Still sick, lost some weight, and wedding stuff

I am on Winter Break this week. Let me tell you, I needed this. I have still been recovering from whatever funk it was that I caught last week. I'm still coughing, but I don't have the headache and the congestion that I had. Nathan is sick now. Poor thing. I talked to him today and he sounded like I did. He was also complaining that he was cold, which he never is because he's extremely hot natured.

This past weekend went well. We went to our Marriage PREP course and the the church. It was very informative. There were 5 couple total at the course. On Saturday we went to the 5:00 mass and we were all introduced to the church. I was so embarrassed because I had a coughing fit while we are being introduced and standing in front of everyone in the church. That was just lovely.

I did a little wedding planning also. Yesterday I met with the Director of Liturgy and Music at the church. She gave me a workbook so that Nathan and I can start picking out what reading we want to have read and she also gave me a song book so that we can also pick the songs that we want to be sung at the wedding. We have to meet with her again in June so that we can start discussing the ceremony. After the meeting, my mom and I went on base so that we could check out the Officer's Club and the old NCO Club, but they were closed. I should have known that was going to happen since it was President's Day. We did end up getting some names of caterers though.

Today I went to Appearances to get weighed and to get my shot and my pills. I have now lost a total of 13 pounds! I am so totally happy!!! This coming up month I have to work out more that I did this past month. I have not done anything in the last two weeks. Nathan wanted me to go waling or to the gym today, but I am coughing too much to go. Hopefully tomorrow or Thursday I'll feel up to going.

After Appearance I went to Target. I am so excited about what I found there. They have packs of 50 wedding invitation with nice designs for about $20. They come with the whole shebang-envelopes, rsvp cards, etc. All that I would have to do is print the information on them. I am so excited about this because we have about 200+ people on our guest list so far and getting the invitation done somewhere would be expensive. My sister's friend that is getting married this year paid about $300 for 70 invitations.

Before I go, I have to post a picture of the beautiful flowers that Nathan gave me for Valentine's Day. He also cooked dinner for me at his apartment. He is a great cook! Last year we went out to eat and this year we thought we'd try something different. I really enjoyed this year's Valentine's Day. I think that each year it's only going to get better!

Getting sick and other things

Illness is trying to take over me. That is one of the crappy things about teaching-you catch what your students have. What the students have at the moment is the flu. I have been taking medicine and drinking plenty of water. I would really love to drink some orange juice, but unfortunately I cannot have it because of my diet.

That's right-a diet. I have been on it for almost a month now. I go to a doctor once a month and get a vitamin B12 shot and I am on phentermine. I also have a diet that I have to follow. I cannot eat pasta, bread, potatoes, fried foods, oranges, tangerines, grapes, plums, raisins, watermelon, bananas, corn, butter beans, lima beans, and red meat. I can eat whatever is not on the previous list. The only carb that I can have is rice. I can only have egg whites or egg beaters. Then I have to have breakfast, a morning snack, lunch, an afternoon snack, dinner, and a pm snack. I also have to walk for 30 minutes at least 3 times a week. So far the diet has been going well for me-I've lost 10 pounds! Because of the weight loss, I am holding off on buying my wedding dress. I'm going to get it around April or May. I'm getting really excited about it.

This weekend Nathan and I have to go to a marriage prep course at our church. It is one of the requirements that we have to complete in order to get married. I'm looking forward to it. It should be quite informative.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day today!

Super Tuesday...

I hope that everyone voted. I did! :)