it's time.

- holidays are almost over.

- emma is sleeping through the night. (hurray!)

- i have a little extra cash flow thanks to car getting paid off.  (HURRAY!)

- title boxing just opened nearby (and christmas came early in the form of a one-year membership from my own personal santa!)

- my hair is now long enough to fit into a ponytail.

sounds like the stars are aligning for me to get my butt in gear and drop this baby weight.

i know very well what a difference a year can make. my goal is to drop 30 lbs by this time next year.

(do they make a diet wine? well they should.)

this is the best "before" pic i could find (from Nov):

let's do this.