Baby Steps

     Feeling a little overwhelmed tonight. This weekend there were a million other things I wanted to be doing than homework. Saved it all until tonight and then stressed out. I don't know why I do that, but sometimes it feels like my mind is blank until the pressure of a deadline is on. It's always been that way with me and school work. I have to remember it all gets done eventually, and I really am doing the best I can. 8 more weeks of Microbiology. Might be the longest 8 weeks of my life... but it too shall pass. In 3 weeks I start another class. I don't even want to imagine what the 5 weeks of overlap is going to be like. I may be under a rock for those 5 weeks!
     Operation: Wedding dress is in full swing and I feel like I am doing well right now in that aspect. I am now below where I was before that awful gain a couple weeks ago, and that is a great feeling! 7 more pounds until I get to try the dress on again! This means I am down 8 pounds since the last time I put it on! I have to admit... I really am starting to see progress. In my strength and in my body. I know I still have a ways to go, but I'm taking it one pound at a time!
     This weekend I went to my first Weight Watchers meeting in a long time. This definitely wasn't the meeting for me, but it was great to be back in the environment again. I went with a friend that wanted to start the program, so it was nice to have that type of support again. Weight Watchers is a program that I truly believe it. The program works, but you have to work the program. I know it works for me. Meetings and tracking are vital to my success on the program. With 10 weeks to go until our cruise (!!!), I have decided to commit to going to a meeting every week and tracking EVERYTHING I eat until we leave. I am determined to enjoy this vacation, and hoping Roger and I can get some great pictures that I will feel good in while we are on this cruise!
     Some exciting stuff going on with wedding planning, too! We are heading out to Vegas next month, and we have an appointment with a venue that I really think is perfect for us! If it seems like it is going to work, it will be a big check off the to-do list! This is one aspect of the planning where I am glad we have a lot of time for. If this isn't the place, we have plenty of time to keep looking. If it is, I can do a lot of planning around the venue. Pretty exciting stuff!
   Phew! So glad I have somewhere to throw my thoughts. Time to head to bed now. Meeting a friend at the gym in the morning, and then covering a shift at another office tomorrow. Night!