Geez I'm bad at this updating thing. Oh well. I have about 20 minutes before I have to leave for work so I figured I'd do a quick update. Last time I posted was the day I got saved. Man, how am I going to top that post? Guess I can't, so I won't even try. I got baptized last month though, so that's pretty awesome. It's amazing how in such a short time God cut through to my heart and brought me into his family while giving me enough confidence to share that with so many people. I found out the day before I got baptized that a good friend of mine had been praying for me for a while to come to Jesus and make that decision. How awesome is that? I'm still working on my prayer life, but how cool is it to know other people are praying for you and asking God to work in your life? That made me cry (cause I'm a sap, and it's awesome) and made me so happy to know I've surrounded myself with such amazing people.
Let's see, what else...oh, we moved into the new house last week! Well, I guess almost two weeks ago now. Wow, that's weird. It's pretty awesome. It's just the right size for us and it's not trying to fall apart like the terrible Allied death trap was. We have a nice size backyard with a fire pit, treehouse and creek, which is totally awesome. Amber and I have our bedrooms upstairs and we share a bathroom and Corey has his own room and bathroom downstairs. We also have a craft room and an obscene amount of attic storage space. It's really, really good. :)
Work is still good. We have kids camp all summer, which is quite an exhausting experience, but really fun to teach kids about the bakery. I'm still struggling with the what am I doing with my life question but at least for now I have a good job and a place to live so maybe I can calm myself down for a bit. (Probably not.)
Remember how every few months I post about trying to lose weight? Haha yeah...here it goes again. But this time really, genuinely, is different. My life is in a pretty positive place and I'm not just making temporary changes. I've been going to the Faucett Brothers Center regularly for...almost five months? Maybe four. I don't know. Anyway. I go to a Dance Fusion class twice a week and water aerobics once a week (don't laugh, it's awesome) and then I have a personal trainer twice a week. And then he gives me "homework" for the days I'm not there. It's really awesome and I'm kind of becoming one of those crazy people who gets antsy when they don't work out. It's weird, right? I've also been using MyFitnessPal to track my calories, which has been a huge help. It's mostly about making better choices and not eating cookies and junk from work. Don't get me wrong, we make AMAZING stuff at the bakery, but when you pop a cookie here, steal a bite there, it definitely adds up. So even though we have free lunch at work, I've taken to packing my own lunch and bringing snacks so I'm not tempted by the yummy, yummy cookies. I think it's been going really well. I've lost some weight, gone down a size or two and I just in general feel better. I know it's going to take a LONG time for me to get to this idealistic "goal weight" but for now I'm just enjoying the progress. Which I think is why this time is different. Sure, I'm impatient and I'd love to be a size 8 like, now, but the little things, like my shorts literally falling off because they are too big, have been quite entertaining. My trainer and fitness class instructor are really ridiculously awesome and have been amazing at keeping me motivated. It's going to be a long journey, but I finally feel like it's moving in the right direction.
It's really amazing to look back at where I was a year ago versus where I am today. I'm still utterly lost on the what am I doing with my life question, but I'm happy. I have strong faith to stand on and an amazing group of people to surround myself with. I feel so blessed that God has led me to this point. I know that Greensboro was a terrible decision, and maybe not moving to New York was a bad idea, but overall God has used all of those decisions to strengthen who I am. I genuinely believe I was meant to end up here and I really can't wait to see how He plans to use my life to further his kingdom.
