Does Your Harbor Light Still Shine?

I got a last minute tattoo appointment this past Saturday.  I had two ideas that I was thinking about.  When I told Shane, my artist. It was the light house that lit him up and that’s when I knew that was what I was going to get.My friends The Clarks, This kick ass band from Pittsburgh have a song called “Does Your Harbor Light Still Shine”. It was on the lead singers solo Cd called Shine.  And I loved it.  It was full of salt air and made me think of the the salt life.  It also spoke to me.  Do I still shine?  Do I shine a good light?  When the sketch was done…  I really fell in love with it.  I didn’t think I would be a guy with a rose, but as soon as I saw it, it all came together….  The song title in the banner, the light house, the crashing waves…  My mom…  Rosa…  Perfect.  So I pulled the trigger on it and have no remorse. I love it. It’s sore.  And it made working out a little trying but I muddled through.  It’s all a part of the journey.

On Sunday, I followed through with my blog from last week and went to Orange Theory Fitness with Amber and was met with a royal welcome by my friends Bill and Amy.  I burned over 600 calories in that one hour workout.  I loved it.  Guess what?   I was running.  I ran.  I rowed.  I worked out.  I did it.  And I loved it. So I’ll be going back this Sunday for freebie #2.  Then I think I’ll be buying a few packs until a closer one opens in the summer.  Then I’ll be a member and got 2x a week.  I think it’s the perfect compliment everything else that I have been doing.

Monday came and I did my basic training class, boot camp and then went back and did boot camp again.. even longer with more stations.  I said I was going to and I did.  Pushed.  Pushed. Pushed.

Saint Patrick’s Day rocked.  2 gigs.  6 one hour sets. All standing and dancing.  I could have never pulled that off 2 years ago.  But last night I did it.  I pulled it off.  The first show was local at the FOP and a bunch of my boot camp family came to visit me.  It makes me smile something fierce. I am very grateful for their love.  Not only is #DCBC saving my life, putting a new bounce in my step, but it’s helped with a resurgence of the band and me quite honestly.  The support is fantastic.  Something I am very grateful for.  It definitely shows me that being myself, being nice and spreading the goodness around makes for a happier, better life.

The second show was at the Trappe Tavern, home for me.  And was a lot of fun.

So it’s Thursday morning.  I have to head to Cherry Hill and get my taxes done.  Then I am chilling in KOP for a little to beat traffic…  Maybe the camera store and then I have a gig at my best friends place. Solostyle.  It’s nice to try and hold down the fort all by myself with a  show.  Something I know I can do now but was always afraid to try.

Well since last Thursday, I’ve lost 2.3 pounds.  I am at 321.2 – the magic # is 311 so we need to get to that.  I am not going to hit my dietitian goal but it wasn’t without trying.  I just that I can’t work out any harder but I guess the truth is that I can.  And I will.

Keep moving forward!  It’s all we can do!

Love you guys! Keep fighting the good fight!