Today in Boston it is raining and it is "fake Friday" for us since the office is closed tomorrow (and work is slow). Therefore, I've been pretty introspective about where my life is now verses what it was in 2007. I never want to forget how things were and how my life is so much better and healthier now.
- I don't have to worry about whether I'll fit in a booth or if it the chair has "sides" that I can't fit into when going to a restaurant with friends.
- I can walk up the hill close to my apartment without stopping to catch my breath.
- I can buy some of my clothes in actual stores and not the catalog.
- I don't feel like a circus freak being gawked at.
- I can tie my shoes without getting dizzy and feeling strained.
- I look forward to walking and being outside.
- I don't avoid the camera like the plague, but actually like getting my picture taken.
- I don't have a panic attack when flying (not over actually flying, but the embarassment of asking for a seat belt extender and/or "encroaching" on the person next to me).
- I don't take up two seats on the train and people can actually sit next to me.
So how is your life different now? What can you do now that other people take for granted that you couldn't do/ was embarassed to do, before?