told me that I would probably have to lead a sedentary life.
I don't want to lead a sedentary life.
I DO NOT WANT TO LEAD A SEDENTARY LIFE.
I'm scared of going back to a place where I was heavy and unhealthy and got winded running upstairs in my own house, so that is a motivator. But the biggest and most important motivator is the fact that I'm doing something extraordinary with a person I find to be extraordinary.
Is it a mid-life crisis? Maybe. But there are worse ones. And when I compare the two pictures above and think that there are TEN years between them I start to think "which one looks like a woman who might need a mid-life crisis like this?" It isn't the second one.
So with that in mind, I'll embrace the concept and call the Tough Mudder my mid-life celebration.
I'm celebrating it with my egg-mate.
It's gonna be awesome, because no matter how the race goes, I'm healthy, I'm happy and I'm doing something extraordinary with one of the best friends I've ever had. I've already won.
Quoth Mimi: We can do this.
Wow. You're incredible. What a difference, and all due to your spirit. I wish I could hug you right now. Aw, see? Tears, again. I think you're extraordinary as well, although you have snarky nailed and I only master it here and there. I'll learn, and we'll be a force from now until we're little old ladies. I am so very glad that I met you. I could't imagine not having you in my life now. I love knowing that you're always there inside of me, telling me that I can do this and anything else that I set my mind to. We have both already won, but let's show them how we do it! We can do this.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine a life without Mimi in it anymore either.
ReplyDeleteAs I look at these pictures I think "Wow, that woman doesn't even look like me." and I think everyone has a past. It's a whole host of things that have already happened and time that is already gone. Can't change a second of it.
It's what we do with the time ahead of us that matters.
We're going to do something amazing.