Yesterday was sort of a long day. I got the day off of work got ready, went to prayer at the church, had a practice for some christmas songs(which is coming together pretty well, Im pretty excited about it) and went to starbucks where I got a free drink because they're computers systems were being weird. So I had a great start to the day! I was feeling pretty goodfor the day considering where I was off to with my free triple grande peppermint white mocha. You see, I was off to the UW hospital for a while. My aunt Linda had surgery on her lungs for stage 4 cancer she has known about for since May. They didn't know exactly what they were going to face when they opened her up but she knew the severity that might take place whil he went into surgery. They had to remove her right lung and a small sliver of her heart because the part where her lung connected to her heart was also cancerous and at that point not too useful. Now she is in recovery and soon they will start radiation, probably chemo, and will most likely be in remission! God is SO good!! The craziest part of this story is that when my aunt first went to Group Health(which if you have them I am sorry, they are awful!) they told her she simply had pneumonia. Then when they found a huge tumor in her chest cavity that had spread to her lungs, pulminary artery and liver they said it was inoperable! Luckily, she got a second opinion and was able to have surgery that would extend her life. Its crazy to think she had lung cancer even though she never smoked. It just sucks when that happens to people in that way, you know? But the good news is that there is much hope.
Onto and entirely different part of my life...
So I haven't worked out since saturday and I am feeling pretty ridiculous I must say. I should have worked out this morning. I had no good reason not too. And the soft warmth of my bed, extra sleep and snooze button were not good excuses this morning. I didn't even stay up late! I got like 8 hours of sleep!! Now I have this heavy guilt on my conscience that is saying, "hard work is what gets you results!" Part of me can also hear my mom saying, "Its easy to be fat Tay, but its hard to be thin." Something that I was often told growing up in regards to my constant battle with my body. I feel like a true fatty today. But I am happy to say that today I chose to get a fairly healthy subway sandwich as opposed to the delicious Ezell's chicken and fries or even good ol Mickey D's. I try to stay away from those places as often as I can, and I do a pretty good job, but GOLLY they are so good sometimes!! Another cool thing that happend, which I think every lady out there can stack hands in a "woo hoo!" moment with me in. After I visited the hospital, my mom and I ran down to the H&M in the U District and my mom found this really cute sweater tunic and I tried on the biggest size they had, as usual, and it was ginormous! So my mom ever so nicely fetched me a "S" and a "M"......which I am pretty sure I didn't even wear when I was little. You guys, the Small fit! "Holy CRAP!" These must have been made to wear incredibly big! However the arms on the small were to short and looked funny so I got a Medium. I don't know the last time I had a medium anything....besides maybe in french fry terms that is.... haha. But holy moly! I know I am lying to myself just a teensy bit by wearing it, but it somehow gives me the motivation to try harder and really be able to wear mediums in real life and not clothes that have more X's than a football playbook. Okay so I am exaggerating maybe a twinge on the X's thing, but I think you guys know what I mean.
Here's to turning fooling yourself into motivation!
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