Gym Time

Toward the end of March I decided I am fed up with being out of shape and overweight. I miss who I was health wise. While O can blame about 25 of these pounds on some parasite complications I was totally in charge of the rest of the pounds packing on by pitying myself and not being pro active.
So I have modified my eating habits. ( with one freebie day a week) and have joined Bartlett Rec Center where I am having a wonderful journey in group classes and solo work outs :) I would just run outside like normal people but the allergies are awful right now and I end up puffing on my inhaler Hal the run when I go outside. Plus I love the group class aspect. I have met people who motivate an encourage me. One of my favorite classes is the spin class. It pushes me and when I am done I feel the awesome accomplishment, especially the next day when the legs are burning lol. I am aspiring to do my first half marathon in December with St. Jude so I am also training for that . I was up to 6 miles but when I got a bad 3 case bout of bronchitis and asthma it knocked my lung function down. I'm back up to three and a half so I am enjoying working my way back up. I am so excited about this journey and want to blog it to help keep myself accountable!

God is Faithful!

Over the past few days I have just been dwelling in the fact that God is faithful and HE is!!! I jsut can't quit saying it!
I have struggled with why I am back in Memphis without a job. I know that there is a time and season for everything! God makes that clear to me in His word. Sometimes trusting is a little hard but having to trust Him and lean on Him let's me grow closer to Him. I am so thankful for this time of growing closer to Him.
I know when God is ready for me to have a job that I will get a call or email back from one of the 40 some odd applications I have submitted but until then I am content to wait and wait patiently ( and learn a little patience..)
Just when I wonder how I am going to meet the next bill, God brings up some babysitting job or some temp job for a former employer that gives me pretty much just the right amount of money I need to meet my bills. How can I not trust Him? He is proving Himself faithful just like He has in the past.
Tonight as I fall asleep I am resting in the comfort of His arms and His promises for me!

It's Almost May!

It's almost May and I am so incredibly excited!!! May is the month when Eric comes home from Florida (he has been there since August) I am so proud of him for all he has accomplished down there and the great work he has done and new friendship and business networking he has done. However, I am ready for him to be back home. Really, just in the same city I am. I know in the future we may be calling another city home and that is fine with me as long as he is in it. I know I sound like that teenage girl who has a picture perfect ideal. Rest assured I'm not, I know being married doesn't mean you get to see each other 24/7 and i know that being married means making sacrifices and even though I am not married yet I know these things to be true. We've already had practice for this with Eric being gone for 9 months. You know what else I have learned over this time. That the only thing I need in our relationship is his love. Eric has shown me in more than one way that he loves me while he has been in Florida. Whether it has been the sweet, silly voicemails, the precious cards, or the using of flyer miles for me to come see him for my birthday he has reminded me he knows I am still up here.
Eric has such a passion for Disney and when he got this opportunity for an internship at Disney last year I knew he had to take it. Even though, in the beginning I was not fond of this idea at all, I knew this was his passion and I knew I could not keep him from that. God has been so faithful to us and giving us time to talk and skype. God has proven himself faithful to Eric by placing Eric in places in Disney that College Programmers aren't always placed and allowing him to network with some people at Disney who can give him recognition and great recommendations. Do I think the Disney company is in our future...YES! Does that always get me excited? MOstly, although some people have to work bizarre hours. Do I know God will be faithful to us whether we stay in Memphis or move? YES.
I always tell Eric I could not be an army wife, and that I have SOOO much respect for these ladies because I have no idea how they do it.
To sum up all of this rambling, God is AMAZING and FAITHFUL and Eric is almost home. I am so looking forward to spending the last half of our engagement together in the same city and just having the comfort of him in the same city!