Stress is Not My Friend WARNING! PROFANITY laden at times. That’s reality for me. So, I’m just “keepin’ it real!” If that is offensive, just skip to the last 9 paragraphs, where it says, “Ok. Ok. Reel it in now! What happened?” I’ll make sure it summarizes without the reiteration of the “purple words”. And please overlook my lack of proof reading. “Ain’t nobody got time fo dat!” A new descriptor that I’ve found to help point out things that we have to endure, struggle through, overcome, or do in spite of what we would like to do is “adulting”. As I have heard that new word used, I have also discovered that it is only assigned when it is pointing out the negative things that we experience as adults. Wiping a baby’s nasty ass; cleaning up the dog’s poop off the floor; cooking dinner when you get home from a long day of work for kids who will just turn up their noses, and ask for a grilled cheese; paying bills; paying taxes; getting a colonoscopy; getting older, and...
In the back of my mind, I could hear ring announcer Bruce Buffer saying, "It's Time!!!!!" Yep! It is really past time for me to grab this by the horns! I have to lose weight, and I know it will not be an easy journey. More than just losing weight, I want to be healthier. So, I'm really telling this for me, but I hope that it helps someone else in their journey as well. So, laugh with me, or at me! But laugh! ~Stephen Smyly