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Where to start?
The last time I really wrote a journal entry was before leaving Kansas. I was excited to leave and get back home, but sad too because of leaving all the friends I'd made there. Anyway, so I left Kansas at 7 in the morning Friday July 12 and headed up to Springfield, Illinois to go to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. I spent three hours there and it was amazing, fantastic, wonderful! If you are nearby or making a trip anywhere close I recommend it to EVERYONE. Really, it was so state of the art (it's only been around 3 years) and had some great exhibits. I cried several times while there. If you want more information send me a message and I'll give you more details about the museum.
It rained most of the way back both Saturday and Sunday, but it was alright. I got home about 7:30 on Sunday night. Monday (July 14) Greg and I spent most of the day trying to figure out the "future" as in...where we're going to live, searching for jobs, that sort of thing. That Tuesday, Thursday and Friday we drove into Columbia and looked at houses ALL day, that is so exhausting!
I went home to Charleston Saturday through Monday to visit family and see my mom since her surgery. She's not doing all that great. The surgery area is fine and healing, but I guess because of the surgery her back is cramping and she can't get any relief from the pain. She's been taking Ambien at night so that she can sleep, but this past Tuesday she had a panic attack from it and then went into withdrawl because she wasn't taking it. She had her panic attack for 15 hours!
On Tuesday (the 22nd) I had an interview for a position with a library. I didn't get the position, but there is another with them that I'm hoping to interview for and that I expressed more of an interest in anyway. I'm also going to start volunteering with the State museum soon.
This past Thursday Greg and I finally found a place to live and we got into Columbia on Tuesday to sign the lease and start moving on Wednesday!
On an exercise and diet note...there has been none of either. I know I've gained several pounds and I feel so sluggish because I've been eating horribly! We haven't really bought any food because we knew we'd be moving and didn't want it to go to waste so mainly we've been eating fast food and things. Now that we know we're moving so soon I'll be getting back on track in the next week. I'll have room to exercise and my plan is to start my Turbo Jam again and the 100 push up challenge and actually keeping track of my Weight Watchers points.
Oh, and I need to start journaling on here again!
Alaina
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