Spring can really hang you up...

I had a really rough spring, as some of you know. May is, by far, the hardest month for me to handle, and it really kicked my ass this year. I ate too much food, sat around way too much, and drank too much as well. As a result I’ve gained back some of the weight I worked so hard to lose. I’ve been singing a song in my head for weeks now, and thought you might enjoy it. I like the Bette Midler version. It’s about love, but it means so much more to me.

Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

Once I was a sentimental thing;

threw my heart away each spring.

Now a spring romance

hasn’t got a chance.

Promised my first dance to winter.

All I’ve got to show’s a splinter

for my little fling.

Spring this year has got me feeling

like a horse who never left the post.

I lie in my room

staring up at the ceiling.

Spring can really hang you up the most.

Morning’s kiss wakes trees and flowers,

and to them I’d like to drink a toast.

But I walk in the park

just to kill the lonely hours.

Spring can really hang you up the most.

All afternoon the birds twitter-twitt.

I know the tune, this is love, this is it.

Heard it before

and don’t I know the score.

And I’ve decided that spring is a bore.

Love seems sure around the new year.

Now it’s April, love is just a ghost.

Spring arrived on time,

only what became of you, dear?

Spring can really hang you up the most.

Spring can really hang you up the most.

Love came my way, I thought it would last.

We had our day, now it’s all in the past.

Spring came along, a season of song,

full of sweet promise

but something went wrong.

Doctors once prescribed a tonic.

Sulfur and molasses was the dose.

Didn’t help one bit,

my condition must be chronic.

Spring can really hang you up the most.

All alone, the party is over.

Old Man Winter was a gracious host.

But when you keep praying

for snow to hide the clover,

spring can really hang you up the most.

So I know what I have to do to lose weight. I know what I have to do to get healthy and fit. I think the next step is getting my brain on track. My emotions continue to sabotage my success and I can’t fight a losing battle forever. Maybe it’s time to reach out to someone for help. It couldn’t hurt to get a healthy mind as well, right? 

Let’s chat soon about my recent physical and all that entailed. It was all good, but for now I’ll leave you with this song. Sing it for me, will you?