It's always been my most favorite time of the year. I get a hopeful feeling even as the leaves start to change and die. My favorite holiday, Halloween, is coming up. My sense of expectancy is heightened even as I remember not to expect much. Life is less heartbreaking that way.
As for change, I am trying to do so myself. I need to find a way to maintain my weight. Do I run less? Do I eat more? I would rather do neither but I am at the edge of that slippery slope called obsession. More than one person has noted that my ribs might be a bit too prominent. Perhaps I'll be a skeleton for Halloween.
There have been lots of changes in the past few years - a new teaching career and a new slim body. There's only one thing that's missing - a new life. Perhaps it's just around the corner or in the October pumpkin patch. I try hard to keep in mind that there is more to life than changing your body but for right now it's enough and, wow, it's amazing how it changes when you try hard enough.
And for the record, 95 lbs. What a change a year and a half makes!
