busy

Wow, its been a while! When did my life get so busy? I used to not have a life outside of working, working out and sleeping. Now Michael and I are both training for a half marathon, I'm training to be assistant director of AWANA Cubbies, I'm doing EE, we are teaching Sunday School, I'm on the planning committee for the Jonesboro Marathon, I'm still working, I'm trying to get in two workouts a day and I still have to find time for at least 8 hours of sleep a night. Throw in a diabetic dog, five or six meals and a gallon of water a day and you have my life as I know it, right now, in a nut shell. I also have an article for fitnessforus.com that I'm supposed to be working on (BTW great site! Check it out when you can!). Whew! I say all of this because I'm really bummed I haven't had more time to blog. Who am I kidding, I haven't had time to even think of a topic to blog about. So tonight, you get me blogging about my busy life...that I would have NO OTHER WAY! I'm so blessed I can't even wrap my mind around! Yeah, my stress level is higher than normal, but I'm not stressed out. When I approach stressed out I stop everything I'm doing, find a quiet place, take a few deep breaths and pray. Immediately I'm brought back to my reality which is that God is in control and everything will work out according to his plan. Then, I get back to it and give it my best, which is all I have to offer. So, there you have it. I hope to improve on my time management skills and have the opportunity to blog more soon. But in the meantime, rest assured that I'm doing one of the above mentioned activities and loving every minute of it! :)

*Tuesday marked the end of Week 5 of my 12 week Body Transformation/Biggest Loser Contest. Its also the end of Phase 1 in the program I'm following. I lost 24.5 lbs and I'm pretty excited about my results so far. That's more than 10% of my initial body weight which should have me close to if not at the top of the competition. I also posted progress pics on my bodyspace profile which can be found by clicking on the link to the left. I'll spare those that don't want to see them, but you really can tell some big changes are happening.

**My sister is having her baby Tuesday! Cruz Smith Haralson should make his appearance around 2:30. I'm pretty stinking excited about it! Please keep Leann, my sister, in your prayers. Thanks. :)