One goal down!

I know that many of you who read this are on Facebook and saw my post a few days ago about Matthew and I moving to Omaha.  We were hoping it would happen quickly, and we found out last week that he had gotten a job offer from Gallup.  We are ECSTATIC to be moving.  We'll definitely miss many things about Peoria, but the opportunities that Omaha provides are far bigger and better than just about anything Peoria can offer.  Matt starts his new job on the 6th of February and I will hopefully be moving there soon after.  I'm not 100% sure when because the transfer with my job is going to be a bit more complicated than we had hoped.  Regardless, it's great to know that I will be in Omaha soon!

Now I just have two goals to accomplish in the next year.  Both the German and the weight loss are coming, but I think slower than I would like on both counts.  I need to be better about working out for sure.  I'm losing weight because I've limited calories, but if I do my workout every day, I get quicker results and that's what I'd like.  At this point, I can actually see a difference between myself now and myself two months ago, but I still have a ways to go.  I just have to keep chugging along. :)

I'm also miles ahead of where I was two months ago on the German front, but I'm still a long way from where I'd like to be.  I have days where everything is easy and it all makes sense and I'm very excited, and then I have days where I go to read something in German and my brain is about to explode from all of the material I don't know or understand.  Ultimately, I just need to keep expanding my vocabulary.  I've got a decent handle on the grammar (I know and understand how to use all four cases) and I am definitely capable of basic conversation - I just need more people to speak with.  (Any takers?)

So it's a brief update of how everything is going - I know it's been awhile.  I'm on vacation for the next five days, so I'm planning a multi-part entry (although if I get bored, I'll probably write it all in one go) about nutrition.  Get excited! :)

Till then...

Tschüss!