It's amazing how just a few words can change your life forever. And once you hear them, you hear them over and over in your head. They could be happy like "will you marry me?" or "you're pregnant!" or sad like "you have cancer."
In my case, those words were spoken by my husband on Tuesday morning and my life will never be the same. "There was a fire... [my brother's girlfriend/ unofficial fiance] got out... [my brother] didn't..." I stared at him in shock for a second waiting for the end of the sentence... So he's in the hospital or so he's hurt really bad. But that was the end of the sentence. He didn't get out. My 26 year old brother, one of my best friends, lawyer, the smartest guy I have ever met without exception, one of the funniest people on this planet, is gone. Just like that. At 10:30, he was playing Facebook on tetris. At midnight, he had a night cap of vodka. At 2am, they awoke to a smoke filled bedroom. He went to see what was going on, came back for his girlfriend. Apparently he was already disoriented because of the smoke because he couldn't find the exit. She didn't realize he wasn't following her and she couldn't find him in the thick black smoke. Thank god she had the sense to leave when she did or we would have lost her too.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
"pain is weakness leaving the body"
Apparently, a lot of weakness is leaving my abs and calves today... Pain is good. It means I'm working the muscles, it means they're getting stronger. 20 minute walk with dh and then a 1-2 minute jog later (reeeeaaaallly out of shape. I'm working my way up to it.). I consumed less than 1200 calories today. I'm not ready to start singing "I'm sexy and I know it"- I'm about a year away from that, but I'm feeling pretty good about my progress! Go me!!
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