approaching day 3

okay, i have an announcement to make: i have started an exercise regimen. yikes! i know - this may sound normal to most people, but allow me to assure you that i'm a slug and in need of much help for my out-of-shape self!

it is now 1:18 in the morning, and i will be getting up around 9 for day 3 of my new program. michael is committed to doing this with me, so i'm hoping that his motivation will spur me on if mine should wane. i do feel the push of an impetus from God, and i will say that i have sustained a desire to do this for more than 2 weeks now (my exercising before this week was merely sporadic). breakthrough? we'll see....

i'm a little sore tonight from lifting my free weights, but i'd rather be in pain from this than some other things i could think of [read: dental surgery, sprained ankle, heart attack!]. from this day forward, i pledge, dear reader, that i will try not to obsess about this topic in this particular space. you must forgive me, though, if i wax poetic from time to time about the sheer joy of enduring physical pain for the sake of personal improvement. i will attempt to avoid discussing my aching muscles if you, faithful ones, will do one thing for me:

send me encouraging notes/comments/whatever, will ya? i need all the help i can get!!

thanks! < /shameless plug for attention>