The last few weeks for 2010 were difficult to say the least. I had my gallbladder removed on December 16th and oh my the pain was so intense. I struggle for a week with the gallbladder stuff and then ended up in the emergency room on Christmas Day and was admitted to the hospital. I got out just in time to ring in the New Year. In the middle of all my personal issues my grandfather died. I'm very lucky my aunt called me just a few hours before he died and let me say goodbye to him. I didn't know him well growing up but I spent more time with him after I turned 18. I enjoyed going over there but haven't really seen much of him since I moved acrossed the country. From what I hear he is in a better place. I didn't make it to the funeral. That was a tough decision for me. I had just had my gallbladder out days before and nobody thought it was a good idea. I guess as it turned out they were right. As I said before I ended up in the hospital with an infection. The last thing anyone would have needed was for me to end up in the hospital thousands of miles from home.
After the last few months I've had I'm so ready for change. I'm so tired of the same old same old. I'm tired of being the cause of a lot of my problems. I've put myself at risk for heart disease, my bad habits have caused my to become diabetic and probably caused me to lose my gallbladder, and it's also caused me to have high blood pressure and have to be put on medication. I'm 32 years old. I shouldn't be looking at these problems. It's ridiculous that I have let things get this far. I've decided I need to changed and to do that I need to get up and out of the house.
So far I've done a pretty good job at getting out and doing things. I wasn't specifically looking for active type things but I'm happy with my choices. I've joined a nutrition/kickboxing/self defense class, yoga, a walking group, and a travel group. I'm also going to start hiking again with a friend.
I don't want to sit around and just let life pass me by anymore. I want to get out and do things. I want to lose weight so I don't have to worry about whether I can do certain things.
I'm looking forward to 2011 being my best year yet.
