Time got away from me recently...however my game face is back on.
I know that change is a good way to reset life, break old habits and start new healthier ones. I am using this whole Dan being gone for a couple months as time to change and get a handle on some of the important things. Here is what I have been working on for myself and the progress that I have made.
1. Live wiser financially speaking at least.
Dan and I have drawn up a budget that hopefully will save us a whole lot of money when he gets back. However now that I am here and convience is a very tempting motive things are a bit more challenging. I bit the big bullet and spent every extra penny that I had to pay off some debt from my undergrad degree. I should *fingers crossed* be free of all that burden by the end of the month. It was scary...but the right thing to do. I cancelled all the extra cable channels and now just pay for internet and phone. I also bought myself some tea to drink at work so I wasn't driving through my favorite little coffee hut on the way to work/school in the morning. All little things but I am promising myself to be good about this.
2. Live a healthier life style. Remember way back when I said convience is very tempting? That means eating out...eating weird and unhealthy food because I don't want to sit down and cook for myself. However due to the budget restrictions also mentioned in the previous paragraph this is forcing me to buckle down and make sure that what I buy is not just crap like candy but good food. If I am going to spend money on something it sure as heck better be good for me ;). I also have taken up the Wii EA Active game...holy cow that thing kicks my sorry butt. It was questionable this morning how exactly I was going to put my pants on without requiring medical attention. I want to be able to have a little bit more leg strength for ski season this year. Maybe, just maybe I will finally figure out how to skate ski. Maybe.
3. Work on building the relationship that Dan and I have
Well they say absence makes the heart grow fonder but whatever. I want him home...I feel that my heart is fond enough dang it. Its been over three weeks and we aren't quite sure wither it will be 3 or 6 more. We are at an exciting place where finally our lives aren't just two separate entities but more so a vendiagram with a good healthy overlap. We hopefully will be taking a trip in October to go visit Washington D.C.. This will be our first vacation together and I am so excited I can't even really deal with it! However, I want to make sure that we do this the correct way...smart and relaxing...I don't know if you have ever planned to relax before but that in its own right is stressful. Its a very exciting transition point in our lives...I just need him to come home so we aren't put on pause anymore.
4. Finish my stinkin' degree
I NEED TO FINISH BEFORE I LOSE MY MIND. So I am writing this from the lab...waiting for a hot oil bath to get to the right temperature. It needs to get done. I have gotten two molar absorbitivies calculated in the last two days so that is exciting. I love the feeling of making progress and this deep need to be finished is also good motivation.
My picture of the day comes from my trip to the remote parcel that Dan is part owner in. It has been in a forrest fire about 5 years ago. We only went to the top of the property but at the bottom there are a lot of big birch trees and even a little stream. Next summer they will start to build a cabin at the flatter part of the property and part of the Alaskan wilderness will be another home away from home.
