Out of chaos, brilliant stars are born...

"Before a great vision can become reality there may be difficulty. Before a person begins a great endeavor, they may encounter chaos. As a new plant breaks the ground with difficulty, foreshadowing the huge tree, so must we sometimes push against difficulty in bringing forth our dreams."

Okay, so I stole that from a cheezy Chinese character poster. But hey, whatever inspires you! I seem to have been majorly lacking inspiration these days -- settling back into that hum drum yet constantly chaotic rut I sometimes get in. I think weeks of being sick combined with the pressure of work and demands of life at the moment have just made it somewhat impossible to be more than banal.

But I'm busting through!

First, let me say thank you to all of you have left me kind comments these last few days. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm finally feeling human again!

Second, ladies (and the occasional bloke) you have amazing blogs! In the last few weeks I have discovered just how grounding and inspiring your blogs truly are. Through the last miserable weeks of being sick and crabby and wanting to give up, your blogs have given me hope and the desire to continue this journey and see it to the end.

Third, I'm a total Weight Watchers convert. Okay, that seems like such an obvious statement but if you knew my dieting background (cough, cough Jenny Craig cough, cough) and the cycle of gaining and losing and never hitting my goal. For the first time, my goal feels attainable and I feel like I have found a life long solution to my weight problem. Am I at goal? No. But I have all the tools I need to get there. Just a little disclaimer, I don't think WW is for everyone and I don't attend meetings anymore (in fact I never really attended meetings!). But it has worked for me. And I can see myself using these principles for the rest of my life.

And now I'm out of time!

I had the best intentions of updating my blog yesterday from work but for some reason gmail is blocked at work now and I didn't have the address to send it to. So this will have to do for now.

So, I'm off...... All I can say is rock on blog chicks! Thanks for keeping me in the game even when I didn't want to play any more....

FGS