Call me butter because I am on a roll

Ouchy, woke up today and this time it was my lower back. Legs are dandy but after breakfast man I was all juiced up(figuratively). I felt so motivated today and had all this energy to burn. I packed away most of my summer clothes and brought out the sweaters and SWEATER BOOTS! If you dont know about sweater boots, you should know. I cleaned my room, wrapped baby shower gifts, and have the birthday gift ready to be shipped to Germany. I then found the vacuum. I am currently living at my aunts house. I was vacuuming my room then I was like "LETS DO THIS!" and I did a vacuuming WOD.

Metcon:

Joanne!

Do as many rooms until your Aunt tells you stop or until you vacuum the whole house

GO! From my room, I went to the hallway, to my cousins room, down the steps, into the foyer, into the bathroom, another hallway, into office, then tackled the family room. That is when she rang the bell and said, "Kelly you did enough, thank you." Those carpets never saw me coming.

I did this all before 1pm. Yes, I know I am awesome.

It felt really good to help my aunt out and to get so much accomplished in the morning. I know she has a lot on her plate and I guess you could say, "yea kelly not that big of a deal its just running a vacuum." but until you know what I have felt like lately you would be proud of me too.

I think the word pity is an ugly word and I would never want anyone to ever pity me. I share this because I believe it could be inspiring, therapeutic, and that if you are in the same boat as me you are not alone. I am just trying to paint a picture of my life lately and as to why I am so glad that I joined Crossfit and that I have been really modivated lately. 2009 has not been my friend at all. I guess you could say I have felt for most of the year like the 'recessions punching bag'. The past nine months have probably been some of the hardest months for myself and my family. My stepdad's boat shop was repeatedly robbed of tens of thousands of dollars in boats and parts and the one time he tried to stop the robbers he was hospitalized and lucky to make it out alive. They live in Florida so it was hard for me to just sit in New Jersey and listen to all of this and not be able to help. Then my family in Jersey lost our house and we are now currently staying at relatives homes. I am at my aunts. I then broke up with someone I loved and in a nutshell I felt like he didn't care enough or want me around anymore. Then in the summer I was laid off from my job. In time this will probably be a blessing. So I guess by August I hit my rock bottom. I never resorted to alcohol or drugs, just reeses cups but I just felt like I have been kicked so much when I was down that maybe I should just stay down for alittle bit. Then I met Crossfit and I really have to thank Krista. I don't think she will ever grasp how much this has changed my life in what a week but I really think it turned me around. I realized I have to start with me and from there things will change for the better. So that was me just pouring my heart out on a blog but I am not ashamed to talk about it openly to whomever. I am still here, I still have my family, my friends, and my health. I have what is IMPORTANT.