GBE 2: WEEK #58 : Strength

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame - I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain - I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear - I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear - I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

-Maya Angelou

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30 Days of Truth: Day Four

**I guess I should call the 30 day challenge what it really is from now on :)**

Day Four: Something that is a part of your routine that you enjoy:

I take after my mother: I am NOT a morning person. My dad can wake right up when it's time or when he wakes up from a nap, while my mom and I are basically "OMG WTF DON'T TALK TO ME, YOU KNOW WHAT, DON'T EVEN LOOK AT ME RIGHT NOW" inside. I need about a half hour to an hour before I'm really awake. In high school I had to wake up at like 5:30am to catch the 7:00am bus. Why school officials think it's OK for still growing teenagers to get up that early and be expected to function first period is beyond me.

I digress.

The one thing that is a part of my routine that I actually enjoy doing that I don't really get to have everyday is when Lexi lets me cuddle on the couch.

She's like a domestic cat: she only wants to cuddle when SHE wants to. When she does, however, she either wants to tickle or sleep. If she feels sick or is sick she'll want to cuddle a lot more. Either way, it helps a lot to calm me down when I start to get a bit of cabin fever.

Growing up I never thought that having a kid and being able to cuddle with them would mean so much to me, but I suppose nobody really understand how much loving your own child can affect you until you actually have it.

GBE2 One Month Challenge: Day Two

Day 02: Something you regret not having done last year.

There's only one thing I regret not having done last year, and that is that I didn't keep up with my workout regimen.  It caused me to lose energy, and the more energy I lost, the worse my eating habits got.  It really proved to me once and for all how exercise and a good diet is really connected to your overall mental health.  I felt more stable back when I was exercising and living by the 80/20 rule (eat healthy 80% of the time, treat yourself 20% of the time).  I need to get back to that.

I have a Zumba game for my Xbox 360 Kinnect and I need to start using that a couple times a week and knock it off with the soda and the junk food.  

I can't believe it's May already.  Time for me to really turn this year around for the better.