All-American Jess

Wow, it has been a while. A lot has gone on in the last year and a half. Mostly good, but some ugly.
Today is about the ugly. Today is about releasing resentment. It's December 2nd and I want the holidays to be HAPPY. I don't want ugly feelings to steal my joy....

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One week into 2018 and I've already worked out more than I did the last two months of 2017....
That's right.... I went to OrangeTheory FOUR times.  The first January 3rd was actually the 2nd. I'm guessing that the overload of people going slowed the system down, so my 5:30pm class results didn't show up until like 3am. I actually went on NYE,...

We are looking down the barrel of the ball drop and the start of a New Year. It's so hard to believe that yet another year has come to a close.
This year has been one of the best and worst years of my life.
On December 29, 2017, my Ninny died. We had her memorial just after the first of the year. Honestly, it set the tone in a lot of ways. I went through the year trying to live a happy life (like she would want), but would randomly just be incredibly sad...