Chugging Away.

Love how last entry was titled "I'm Back, Baby!"...then a week and a half of silence...

The best and biggest news since I last wrote a blog post: Ryan got a job! After interviewing for three different First Niagara branches, he was hired as a part-time teller at the Storrs location, after an interview he was sure went badly. I won't go into the specific details of why him getting this job is awesome, but the general details are: good pay, benefits off the bat (including vacation and sick time starting in January), and he gets paid for two weeks of training before he ever starts.

He got the phone call from the HR woman after a morning of me poking our money spreadsheet and getting really anxious about finances, so I just about cried when he told me. Of course, then we had to go out and buy him a lot of business attire, which ain't cheap, but at least we can pay it off pretty quickly! Plus he loves to get all spiffed up, so he's all happy.

In other news, I've been working hard at changing my habits for the better. I've only had one "bad" meal a day for the past three days (as opposed to all of them being "bad"), the other meals being made up of whole grains or salads or yogurts or fruits, with lots of yogurt or fruit or hummus snacks when I get munchie. Last night I was left to my own devices to come up with dinner from the grocery store, something I'm not all that great terribly at, and I made myself a salad from the Stop & Shop salad bar, with lots of veggies (broccoli! peppers! tomatoes! even spinach!) and a couple of hard boiled eggs, and picked up a bottle of balsamic vinaigrette instead of ranch. Progress!

I've also been getting on my own back about exercising. After realizing that Ryan really had been keeping up with the exercise for a week straight, while I'd been sitting on my duff, I've gotten on the Wii Fit three out of the past four days; I gave myself yesterday off because I had to get up at 7 just to go to work, and my calves were killing me from my workout on Friday morning. Today was a little less enthusiastic, I'll admit, but my calves are still killing me, and I didn't sleep well last night...but I weighed in and did some yoga, so that's better than nothing!

My dad also gave me his old hula hoop, which is heavier and easier to use than most traditional hoops. It's fun! And there's juuuuust enough space in the living room for me to do it without breaking anything. Plus there's always outside...until temperature disallows.

So, yeah: money problems will soon be a thing of the past, we're both working hard at being healthy, and we have Ryan's birthday and Thanksgiving to look forward to this coming week. Whee!