Updates

Shame on me, I know, for letting my blog fall so far behind recently. This has been a very busy month for us. As my last few posts made obvious, we began house hunting in earnest n ear the end of June. Although my blogs didn't reflect it, after finding a house in Cordova that we liked, we suddenly shifted gears, dropped the Cordova search, and began looking in Collierville. Our reasoning that this is a much more desirable neighborhood. Since then, we quickly found a house that we loved; however, we are now in the midst of tedious negotiations with the current homeowners who insist on selling their house for more than it is worth. Obviously, Aaron and I have no intention of wasting our money for the sake of their pride. We haven't given up hope on this house, but we've also begun looking at other homes again. However, I'm sure that with as many beautiful homes as we've already found in Collierville, we'll have no trouble moving out of this apartment very soon.


Aaron has also recently goaded me into a stict workout program on the bowflex. He's an excellent coach which is lucky for me, since I refuse to lift a finger unless he's right there by my side forcing me along. Both my parents came down the first week of July, and when my mother put Aaron and I to shame with her walking abilities, we were prompted to walk about 3 miles every other day, and at least around the apartment complex every day in between. We've each set a weight loss goal (mine is 130, or 20 lbs. and his is 210, or 20 lbs.) Proudly, we've both already lost 5 lbs.

Lastly, I'm getting more and more nervous about school starting - just a very short 3 weeks away. I can already tell that I've joined a fantastic team. Everyone is so helpful and has a great personality. If only I could just figure out what on earth I'm going to do in the classroom. I always feel like such an incompetent idiot. But, I just have to suck it up and keep plugging away. I always do better than I give myself credit.