Ah... last day in paradise.

So as you know, I've been in my home town Ft. Walton Beach/ Destin, FL these last 18 days and I can't say that I've been as behaved as I had originally intended. I gained 2 pounds in all while here so I'm now back at 187... but considering the amount of running, and lack of water... no real excuse. I've just been living it up on vacation. I haven't eaten a whole ton of junk, just haven't had enough to drink. Tonight I wasn't behaved at all at Outback. Eek. Good thing I went Geo caching earlier to hike around for 20-30 mins. Did I mention I'm obsessed with Geo Caching now? Look it up, you'll fall in love with this game, too. X)

Anyways. I make my 10-11 hour trip back to Houston on Saturday. I miss my husband. Longest I've been away from him since moving to TX. I don't like it at all. A few days, eh.. s'ok. This long is too long.

Anyhow. More good news!! My husband got the job he was going after!!! Starts in a week!

He's been 'unemployed' for nearly 2 years now.. and working a very small part time job. You have no idea how rejuvenating it feels to know we are safe WITH insurance again. Structure and stability is finally with us again. I'm seeking a new vehicle, phone, and membership to some sort of gym that will watch my brood as I work out. YMCA seems the most logical at the moment. Running 3 miles will be hard work when I get home too. I love it though. I lost some inches doing it.. gotta loose the pounds now.



Let's see... my newest goals now for when we return home will be to pre-portion and pre-cook meals the night or so before we intend on eating them. For all of us. Happily my kids don't eat too much junk -- we don't carry it really -- but in general I want to keep our eating habits clean.. and make them polished as possible within the next month or so. I want to weigh in the 160's by August... and drop more if possible before the holidays come around.

Tomorrow is my last beach day, and I pick up my Mazda.. my thermostat blew yesterday and hopefully the car dealer can get my extended warranty up to par so I don't have to spend 400 bucks to come home. Yuck. Sorry for the rant on a million things... but honestly I'm pretty happy with the hubby getting his job and I have a week to figure out my school stuff before I no longer have a car for a little bit. I'm really going to focus on rebuilding myself physically this summer since I've had a rocky start to the year so far. I'll post photos in a week after I've had time to flush my system some. Wish me luck as I'm seriously needing it. :P