Rainbowww!

WHEW. I think I should start posting earlier in the day so I don’t always come into a post tired and having to tell you I’m tired because if I don’t tell you I’m tired, you won’t know I’m tired and my grammar will be tired, and I may be too tired to respond and might be so tired I fall asleep right after posting. But hey… being tired for me now means I earned it. I love to earn my tired, and I’m proud of my tired. Did I mention I’m tired?

It’s 2am. The rest of the county is asleep, except those graveyard shifters milling away. In a wooden house on the hill, off road and secluded, a merciless creature screeches out to his brethren. And he wakes me up. Really, if I start slipping melatonin in his dinner, do you think my husband will sleep at night instead of constantly waking me? Thinking I may as well just get up and get to the gym early, I got up to do some coloring while I waited for 4:45 to roll around. Got in my swimsuit and headed out to Dunkin. I rounded the corner to turn into the parking lot—it was at that moment I realized that today was, in fact, Saturday and -not- Friday. Dunkin doesn’t open until 6. The gym doesn’t open til 7. It’s 5am. Well, shit. I ended up just sitting in my car for an hour and playing brain games. It was a struggle to stay awake in the dark, quiet and empty lot.

My “late” start to the day turned into a blessing. I’m sure most of you know by now that I love rainbows. They are everything to me. The colors, the symbolism, the beauty, EVERYTHING. And guess what appeared and guided me all the way to the gym? It was stunning. An absolutely perfect way to start the day as Jamie Rose. Stopped to track my arms with a picture. I finally could see improvement in them! But my arms weren’t all I saw improvement in. I saw the ever-shrinking boobs, the blossoming trap muscles behind my neck, the high cheek bones. It was pretty cool to notice all of it in just a quick picture for my arms! Even my eyebrows are growing back in and I thought they were gone forever!

After my workout and shower, I headed back home and spent some time with my best friend in Asia. We haven’t had free time at the same time in several weeks, so it was wonderful to hang out with her and play some games. I tried to nap after which was entirely unsuccessful between a squealing toddler and rambunctious dogs. No biggie, but I did threaten my husband to never wake me up before 4am again or I’d ground him from spending time with his friends.

Did some shopping and recruiting and now I just want sleep. Lots and lots of sleep. I wanted to leave y’all with this though. I’m a super Dragon Ball fan. I listen to the soundtracks while I’m working out and every time one of the battle songs comes on, it makes me kick it up a notch. Not to mention, the anime is one of the most inspiring things for fitness, ha! Anyway, this is a quote from one of the intro songs and I felt like sharing it today! “Trust in what you have. Take the time to grasp all the power you could gather bit by bit. When depression strikes, go remember why warriors don't quit.”

Pictures of my beautiful day, including the one where I realized I packed the wrong clothes again and was able to pull my pants up like a tube top and my old short sleeve shirt became a long sleeve from being waaaaay too big now. Have a great weekend!