Down I go

I've lost 11 lbs in 10 days! I'm actually losing the weight I want to lose. I'm getting stronger. I've had more energy. My clothes aren't feeling looser yet, but I'm looking forward to breaking through my first goals of losing 25 lbs and being able to run 1 mile. Right now the couch to 5k app is having me run 3 minute intervals, phew those are killer! But it's good. I feel so good when I'm done and it's a great time for prayer too.

Budgeting

I was going over the monthly budget and I think maybe we can pay all the bills this month. Yay. But I'm realizing if I'm going back to school in June to get my RN (yay) John has to be working a steady job by then. I wish we somehow had control over this immigration crap. It's becoming so hard on us not having him working. I hate how much I'm having to work to keep us a float. Not to mention that we'd like to be in a house and have a couple grand in savings before we have a baby. It's making this seem like it's going to be forever. 

I have been doing well on my fitness goals so far. I worked out for about an hour this morning. Now I'm trying to work up the motivation to clean the bathroom. Ugh!

All in all I have hope things will look up, it's just draining having to wait for so many things.

In a year

So much has changed in 13 months. I'm officially a wife now. I'm a nurse now. John and I have been through so much. Marriage has not been easy for us with all the immigration struggles and the financial struggles that come with it. It's worth it though, so worth it. 

Looking at where we are now, I still find i have so much room for growth as a wife. I snap at my husband sometimes, I forget to "fill his love tank" and I struggle sometimes with leaving behind independence for co-dependence. I haven't been the godly wife I've hoped to be because I've been absorbed in just trying to pay the bills.

So first, I'm striving to be a better wife. I'm striving to submit my life to the authority of Christ so I can better meet the needs of my husband.

Secondly, we have begun intentionally preparing to someday soon start trying for a baby. This will be after the immigration fight is over, but we need to prepare with regards to my health and financially, because whoa kids cost lots of money!!

So I'm back to document these journeys. Often times they'll look the same but sometimes they are distinctly different.

Sunday I start with a new exercise program. I have two goals prior to pregnancy I hope to meet fitness wise, lose 25 lbs and run 5 miles. So here we go.