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Oh Monday

// January 4th, 2010 // Uncategorized

Today has been a pretty quiet day for me. It’s the first Monday of the year and I didn’t do too much. Maybe this was because I wasn’t feeling all that well when I first got up and the fact that I have been thinking about my bills. LOL, seems like none of us can get bills off the brain right?

After cleaning my place and getting dressed for the gym I had the chance to talk to my friend Justin B Smith and that was really cool. He and I haven’t talked in such a long time, so if was very nice to catch up with him. For those of you who don’t know who Justin B Smith is, let me give you a small bit of information on him. I discovered Justin on YouTube not long after I was diagnosed HIV positive. The first video I saw from him was so powerful for me and to be very honest his video was one of the many reasons I myself started talking about HIV on my YouTube channel.

What I really love about his channel is that he is so open about HIV and for me he has been a wealth of information that has given me information and key questions to ask about my HIV care as well as sound encouragement in making sure I remain very proactive or as some have called me “militant” in my own HIV health care. He has also been a bright light of hope not just for me, but those who watch his channel or read his blogs. I really admire and respect Justin, so it was nice to be able to spend some time out of my day speaking with him.

Shortly after speaking with Justin I headed to the gym to begin what was my first day of working out for 2010. I’ve been out of the gym for about 5 days and I was really surprised that I was able to jump right back into my work out and fitness goals with no problem at all. One of my goals this year is to make certain that I spend far more time taking care of my temple~mind, body and soul. Unlike most people I have not set any dates as to win I will be at a certain weight or have a certain body type. However I have set goals to be more fit, eat more healthy and take more time for my physical fitness this year. Again, unlike most, this isn’t to fit into a pair or jeans, get a man or look good on the beach, but it is for my well being and nothing else. I love what I’ve created and in order for me to keep doing it, I need to make sure I am taking awesome care of me.

In addition to this being my first work out of 2010, it is also the first day of my fast. I started fasting today to simply cleanse my body and get  rid of all the yuk that builds up in the human body, but I also want to remove any energy that I will not be carrying with me this year. The goal for me is to fast for 15 days. If you would like to keep up wit my fitness and fasting goals I have set for myself then please feel free to follow my Restoring the Temple group on Project KengiKat. So far the fast has gone well and there has been no problem for me cutting out the intake of food. The one thing I have done is to take my daily vitamins in smaller portions so I do not upset my stomach and I also don’t want to to just cut out my daily vitamins either.

This afternoon was pretty quiet for me as well, I had plans to go help my friend with her computer, so I really didn’t make any plans. The goal was to stay close so I would be available once she called. This is another major change for me in 2010. I will no longer simply wait around for people to follow through and I will no longer make plans with anyone who cant be clear with time schedule and stick to it. Ma use to say that when you make plans, even if they are tentative you need to follow through and when you fail to do this, then you send a clear message that the other persons time is not important to you.

I did spend some time planning out my event for the 3 year anniversary of Do Something Saturday. It’s hard to believe that it will be 3 years next month. I’ve really poured myself into Do Something Saturday, in fact into my entire organization, much like the way I use to pour myself into my cooking/catering career. Funny how life shows up and helps you put things into perspective. Things that were once important to me no longer have a place in my life. What I thought was success was nothing my then “fancy pants” I know now what my parents meant when they use to tell me that success is not what you drive, who you know, where you live or how much money you have in the bank.

After working on my calendar and sending out emails with regards to the event next month I then spent time organizing Do Something Kit donation and was able to put together 16 kits for next month. Organizing the items also let me know what I need to buy and how hard I need to work at making sure I reach my goal for the event. Thank God for the sock donations from Lourdes and Charles and the Do Something Kits that my friends Tina and Andy supplied. They even supplied some extra items as well. Right now this puts me ahead of the game for next month, but I still have my work cut out for me.

I am ending my night with some really cool and calming music on the Pandora music player, burning candles, a bubble bath followed by a good nights sleep. My day is pretty jammed packed tomorrow. I will be up at 6AM to start cooking a ham that I will use for a feed for homeless people, gym, a trip to the doctor to get my latest HIV lab results and if I am on time and don’t miss a beat I want to go for a walk. I also need to start looking for ways to better make people aware of my outreach efforts for homeless people next month.

It’s 9:30PM right now and I have had a great day. I hope your day was great as well.