To catch you up, we're back in the USA for good. We went from an apartment in Yangju to lodging in Dongducheon to my parents' house in Canton to a lake house in Georgia to my mother-in-law's house in Alabama to a hotel in Leesville to OUR HOUSE IN DERIDDER!! ALL WITH A CAT IN TOW; she was pleasant (eye roll). All that traveling took place over a three week period. What? Yeppers, we were mastering the life of living out of a suitcase.
During this three week period, I was frantically filling out teaching application for every parish within sixty miles of our home. I wasn't scared of commuting; I was scared of not collecting some form of a paycheck. Fast forward: We got to Leesville on a Sunday night, I had a job interview Monday morning, and guess what...I got the job! For those who don't know, I'm now an English and Fine Arts teacher at Rosepine High School, and I couldn't be happier. BTW: Do you know what Fine Arts is? ART! Yeah, I'm teaching Art. These kiddos have no idea that I don't know how to draw a stick figure. I'm pretty much faking everything. Anyway...moving on to the home.
We were super excited to finally do a walk through of the home we decided to purchase via pictures online. Well, we were a little more than disappointed. Basically, we bought a home from three early twenty-something males. Yeah, we pretty much bought Animal House. I'm not sure what kind of Belushi madness took place in this sweet home that lies in the heart of a gorgeous subdivision, but it was project. It wasn't anything terrible. It just looked like it hadn't been cleaned ever...and I mean ever. For instance...
We bought a vacuum cleaner, I vacuumed 1/4 of the living room. I had to stop because this amazing power house of a vacuum was already slowing down. Just think about it, if you ever vacuum and feel the need to take a picture of how much was in the carpet, it's just too much. Taking photos of vacuum dirt isn't on the daily To-Do list unless you wind up with something this astronomical. From the living room alone, and only after going over it once, the dirt weighed over 6 lbs. Are you kidding me?
But with a little bit of hard work from my amazing husband and myself, we managed to do this:
And that's just the living room. We painted our bedroom, the kitchen, and cleaned like no one has ever cleaned before. We still have a lot on the list of things that need to get knocked out of the way, but we're taking it one task at a time.
Now, here's where I get to brag a little bit. As I told you in the last post, I was continuing with Insanity while living in lodging. Well, well, well, I'll have you know that I not only did it there, but continued to do it everywhere I stayed over that three week period. Did it annoy people? Probably, no one really wants to hear, "Let me do my workout(s) first," when we haven't visited in nearly two years. My sister, Amber, even joined me one such occasion when we were at the lake; she got a little taste of Insanity; she concluded that it lived up to its title.
Even though I was working out, I wasn't really giving it my all on the diet front. It didn't take long for me to notice that things weren't only tight, they just didn't fit. I love that we live in the time of leggings because I pulled those suckers out and put them to go use. No sucking in for me.
But, you know me, that feeling can only last so long. Something needed to be done, once again, do you see a pattern? It was time to get back on the wagon by drinking Shakeology, documenting my food, and partaking in another Beachbody Challenge with my Beachbody Coach. I ordered Focus T25, Shawn T's new 25 minute workout plan, and got to work.
When we were in Alabama, I did all of my workouts outside in the carport because I didn't want to bring the house down with all my jumping. Do you know what it is in Alabama during July? HOT! But I kept the goal in mind and pushed play every single day.
Finished Insanity and T25...the heat was killer!
My mamaw gave me some built up Christmas and birthday monies which lead to the best purchase ever! My new Polar Watch!! This was after one hour of Insanity. I'll take that!
Kristen and Scott visited with their two precious children. The baby was asleep, so I mixed my Shakeo outside...nothing stops this girl.
I was drinking, and continue to do so, a gallon of water a day. Actually, I was drinking more than a gallon. I was sweatin' buckets!
I'm still doing my T25 workouts, and I'm about to incorporate other weight lifting programs in my schedule. Right now, I'm not teaching Zumba because no one is hiring, so I've got to find a way to stay tone. My thighs is jiggly, bawse! But all in all, my fitness is being prioritized, and it's paying off. Here's to staying on track!
I loved catching up with these girls in July, but I wasn't digging my look in this picture. This is when it really set in that I needed to get back on track. (These girls have their own blog post coming up...fun times...)
The current me, still working on it, though.
Until next time...
