Thursday, August 02, 2007

hAAlf nAAked thursdAAy

I'm sitting in front of The Fortress in Alexandria, Egypt (2000 A.D.).
I was lucky enough to work there for 3+ months.

These days, I work at home staying sober through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.


todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful

for the obvious and not-so-obvious connections/relationships between all of the 12 steps of A.A.

for a very nice impromptu meeting with my sponsor

that I got to hear the story of a guy who has spent some rough months in recovery at a halfway house

that I've lost 13 pounds in the 2 months since beginning working out and adopting a new diet; 9 pounds to go to meet my ideal weight

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.
-Bruce Crampton

9 comments:

Pammie said...

Great pic Dave. I LOVE the quote at the end...I'm going to write that down.

Scott W said...

You look young and small in that picture.

Redhead Gal said...

You quit smoking and still lost weight???

Wow, my hat's off to you!

Scott M. Frey said...

dAAve, you are rocking bud, way to go on the fitness and continuing not to smoke!

is there anywhere you haven't worked, partied at or visited?? lol

peanut said...

Dear dAAve,

You're melting in front of our eyes !

Good for you. You look good and it's obvious that you are feeling good.

I am happy for you.

Have a great day. Thanks for the pic.

Todd HellsKitchen said...

The fitness plan sounds super...

I was in Alexandria, too... Too bad I didn't see you...

We coulda had a shish kebab...

Mike said...

Always a pleasure to visit your blog. I am promising myself that I will take a few weeks in August and just sit. I swear.

Anonymous said...

Pounds are great to loose however don't forget what matters is how wonderfully healthy & energetic you feel as a result of eating well and exercising. :)

What happens when it rains, does the castle go away, gosh I hope not.

Trudging said...

Great picture! Congrats on the new eating and exercise thing