vibrant.

After taking a handful of vitamins every day for about a month, I am noticing a "good day" here and there. Days where I feel like my good old self-- vibrant, excited to make dinner (no more of this "why don't we just have  bread..." stuff), getting by without the once-requisite 5pm nap. This is an amazing new development in the day to day life of Rachel. I know I still need more time to really heal, but this is a very wonderful beginning of the journey back to good. Feeling blessed, feeling hopeful. 

Now, to de-stress... that's a bigger beast to tackle than remembering to shovel a small mountain of vitamins down my throat every day (and the financing thereof). I know I can't get back to 100% until I free myself from all of that stress. I already get 7-8 hours of sleep a night, so I have that in my favor, but I really need exercise as a way to renew. I always have. Right now, it's difficult to squeeze it in to the daily routine-- sleeping 8 hours, working 9 hours, and commuting 2 hours makes finding the motivation/energy to exercise tough when there are papers to grade and food to get onto the table. Summer, please hurry! In the meantime, while I am counting down to June... any advice from you guys on squeezing exercise into the daily routine?

That's basically my life lately. Just keeping it simple.

Oh, I just realized that I forgot to fill you in on my days in paradise... way back in December. That will have to come later.

[RACHEL]