Day 22 - My wife is how old? Sunday 10-18-09

Happy birthday to Cheryl!
My lovely bride was brought into this world October 18Th, 1963 (put your shoes back on she's 46) what a great day for me! Of course I was unaware of that then as I was not born yet....I am just saying.... no big deal if I am considerably younger than her...what four months is considerable if say you were hanging from a rope or waiting in line at the bank...whatever... Happy Birthday Cheryl!

Have I mentioned before how much I love, love, love, love Sundays it is by far the best day of the week and this was no exception.

Today started bright and early with a visit from an old friend of mine, we rarely see each other anymore and have not gotten together in quite awhile. Used to be we were always together and had great times and when Cheryl and I got married we all got along so well it was a match made in heaven. Last couple of years I started noticing we were getting together less and less often, we began to argue and there definitely was constant tension - Cheryl became frustrated with the both of us. I now realize I was wrong, neglectful with my diet and lack of a healthy lifestyle which ultimately destroyed the relationship - I prayed my new commitment would repair the bond with my old friend. Well all I can say was I was so happy by the surprise visit that it only re-energizes me to push forward and continue to be a better man - I may never eat again!

I celebrated Cheryl's birthday in what I thought was the best way - by leaving the house and going to play soccer - that's right SUPER HUSBAND! I normally play on three teams on Sunday but there is some kind of problem with one of my teams and blah, blah, blah I got put on a new team. So I show up for the game with my new team and they have way to many guys which means way to many subs and that sucks - no one is happy. So I talk to somebody else and get on a new team for next Sunday, I am going to play with Fusion which is a bunch of people from my Wednesday team...should be good. So now I am down to two Sunday games...aaarrrrgggg.... but my next game is with the best team ever Soccer Troupe....Awesome! This was a great game we played against a team that is very nice and usually pretty good - I was on fire I scored 4 goals and we won handily....I scored on a header, a chip, Back heel, hard shot and some more crappy goal....it was great (also highly unusual). After that the next game turned out to be a forfeit so I got to play some Bonus Soccer to make up for my lost game....That's perfect.

When I got home the house was quiet, Cheryl was relaxing watching TV with Lebo and Hannah was outside playing - Hannah and I went and cleaned some offices and got Cheryl Panda Express for dinner on the way home. My late game was cancelled (bummer) so we all sat together and watched Monsters and Aliens (good movie) family had cake and Cheryl opened her new Pajamas and slipper. All in all I think Cheryl enjoyed her birthday and I know I did.

Now onto the weekly weigh in - this morning I weighed 295 down nine pounds this week. To be honest I don't really care about the weight right now...I just can not get over how good I feel. I can honestly say this is one of the best days of my life...I know that sounds crazy....but I have literally not felt this good for as long as I can remember. Energy, knees, feet, stomach, heart, my clarity of mind, passion for life it's just amazing, way beyond the 36 pounds. I want this to be the new bottom, the new baseline I build the rest of my life on....I am very excited for the future....we will see.

Talk to you soon!
Joe
Peace!