Surprise Surprise

Apparently I do NOT want to finish my 101 Things list. Apparently it just isn't in the cards. But in all honesty I did a pretty good job and focused on it pretty intensely for a solid 2 years. The other .75 of a year I backslid. Why? Because life happens. I will say that everything on the list that I have yet to accomplish are things I will eventually. The part I AM disappointed about, however, is that with all the tasks I let slide, the three I ALWAYS kept up were a. four recipes a month, b. an atypical produce item, and c. give-ups. In July I think I went over the four recipes, but never got the produce item and my negative thoughts give-up was a total cop out! August ends on Tuesday and I made two new recipes this week, ate a dragon fruit, but never bothered giving ANYTHING up. And when I go through the list of possible give-ups, I just don't even want to bother with it. What happened to my Glutton for Punishment attitude?!?! Where did it go? Anyway...clearly it's still possible to finish quite a few things on the list. But I feel like my body is almost rebelling against finishing.

In life news, I have no complaints! Going into therapy was such an excellent decision and I've found that I've worked through so much in such a short amount of time. Meanwhile the foundation of my relationship is solidifying more and more each day. We've both changed so much in these nearly four months and I now see that we both genuinely care about the other and truly do look to the future and see our place in it. Chris always says we make a good team and the more I think about it, the more I agree. I always thought John and I made a good team when we were together. The problem was that someone wasn't contributing to our team's success while the other worked exhaustively to keep it afloat. So essentially, not a team at all. Chris might have a bad day or two due to circumstances that are out of his control, but it really impresses me how he'll turn it around and truly want to work it out. Meanwhile, the same goes for me: I'll see something I'm doing wrong and try to rectify it as soon as I can. I definitely see how much he cares about me and about us...and it's drastically different than when we first started. No couple is without their issues and we ALL can have some real doozies of a day, but if you look to the future and really want that person standing beside you no matter what, and thus you're willing to work your ass off to keep them there...well, that's all that matters, isn't it?

Well enough pontificating for the day! I have two months left here.......yep.