Diving in Head First

Today I dove off the high dive.

I bought the house.

When I walked away I was consumed with regret.

I couldn't stop thinking about it. All weekend.

Even on vacation.

It was always on my mind.

It was my house.

The thought of someone else living there was too much to bear.

So today I signed the papers and handed over the earnest deposit.

In mid December, the middle of winter, in central Iowa...

I will move to my new home.

Not Your Average Sunday

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Cold Feet

They countered with an acceptable offer. Something I was prepared to accept.

And I got cold feet.

I stand to lose the house I love and could make my home.

What am I doing?
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The Wait

This morning I met my sister at the gym.

Nothing out of the ordinary about that.

After our cardio portion and before our insane lifting schedule I said to my sister - "Make the offer."

To which she responded with a blank stare.

Seriously. Nothing.

Blank stare.

Now, my sister has won the Best Realtor award for the last 2 years. She's incredibly successful. Amazing at her job.

But apparently no one told her to make an offer on a house they have looked at twice between running on the treadmill and lifting.

And now we wait to hear what they say.

Who Is In My Bed?

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Focus

I've been trying to write this for a few days now. I've been trying since I realized I was near my 300th post.

I wanted it to be profound. I wanted it to mean something.

I hated when I wrote my 200th post that I felt like I hadn't progressed any further than the day I started this blog, this journey forward. I was still the divorced girl living in the house that I owned with MX who wanted to be somewhere else.

But now...Now, I have made a lot of changes.

I've made a lot progress this year.

I set goals. I created a vision.

I've accomplished almost all goals that I set; I read 25 books, I ran 3 5ks, I moved, I took a vacation.

The vision board is another series of check marks. I got rid of the house with MX, I've found a house here I am probably going to purchase, I've gotten back to riding horses, bought a treadmill, I found a new job and got a raise, I've been on vacation and I am finally getting back to the body that makes me happy.

So I am here to tell you that you can have everything you want as long as you put your mind to it.

Focus.

Be determined.

Book Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo & Cum Laude

For those of you with entirely too much time on your hands; you will know that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the 25th book I have read this year. Both an item on the 29 Before 30 list and a 2010 goal. You will also know that Cum Laude is just me being me...an overachiever and surpassing the goal.


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson


My rating: 3 of 5 stars




For the first third of the book I was wondering what all the rage was about. I couldn't figure out why this was so special; then it was as though the candle had been lit. The book moved at a glorious pace and I was totally engrossed in the storyline. Then it ended and I didn't like the end but it made me remember...that's life, not a storybook.






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Cum Laude by Cecily von Ziegesar


My rating: 2 of 5 stars




I'm not entirely sure how this ended up on my "to read" list but it has...And well, it was okay. It's more of a teen book and my 16 year old self would have loved it. My 29 year old self just kept thinking of the things I could have/should have/would have done if only I were to go back to college again.






Its a skip.






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