Ready for New Beginnings....

This week I had a facebook status that read "It's about that time...."  What time is it?  A time for new beginnings.  When 2010 opened, I made pact to myself to achieve the goals I set out for myself back in 2008.  That's right - 2008.  

MONEY: Financially, I am almost there to the great words of "debt-free" - woot woot.  A big thank you to the jars!!!!

WEIGHT: Well, let's just say I have plateaued since March as more and more work piled on as well as more travel.  This past week I started a low carb, high fiber diet.  Let's just say that may have not been the best decision with the stress-level that increased with each passing day - so much stress that my own body was reacting in ways that I didn't recognize.  But happily, things are back to normal today and I am back on track.

TRIATHLON TRAINING:  I started out strong a month ago only to lose focus these past 2 weeks.  This weekend I am back on it just in time to enter another busy season of travel and work.  I better get on it because when my travel is over in mid June, I will be a month out from the race.  Whew!  I am already tired just thinking about it.

PERSONAL LIFE:  I have to say that it is in times of stress that I feel the most fortunate to have the friends that I have surrounding me with love and support.  Not to mention, my friends have been completely understanding with the past several weeks of no-communication due to exhaustion.  Without them and my family, I couldn't have gotten over the disappointment of Friday when I found out some not so great news.   I got an expiration notice, also on Friday, for the events and adventures singles group.  Yes, I have been a member for a year.  I went to a couple of activities but couldn't relate to a group of divorcees that were in their 40s and 50s looking for friendships and potential life partners.  Plus it was expensive.  Yes, I am still a member of the online dating fun that I have been ignoring for the past several weeks after a couple of dates.  And besides all of this, I have been invited to two destination weddings and a baby shower before the end of the year.  I am happy for them, to be sure.  It's just getting a little harder to get through them is all with each passing year.  I mean, really, will I be 40 doing the same thing in a couple of years?  You never know. 

Right now, I am just trying to get through the next 3-4 weeks and then I can regroup, rejuvenate, and regain my life back to a point where I can refocus on the things that are really important - with work, not being one of them.  Where is my sugardaddy anyway?  Maybe I will find him in Portugal - ha!