May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground

Hello all my blogger darlings. I'm so sorry it has been so long but I was kinda afraid of this happening when I cut down to not blogging every night. Plus I have been dealing with some work stuff and other things that have made my OOMPH more like oomph. But I am hear know to shower you with my bloggy goodness. Today's blog is a bit serious but in a good way I think. 

So a few days ago it was my mommy's birfday. Amazingly enough KitKat, my mom and myself were all able to get the day off on her ACTUAL birfday so we all went out to the spa together. Mmmmm, Spaaaaaaaaa. Anywho, as we were sitting in the hot tub getting all relaxed and such, it occurred to mom that we were in a whole new place in our lives. Mom is starting a new job that she loves, I am living off the rock with my honey bunny, and Kitkat has just graduated from high school (p.s. she has GOT TO STOP GROWING UP I CAN'T STAND IT BUT I'M REALLY PROUD OF HER!) So here we are for the first time together as, I want to say grown ups, but that isn't really the correct term. But I suppose you get the idea. Then the even cooler thing came to mom. For the first time in a REALLY long time we were all in an amazingly good point in our lives. Now some of you know the stories, some of you don't, I'm not really going to go into that right now, but for a long time now one of us (or all of us) have not been in a good spot in our lives. Here is a tiny snippet of KitKat's (and my mom's) story. 

(Before I go on I have to say how amazingly proud I am of her for being able to say this out loud, in her own way, and for being so strong and loving. Ok, back on track...)

So obviously from this tiny snippet you can see that things were...ummm...Bad. But all of a sudden we came to the realization that things are Good.

 My mom has a new job that speaks to her heart, she is dating an amazing man, she is creating a home that fills her soul, and she is finally able to take some time and really enjoy it with her family.

KitKat just graduated from high school, her and Mom and going to go to Greece together, she isn't stressing about where she is going to go or what she is going to do, she is just going with the flow and is excited about where the road will take her. 

My story is a little more transitory but that is ok. I have a job that's ok and my own place again, I am dating one of the coolest guys I have ever know, and I am working really hard at making me be ok being me. All of these things may not be "great" but they are steps on my path towards the things that will be great. And the fact that I am moving towards something after so long treading water is pretty damn awesome. 

So, ya how neat-o is all of that? I don't want to get all inspirational and stuff (gag!) but to steal some song lyrics from FUN:

If you're lost and alone
Or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound
Of your feet upon the ground
Carry on, Carry on, carry on

Water Baby

So I haven't been swimming lately which makes me sad but unfortunately life has gotten in the way and it happens to be in a horrible time frame for me. Also it unfortunately has lost some of the fun and appeal that I was going for when we started. It was supposed to be a group thing that we had fun doing together and helped keep each other motivated. It has since turned into a we see each other right before we get in the pool and then every one goes to a different lane and swims as hard as they can for as long as they can. Which I suppose is good for the whole working out thing but bad for the actually having fun as a group thing. The first few times we went we all swam together and we stopped to laugh about being out of shape and high five when we would get farther than we had. Now that's all gone. But that isn't really what I wanted to blog about. It was just a rant that spilled out when I started writing about swimming. Ok, enough of that and on to the real thing...

I am a water baby. For as long as I can remember I have been happier in water than out of it. I began swimming when I was teeny tiny and have loved it ever since. Moving to Washington from San Diego has been a bit of a downer for the water baby in me because there are a ridiculously lower amount of pools and those that are around are really only usable for about two and a half months out of the year. The exception to that is of course like a gym or something which isn't much fun for when you want to just have some fun but definitely good for working out. But either way up until recently I haven't been swimming very often. And one of the things that I forgot about was that first time you go under water, place your feet against the wall and PUSH with all your might! You go swooshing forward like a mermaid and the joy and exhilaration hit you and its like being a little kid all over again. Then once that split second is past there is the fun and excitement of seeing how far you can go before you surface. Oh my goodness it may be one of the best things ever! It's kind of hilarious though because now every time it happens somewhere in between the first push and the see how long I can stay under I have this moment of feeling like this:

Where in reality I'm pretty sure it looks a bit more like this ;)

But that's ok because it still makes my heart sing and it's about as close as I am ever going to get to my goal from when I was little....
To be the Little Mermaid :D