Update

So, let's see- not too much new going on. I passed my State Boards Exam for my full Social Work licensure- so that is super exciting! The test was a killer and I am so glad its over!

I am settling into my new position at work- and liking it for the most part. It is a bit crazy right now with the start of the school semester but for the most part faculty are staying sane...so far.
My new job mostly entails managing all of the research projects that come through the School of Social Work. Whether its government contracts on health promotion with the elderly or assisting faculty in running statistics for a large survey conducted with the population of Haiti- I manage the processing of it all. I also help faculty in writing, and editing, manuscripts for professional literature and preparing course work for students. I guess you could call it the managing all the busy-work involved in the research process. LOL. But, I like it.

Hubby and I have started to look for houses, but in this market and with how the banks are reacting to potential buyers who knows if anything will come of our search. I am hearing horror stories from almost everyone I know trying to buy bank-owned properties- so we'll see. We're trying not to get our hopes up too much- if it happens, it happens. If not that it wasn't meant to be.

Other than that nothing too new is going on. My momentum with P90X has slowed a bit. I am still managing 4 days a week but the program demands 6 days and I really need to step it up again. I noticed results really quickly but its amazing how those results can start to slip if I don't keep at it. Plus I really have to buckle back down with my diet. Its just so hard for me. I can work out until I am blue in the face but I have a really hard time resisting the foods I like. It is probably the thing I struggle with most. Ah well- I need to love myself the way that I am and realize my body is what it is. I will never stop trying to improve it but maybe I will be much happier if I can just accept it for what it is and realize no one is perfect- everyone has flaws.

I have a Trash the Dress session coming up on soon and I am very excited about that. I hope it will be a chance for me to play model and feel beautiful again. Ever since I got sick last year its been very hard for me to see myself as anything but flawed, broken and sick. I feel like I've been battling my body in one form or another my entire life. Maybe for a few hours I can feel good about my body again- that would be so nice.