Words Unspoken|Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten.

I’m a bit sore already from today’s workout. I did my first day on the weight machines, and holy goodness is that ever a workout! The trainer said I should see results in just a couple weeks. She said that after a month, I’ll feel like a new woman. Things like that are what’s keeping me going!

Just as a bit of a record, partly for me, partly for… no reason at all, here’s what I did today

• Warmup: 4 minutes on the stationary bike
• Lower back: 12 reps, 55 lbs.
• Leg extensions: 12 reps, 30 lbs.
• Leg curls: 12 reps, 35 lbs.
• Seated row: 12 reps, 35 lbs.
• Chest presses: 12 reps, 10 lbs.
• Shoulder lateral raises: 12 reps, 15 lbs.
• Biceps: 12 reps, 15 lbs.
• Triceps: 12 reps, 15 lbs.
• Ball passes (abs): 6 reps.

As you can see, I have absolutely no upper-body strength. Hopefully the more I go, the more it’ll build up, though. It’s nice to feel completely dedicated. Knowing that I pay for the gym means that I have to go to get my money’s worth. That’s not even mentioning the fact that going to the gym means getting out of my apartment for a few hours every day or every other day, and gives me something rewarding to do!

After my workout I bought stuff for dinner (Dorito Chicken, yum!) and decided to get myself a jug of apple cider. One of the best things about fall, hands down!

Anyway, I should be off to World of Warcraft land. Today is an adventure into Serpentshrine Cavern. This should be exciting!

PS: I’m making fantastic progress on my 101 things list!

I have so many thoughts going on in my head right now that I can’t though. And I don’t want to walk the three feet to the bed. My leg is killing me. Like, lifting it to put it on my footrest is bad enough to make me want to cry. I went to the gym today and thought I was fine, but it turns out I did overdo it. Oh, well. I learned my lesson. At least I worked hard!

I had a fantastic day and night. Been a while since I could really say that, but I did. I went out with Amy and Steph and had a martini and chatted. It was so much fun, and I was so glad that we went out! I’m glad to have finally met Steph, after talking for so long. I’m glad that I got out of the apartment, and with such fun people! It was a fantastic night.

I totally joined GoodLife Fitness today. Can you believe it? I can’t. I get to go for the first time tomorrow. I’m so excited that I can barely contain myself! It’s an awesome deal right now, for all my Canadian friends.

Tomorrow night, I get to go out! I’m so excited. I get to finally meet Steph and I get to spend time with Amy… Yay!

Life feels really good right now. I hope it stays that way!

I slept horribly last night. I went to bed with a headache, and it woke me every hour to remind me that it was still there. I’d get temporary relief by rolling onto my other side, but it kept pounding after about a minute or so. I woke up and my headache was still there. I wasn’t happy. I took two Advil and made myself some breakfast (okay, lunch) and it’s now down to a dull roar. Thank goodness, because it was starting to make me cranky.

A few days ago I posted about Mew Mew’s mysterious ways. Well, they’ve gotten even better. We’ve tied a spoon to the end of her “pet” string. She loves it! She carries that thing everywhere. Oh, and she’s taken to sleeping on top of the laundry hamper and on top of some boxes that we have stacked in the closet. She’s unusual, but she’s fantastic.

Someone bring me some munchy food, fast! I need it! Need it, I tell you! I might go make some chicken wings or a pizza pocket or something soon. I don’t know yet. But I’m resisting eating the entire bag of Doritos over on Matt’s desk!

Speaking of chicken wings, they’re opening a Pizza Town right around the corner from us. Right around the corner! I know, I know, you’re all wondering how I’m going to eat at Pizza Town with my diet, but honestly… I’ve lightened up. Matt says I’m “falling off the wagon” but really I consider it self-acceptance. I don’t overindulge. I weigh myself and I exercise when I’m feeling up to it. Let’s face it, depression makes doing every little thing difficult, if not downright impossible at times, so I cut myself some slack. I’m getting good at watching what I’m eating and knowing what it will do to my body. So if along the way I learn to love myself as I am, power to me, I think!

Anyway, as most of my friends know, Hallow’s End has begun and World of Warcraft is full of the same costumes, candy, bobbing apples and things as always. The main event right now is hunting down the Headless Horseman. It’s a fairly quick fight, especially with a full, well-geared group, and you can do it five times per hour, assuming a different person summons him each time. It’s almost like free epics!

Right now, Kim’s gotten everything I want for her except for the Sinister Squashling pet. I’m a bit of a vanity pet collector of sorts. I don’t have the bank space (yet) for all the pets I’d like to get, but right now I have a fairly nice collection, including the very rare Captured Firefly that I managed to loot last week.

Tonight, after doing our planned Heroic Slave Pens run and running the Headless Horseman event five times, I hopped on my Swift Flying Broom and went to visit an innkeeper. She turned me into a leper gnome, which my groupmates loved. “That’s so not Kim!” I think was the exact quote. We decided to take it a bit further. I put on my Farmer’s Broom (which I have since enchanted with Fiery to go along with my Wicked Witch’s Hat and generally shadow-y appearance) and a friend of mine tossed a Weighted Jack-o’-Lantern my way, and, well… His words are the best description of this ever. “That is a lot of Halloween crammed into a very tiny little space!”