Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

Hello, friends :] Do you believe I had an entire week OFF and didn't blog? I was just so busy... you know... doing NOTHING. It almost felt sacrilegious to DO something during my week of rest, so I didn't ;] I watched A LOT of movies (being home by myself all day every day), had lunch with a few friends here and there, caught up with family... it was lovely. Of course, all good things must come to an end, and Spring Break is no exception. So here I am, back at it.

I've been making good on my commitment to attend class everyday, with a few exceptions here and there (today may or may not be included in the "exception" category... ;]). I'm fine with exceptions, because everyone needs to maintain their sanity, and everyone needs to sleep in on occasion. Of course, not everyone has that luxury, and quite frankly I would be morally remiss if I were to ignore that gift of freedom with which God has blessed me for this season of my life. It'll be gone before I know it, and to waste it would be just plain WRONG! I don't allow myself to slack for two days in a row however, because I know myself well enough to know that sleeping in is a very slippery slope. Maybe two days in one week on a rare occasion, but NEVER two days in a row. That's just bad news.

So, in short, I'm plugging along and doing well. Reminds me of Dory from Finding Nemo... "just keep swimming, just keep swimming..." That's what I do. One step at a time, one day at a time, never letting my mind run too far ahead of me, and living in the moment.

There's really nothing exciting to report around here, though. I guess since my life is so wrapped up in school, very little else comes to mind when I blog! Of course we're still anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new niece :] "Exciting" doesn't even begin to describe the arrival of a new BABY! I told Em the other day though, seeing her full-term belly sorta worries me... I try to extrapolate the size of that thing onto my body, and I just don't know where I'd ever house a full-term child. I know it's possible, but I fear that I'll have one of those torpedo bellies that sticks straight out and clears shelves when you turn too quickly in the grocery store. Ugh. I just really don't have much of a torso. Oh well, at least I have no shortage of hip width.

Speaking of hip width, my most recent weight loss endeavor is failing miserably. It's really depressing. I must be doing something horribly wrong that I don't even realize. I've been working out quite religiously for over three months, usually 4 times a week (and sometimes even more!). I really work hard at the gym, I do toning workouts at home, and I practically starve myself during the week. I do tend to cheat on the weekends, I will admit, and over the past few months there have been two or three weeks (not all together) where I didn't work out much due to sickness or tests or whatever. But holy crap. Ben has lost 15 pounds and at best I had lost 3 pounds (though some days my weight is only a pound lower than it was in January). And he eats Burger King about once a week! If I ate Burger King once a MONTH I'd probably gain 5 pounds! Ugh. I exaggerate, but it definitely feels like my weight is SUPER sensitive, and any small slip sets me back to square one. It doesn't help that I just feel SURROUNDED by skinny people at school. Jerks. ;]

Alright, I gotta head down to Owings Mills before my return trip becomes a traffic nightmare. I was recently diagnosed with some nearsightedness (thanks a lot, college and med school) and my glasses are in, so I need to go pick them up. I'll really only be using them during class (the screen gets blurry for me with all the switching back and forth between my bright computer screen and the big screen at the front), and maybe for driving at night or something. We'll see where they help out the most. But I shouldn't need them full-time. Anyway, I'm out!