Woo and two hoos!!

I completely forgot to post this yesterday.  I had emailed the lady that was so helpful about the situation with our household goods on Sunday.  Yesterday, I received an email from a company informing me that the estimated time of arrival in country for our HHG will be 14 May!!  Yes!!  This means that the kids and I can fly over very, very soon.  In fact, if everything works out like my hubby's NCO says (who's with me on the skeptical side of this?), he should be going to housing and transportation in just a few hours.  Which should mean, hopefully, that we will have airline tickets and a set date by the end of this week.  Or at least that's what I'm praying for.  The realtor had called Jon that same day, to let him know that they had another top floor apartment that would be finished around the same time that he got out of the field.  So, since he is supposed to be done today, I'm hoping that he can get things settled with them, too. 

God is awesome!  He answers prayers, even if it isn't when or how you wanted it. 

In other news, I have found that 5 days of Zumba in a row isn't going to work.  I'm disappointed, but my kids come first.  Little J screamed his head off for about 30 minutes today, crawling around and looking for me each time Mom put him down.  So, I'm scaling back, and only going to the classes that I really like, and I will probably either do AbJam at home on the other two days, or half of the P90x Ab Extreme.  I don't think I've lost actual weight, but I can tell that the Zumba class is doing some good things for my legs.  :) 

That's about all I can think of, so more later.

days 3 and 4

This ended up being my recovery period- I could not move hardly at all.  I kid you not, I hobbled around for the last two days pretty much like a 9 months pregnant woman!  Not fun at all.  Added to that, the tetanus shot affected my shoulder much worse than I thought it would have.  Apparently, p90x is way too much for me to handle at this moment.  I am currently trying to decide which program I am going to try- either Turbo Jam or Slim in 6.  Or possibly 10 minute trainer.  All of them have gotten really good reviews, and some not so good.  I lean towards the 10 minute one, just because I know that I can handle the pains for 10 minutes.   I don't want to order the other ones and not be able to finish them- talk about de-motivation! :)

My Bible study is going well, I have memorized the first scripture that was set for me, have gotten my personal notebook set up, and written out my committment to the study.  I haven't set aside a specific place to do my study yet, since I am still more or less getting everything unpacked and trying to find a place for it all.  I need to go pick up some ink for my mom's printer so that I can print some things out for the study and also for Jacob's school. 

Anyhow, I will try to post more later on tonight, because we are currently making sure that Jon has everything packed up to leave tomorrow.  We are spending the morning at the local WIC office with Jamie, and then heading out to Syracuse to have a nice lunch together before actually getting to the airport around 3pm or so.  Lookin forward to having a good day with my man before sending him off- cause I know I'll probably badger him a week or so later, once he gets in-processed!  :P  I would much rather be the one going and dealing with all of the apartment stuff- cause I'm picky.  But I have to step back and let God work his ways through this situation.

day 2

Ohhh.... blah. 

I've been moaning and groaning around all day.  I. AM. SORE!!  And on a personal note, I shouldn't have started p90x the DAY AFTER getting  a shot in the shoulder!  Plus, I am not in good shape.  Period.  I will be cutting the workouts down to half, probably, unless I feel I can keep going.  I did Plyometrics (jump training) today, and made it 33 minutes into it, and had to stop.  I was sick to my stomach, even with hydrating yesterday, and taking very small mouthfuls of water once or twice during the workout.  I had to ask Jon to help me take my shirt off for my shower, because I couldn't pull it off with my left arm- could hardly wash my hair because I couldn't raise it above my shoulder height. 

My legs are really sore, and I know I'm complaining, but I also know that its a good pain.  Or at least it will be once I go stretch out really good before bed.  :)  I just don't want to kill myself getting into better shape.  I want this to be something I continually do- not something I burn out on really easily.  I laid on the bed after my shower, and ended up falling asleep, which I can't keep doing, unless I drag my mother to Korea with us!  That's another reason I'm cutting the workouts short.  I was basically useless for almost 1 1/2 hours, although I did nurse the baby, and we both napped.  So I guess I wasn't completely useless! :P 

We ventured out to the teeny tiny post office for some stamps, and stopped at the Native American shop that I've always wanted to browse in.  Jon bought me a pretty silver and crystal ring, and I bought a beautiful blue scarf for Pat.  A green one for myself, and an ankle bracelet.  Very reasonable prices, seeing as how this is the off season, and its a really small town. 

And now its time to play pinochle with my parents and Jon!
More later!

Day 1

Off to a somewhat rockier start than I wanted, but still, everything is done that I really, really wanted to do.  I was in the local ER last night until 1130, due to a dog bite ( more info to come in a later post), and was too wired to go straight to bed. D'Oh!  I completely forgot to set an alarm, so I woke up at 0810.  I started with my Bible reading and P31 study, had breakfast, helped J do his schoolwork (and we are loving the 10 drawer rolling cart I bought- he gets a kick out of stacking the finished stuff on top), then it was time for P90X.
Chest and back plus ab ripper x.
 I. AM. JELLO.
 But, I worked my way through the whole thing, occasionally sitting some out or trying a different way.  I don't have a chin-up bar, and the bands don't work so well for some routines.  My arms were so weak halfway through that I could only do 1-2 of each type of push-up, but hey, I haven't done push-ups since high school!  Jon says I am dehydrated, cause I was getting nauseous halfway through, and kept stopping for a few seconds so that I wouldn't throw up.  I think it had more to do with the water breaks it says to take!

Anyhow, I'm off to record my food intake so far, nurse the baby and then head out to take care of some stuff at Fort Drum. 

I'm...scared.

Tomorrow is my last day of junk food.  Lots of carbs.  Sugar, or at least whatever I wanted to snack on.  Which was usually something sweet.  No more Dove chocolate Easter egg truffles.  Or caramel twix bars.  Those have been my treats lately, because we are on vacation, and its Easter-time. Oh, and m&m's while we play games at night.  Ugh.  Just looking at the junk food I've consumed in the last 3 weeks is enough to make me nauseous, even though I didn't eat that much of it at once. 

Monday is when I start my new study guide, Becoming the Woman God Wants Me to Be by Donna Partow.  I have already skimmed through this guide, and that's why I'm scared.  It has some hard decisions in it.  But mostly, good things that I have wanted to try, things that will help me feel better about myself, and help me grow. 

Monday is also the day that I start P90X.  I am reading through the nutrition guide and meal plans, and trying to figure out what I can substitute, since we are living with my parents for the next couple of months, and they eat totally differently.  I have read about the exercises, and watched the first couple of minutes of the warm up on disc 1.  Jon is going to be doing my 'before' pictures tonight, and I'm recording my weight and size info.  Yuck.  :D

Anyhow, I am going to upload pictures now, after Jacob's game stuff finishes its work.  We have a very slow connection here, so it is taking 2 hours to download items that previously took 5 minutes.  Oh, the joys of living in the back of the woods!  Or at least, living 50 feet past where the local cable company can deliver high speed internet.  I kid you not.  They told my parents they wanted over $1300 and then $65 monthly for high speed internet, since they would have to install something in their yard.  :O

Anyhow, any encouraging words or advice are very much welcome, since I've never done this program before.  Lots of prayer, too, please!  :)