Life Less Ordinary

Okay, so I know that things have been slow on here, but my life has went from placid to HECTIC in a month's time. I'm currently in Wears Valley, TN, on vacation, and soaking up my weight-loss success. I was bad today, though, and splurged on a couple small slices of pizza for lunch. But never fear, I had a salad for dinner, and a handful of strawberries for dessert to help me get that "healthy food" taste back in my mouth. :D

I've currently lost 27 lbs. My face is thinner, my knees are stronger, and my self-esteem is growing. Today, over lunch, my husband and I were casually chatting about how normal we feel when we are in this area. We honeymooned here, and since then, this place has been...well, magical. Even with our crazy busy life, when we drive past that Sevier County sign, its like life and normalcy resumes for us. We laugh more, we kiss more, we hold hands more, and its almost as if we become our true selves, rather than this tough shell that we present as otherwise. We talked briefly of moving here eventually, and came to the agreement that once we both earn our desired credentials, that we would like to start looking for a place here to live. As sudden and brash as it all sounds, it was a common theme over the past few days that we would keep encountering this thought in our ever-growing conversations: life is not worth living if not lived to the fullest. Life is too short to live to garner other people's attention, affection, or approval. Your life is YOURS, and if you are not happy about something, figure out a way to change it.

While I am eternally grateful to the people that have made my life so easy for me and my husband, we want something more. We NEED something more than a ramshackle, 60 year old house with faulty wiring and linoleum flooring throughout. We need more than to live comfortably in a boring neighborhood that offers NO excitement other than seeing my in-laws DAILY. We need a place that we can be free to giggle like little kids and share an ice cream cone without having to drive an hour to get one.

We deserve to be happy in a place that makes us feel infinite.

Rambling, I know. I'm just excited and hopeful, and ready to get on with my extraordinary life.

                          ...Live a life less ordinary. Live a life extraordinary with me...