Necessary Mutilation

Weight: 191.9 lbs.

Regardless of my weight for right now, I am loving life and content with my existence. The fact that it is the weekend probably has something to do with this! And, that our vacation (while mine, anyway, Tom is off every day!) starts in a week.

Today we are heading over to my supervisors 100 acre horse farm for her annual (belated) 4th of July shindig, and I am excited for two reasons. One is that it is always an enjoyable affair with several colleagues and old friends to visit with, and the other is that she has horses and goats and other assorted farm and domestic creatures to enjoy and fawn over. Oh, and there is gobs of great food, and the best metal detecting anywhere! We are bringing our detectors and will dabble in this, as we hate to miss the opportunity since she lives on very old land and some of the best finds were discovered there when she had our whole detecting club out a few years ago.

So, today will likely be a balance between shovelling it in, and burning it off. We are taking old friend, Rose, with us, and I will be glad to introduce her to everyone and hope she will enjoy it all as we do. She loves animals and is largely going due to this, and I think she will find it a replenishing and relaxing place to detoxify from her difficult weekday life, as we hope to.

Then, on Monday, we have been invited to enjoy Janet’s sisters new pool…and since I LOVE water, and am learning to enjoy the great outdoors all over again, I am happy about this plan too. It has been years since I’ve done outdoor stuff as much, and I nearly forgot how healing commuting with trees and water and animals, can be.

The thing we are most looking forward too however, is the whole week we will have starting next Saturday. We will be living on the water and have the chance, I hope, to experience all the best of summertime in this one week. I am very excited about this, and have already begun packing everything and the kitchen sink in anticipation. This is the one draw back of renting a cottage, as I am already worried that we will forget something vital, like mustard (ha ha), and have to make multiple runs to a grocery store that is located who knows where, to keep buying things we already own 10 of back home. So, the fussing has already started, and I am convinced that we will have to take 9 vans to get it all there! One will be for rafts alone!

But, I digress. The real point is that life is good for the moment, nature is beckoning, we are at peace, and the fact that I am not skinny (yet, nor may never be), is not a hinderence to the lifestyle I am trying to live and my ability to enjoy and partake fully.

Anymore! And for this, I am grateful every day, as just last year, all these plans may have been too much or too embarassing for me, and I would likely have been more inclined to summer indoors instead.

Summetime, here I come!!