December 1

Saturday night I went to see Brantley Gilbert at the Arena in Atlanta, very disappointing. First off, I had a headache, which pretty much ruined any chance of having a good time listening to loud music. Second, the acoustics were terrible. The music sounded like static all night, and to make matters worse, there were 3 opening acts. I got there at 7:00 and at 9:00 Brantley hadn't even taken the stage yet. Finally, he comes out, does a pretty decent show, but near the end, starts off on this pro-gun rant, for his song, "Read me my rights." That's when I decided it was time to leave, drunk rednecks that think someone is trying to take their guns away isn't the safest place to be, IMHO. At least I beat all the traffic coming out of the venue, 5 minutes after I got in my car I was on the Interstate.

November 21

I went to see Little Big Town at the Fabulous Fox theater last weekend, would have been a great show if it were not for the obnoxious people next to me, that's what I get for paying extra for good seats. They won tickets off the radio or something and they were just there to drink and be obnoxious. I think I would be better off in the cheap seats with people who were actually there for the music. Next weekend I'm going to see Brantly Gilbert, should be fun. My Thanksgiving plans are a bust, I don't even have any thing lined up, unless I go out with friends or something. I had to give up running, my knees hurt too much to do it anymore. Kinda wished I had entered at least one road race now, just so I can say I did one.

October 6

My injury is mostly healed, I can run again. These damn headaches I've been getting every month prevented me from doing that this morning though, I finally did a Google search to see what I could do to prevent them in the first place. It seems Magnesium might help. Don't know why I didn't think of that sooner. October is my favorite time of the year, the weather is cooler and the leaves start to change colors. Not as dramatically as they did back home in Kentucky, but it's still nice here in Atlanta. Also my shows are back on the air. I need a new place for Karaoke, I don't care for the crowd where I've been hanging out for the past few weeks.

September 18

Summer's almost over and I'm glad. I'm done with 90 degree weather. Saturday night I went to a friend's party and bruised my tailbone trying to get into the jacuzzi, still not sure how it happened, but it's been sore all week. I've been taking it easy at the gym, trying not to aggravate it. Perhaps it's good to take some time off, after doing the T25 workouts for a week, I'm too worn out in the morning to do my running on the treadmill. I think I'm over doing it a bit.

August 25

I spent last week taking a vacation and it was the hottest week of the year. Mostly I just hung out at home wishing I had central A.C. My portable works pretty well. I just ordered a T 25 workout program and it's been too hot to try it out. Perhaps this week I'll be able to, since it's something you do from home. I crossed an item off my bucket list Saturday night, I sang karaoke for the first time! Pink's "Please don't leave me." I told the event person that I've never done it before, and was nervous. Then, when it's my turn, he goes, "We have a Karaoke virgin here tonight! She's about to pop her cherry, let's give it up for Michelle!" Everyone started cheering. It was a little intimidating, but I did it and hit all the notes. Felt pretty good afterwards.

July 18

My second mammogram showed nothing is wrong with me, it was just a lymph node surrounded by fatty tissue! What a relief. I really have to have the tests done every year, I'm not so young anymore. Tonight after work I'm going to see KISS & Def Leppard at the Amplitheater.

July 10

Monday morning I had to go in for a mammogram, since my Lifeforce participation required it to get me a discount on my health insurance, and I didn't have to pay anything. I hadn't been in 10 years, I always figure flat chested women like myself with no family history of breast cancer have nothing to worry about. The procedure doesn't take very long but it is extremely uncomfortable. I walked out afterwards and didn't give it a second thought. What do I have to worry about? I only did it for the health insurance discount. Then, last night I get a letter from them indicating there are "abnormalities" in my scan and I need to come in for more testing. That could mean anything. The soonest appointment I could get was a week from now, so I have to wait and worry. Am I being repaid for my arrogance, not getting tested for 10 years because I didn't think it would happen to me? Richard Roundtree had to have a double mastectomy from breast cancer.