The First Step

Well, I got out and did it.

There's nothing impressive about the numbers, but I did it.

And it felt good.

It was HARD, but it felt good.

I'm so thankful for the friends who have offered so much encouragement.

I'm gonna do it in the morning, too, before my grandma and I head out tomorrow afternoon.

This is a start.  It is only gonna get better and I'm only gonna get stronger from here.

I don't really have much else to say today, I've had a terrible migraine, so here's a picture of Gretchen and Heidi that made me smile.

They had their own smaller kennels, and this was Charlie's kennel, but they always slept together anyway.  Then when Charlie got really sick, Gretchen started sleeping with him.  So when we lost him, Mom moved the two smaller kennels out and gave them the big one (after cleaning it out very well).  I walked in to get food earlier today and found them like that.  It's so sweet.

This cast o' mine.

This cast o' mine is driving me nuts.  It itches.  It's cut my skin. It bruises my other leg because I'm an uncoordinated klutz.  It bruises my mom when I don't think and accidentally bang her with it.  But it's helping my foot and heel cord heal, so for that I must be grateful for this cast o' mine.

My mom is actually reading my Western Civ textbook that I picked up yesterday.  And people wonder where I get my "nerdiness" from. ;)

Weird, slightly gross but funny story for ya.  My dog Heidi has been in heat.  That, of course, is driving Charlie completely nutso.  Usually, because Charlie is about 15 pounds heavier than Heidi and she's a neurotic wreck, she submits to him and lets him hump her all the time.  Well, today, Heidi was standing at the gate in the kitchen, and Charlie came up behind and tried to mount her.  Instead of just taking it, Heidi spun around and growled.  Charlie backed off, and Heidi turned back to looking out through the gate.  Charlie tried to get on her again, and again she spun around like she was going to bite his head off.  This went on and on for like 5 minutes, until Charlie finally gave up and went and laid in his kennel.  Girl power!! :)

Not quite what I planned.

Yeah, I definitely didn't get out of bed till 3 today.
Thanks to what I can't decide is either allergies or a sinus infection giving me a bad headache..
I did a lot of studying when I got up, though!
And I'm about to go back to studying for a bit.

My dog was in the hospital Thursday and Friday. My mom described the amount of blood as like "a murder scene in a movie." :( They don't know what was/is wrong with him, though.

5 days!