Something that makes me happy...

This is my picture that made me happy!!! This is Casey, the lead singer of The Dear Hunter. They are my favorite band, and we got to see them last night in Covington, KY!!! Yes, we drove almost 2 hours on a Wednesday night to see them, and yes it was awesome! I got to meet him and a few of the band members too. The show ROCKED! He is just as amazing live as he is on CD. I am so glad we did this! Diet and exercise put on hold for just a bit for the concert. Will be back up and running as soon as I catch up on sleep... which will be just about 7am tomorrow morning. :D

The new day 1!!!

Attempt two.

With a little nudge from my Aunt Lynn, I am trying again! These lasts two weeks have been crazy, but I haven't changed my goals! In fact, I have been working hard on them!

This last week, I started curves, and it is kicking my butt! I thought it was going to be a pretty easy work out, but holy crap. It is not as light as I thought. I don't know how much I have lost, but I don't think it is much yet. I am going back to weight watchers as soon as our financial situation eases up. We aren't behind, but I want a safe cushion. I already added a lot to our budget with Curve's monthly fee. I mean, it is definitely worth it, and I will cut out anything else possible before I give this up. Still... it would be irresponsible to add too much at once while I am still transitioning between jobs.

Anyway, my new job is awesome! It is really keeping my motivated to get healthy. Everyone there is so health focused, and I love it. Almost everyone in my department either walks, or does the stairs, or runs to the gym at lunch. It is such a good environment. Not to mention that the job is SUPER easy, and my boss is great. The only thing I am worried about is getting bored, but honestly, for the money, that is not a huge problem to have.

As for my creative goals, I have slacked off on those. I did go price keyboards though, and it looks like one might be in our near future! I want to learn to play piano. I learned the basics in college, but really, all I can play is hot crossed buns. I am going to try to work up through the other books to help with that part of my goal. I started trying to learn new things that weren't exactly creative as a substitute, and that is going pretty well. I have also read a couple books, organized my life a little better, AND got my paperwork together to apply for a graduate program!!!!!

That last part is actually really exciting news. I am going back to school part time this fall, just to help defer my student loans, but I knew I wanted to get my Masters eventually. The problem is that I can't afford to not work full time. Even if I could, I couldn't put the full weight of our finances on Austin's shoulders. Sooo I started looking at what is offered around Louisville. As it turns out, UofL offers a Masters in Human Resources that is completely online!!! I was thinking of going back for that anyway, so it works great! I am so so so very pumped about that I wish I could start now. Humana reimburses $5000 in tuition per year, but unfortunately we can't afford to shell out 5,000 right now and wait for it to be payed back. It's ok though. I can go on with my plans to return to IUS and save up money while I wait. I am going to try for next fall or summer. I could go back in the winter, but it would put a strain on us financially. Too bad my credit isn't good enough for a student loan... :( I thought about asking my dad to co-sign, but that doesn't seem like a good idea.

It is frustrating to see something that you want so badly, and then have to wait for it. Weight loss is the same way. I wish I could do it all now and get it over with. I guess patience is a virtue... It just upsets me... I want to get this degree, get a better job, pay off my undergrad loans, and live my life. I don't want to wait to start. I don't want to lose two pounds a week... I want to be healthy now. *sigh* All in good time, I suppose.

Really, other than impatience, everything is perfect. Now I just need to update the blog more often. I'm on it!!!

Day 5

Well, I made a decision today. This weekend was rough on my plan. I thought about just deleting this blog and hoping no one noticed... but I figured that even if I missed a few days, there is still a lot of good to be gained. i do have to adapt my plan a little bit to deal with life, now that I have seen it it action.

Rather than having creative time, reading/music time, and exercise time every day, I am going to pick one. If I have time for more than one on a given day, I will do it. Honestly though, my to do list is so long that I haven't had time. That is how I got so behind to begin with. I decided to give myself two weeks off to take care of some stuff before I started my new job at Humana, and as it turns out, I barely have enough time! I have been out for a solid 7 hours a day running errands, and I still have tomorrow and the next day booked. *sigh* It is exhausting.

The good news?? Austin and I got a new car! Mine was falling apart, so we decided it would be better to get one now than have to foot the bill for a new transmission. What did we get, you ask? A 2011 Mazda 3! IT IS SO PRETTY! and I am in love with it. So in the past month, I have changed my phone (and number), address, state!, car, car insurance provider, job, health insurance provider, school, driver's license and doctor. In fact, I don't think anything is the same except for my poor old computer. I feel like I have a different identity.

So yeah, with all this new (and the paperwork that goes with it), I haven't had as much time as I would like to keep up with everything. The good news is that I still found time to start a new book, do my first water color painting, and start a writing project. Exercise has been lacking, and up until yesterday I was on track with weight watchers points. I will get back to that now that the holiday is over (and we have eaten all the cookies I baked last week).

So I am getting back on track. Don't hold it against me! At least I haven't given up!