My First Blog!! Oh My!

Well here it is. I've finally given in to "blogging."

Today I've decided I'm tired of being fat again. First I thought I would try and walk the neighborhood every day. Unfortunately, it wasn't long into that first walk when I remembered why I stopped walking the neighborhood in the first place. After dodging numerous piles of dog excrement on the sidewalk, in the street, and in the grass I decided the walks were a total no go when the Rottweiler started running at us. Now maybe his electric fence does work but I would hate to be the one to find out that his batteries on the collar had died. As headlines of "woman and child mauled by Rottweiler; woman vows to sue the city" flashed through my head I decided it best to head home. Seriously, I've never lived anywhere where people seem to be so anti-fences and use so many of those useless electric dog fences. Consequently there's a huge problem with free range, wild muts in the neighborhood. Ah... the country. More like ugh... the country.

So I opted for some hip-hop dance videos and a step and step dvd's. I'm feeling it a little in my calfs so pain is gain! Trying to remember it was barely one week ago when I got my spine injected (by a very rude Dr. I might add). So its working which is great but I don't want to push it which is how I suspect I got into this spine issue in the first place.

I have also decided to resume my Arabic language studies. I surprised myself with how much I remembered and I can still actually carry on a basic, low level conversation! Yeah me!! It's helping to stimulate my mind and moving gives me something to look forward to. I don't suspect there will be many free-range dogs in our new Dubai neighborhood. Nor do I suspect there will be much in the way of snow, drunk drivers, Wal-Martians, floods, moldy cellars, noisy apartment neighbors, or hillbillies! That is unless, of course, they are Americans. Hot, humid, climate on a beach, I've lived in worse.

Thanks for reading my blog! I'm excited to write something other than bills!