-----Author's Note----
The following and all proceeding entries have an air of melancholy and defeatist. They are full of excuses, and were written by a depressed me. More recently I've taken control of my mood and I CHOOSE to be positive from now on. I will leave the previous entries published so that I can remember where I came from and where I don't want to go again. (There were some good days, but not many.)
I have been stuck out here in Helenville for the longest time... it's only been a few weeks, but it feels like the longest time. Life kinda sucks when you don't have a vehicle and you're in the country... But that's not what I wanted to talk about. No. I wanted to say: "I exercised today." I haven't been exercising here, with all of my free time, because I like to be clean, and the shower situation is spotty at best. BUT I knew that I had to, and was going to be able to shower this evening; so I went ahead and let myself get gross. I took a long walk around late morning, then I did some arm exercises, so planks, so squats... then I got sidetracked and read a few chapters of my ceremony planning book and made some wedding plans... Then I said to myself. "Self, Let us see what is on the You Tubes for workout videos." (I didn't really say that) But then I did just that. I found a video with some ladies with fun accents doing Latin style dances. It was almost 40 minutes and the most fun I'd had in a long time while exercising. Even more fun than all of those ones I spent so much money on. Maybe it's because I was productive today (Mostly) and was in a good mood. Maybe. Anyways; I'm now all clean and fresh. If I can guarantee a shower tomorrow; I'll probably repeat the process... I never got to my daily drawing though, I'll have to do two tomorrow now.
That's another thing. I'm feeling spry. I'm out of my awful environment and I'm challenging myself. This is good for my mind. The drawing challenge is good for my skills and my sanity as well. If you can challenge yourself to do something create for just 30 days; I strongly suggest you do it!
