Getting Back in the Game

It's time for me to get serious... about loosing this baby fat. Elliott is almost 3 months old and Fall is creeping up...which means pants! I would like not to buy a whole new wardrobe for Fall and not just because I can't afford it! This week I fit into a pair of my pre-baby jeans! It was a tight fit, never-the-less I got them on!

Some of you might remember I had to cancel my gym membership after Tay couldn't find a job. My very supportive mother-in-law, Shauna, stepped in and gave me an early 3oth birthday present... some cash to get a years membership at the gym!

So the goal has been set:

Currently I weight 150 :(

The short Fall goal is 140 ;)

The ultimate goal is 130 :)

This coming week I start school. So I need to get very organized to be able to accomplish this goal. For Tue and Wed I work and goto school from 9am-9pm. So I'm making pre-made meals so I don't starve myself to death and then eat whatever crap is available. After this week I will be able to get a better idea of when I can slip some exercise into my busy schedule. Luckily, there is a 24 hour fitness right next to my school!

Anyway, here is to a new Semester, Fall, and my 30th Birthday... all creeping up very fast!

Kendyl's going to Graduate School

I interviewed on Tuesday this week it was not uncomfortable or formal, so it made for a smooth relaxing interview. Yesterday (Friday), I got the call that I was accepted! FEW.. what a ride this has been trying get myself prepared to get my Masters degree.

Around this time last year I was searching schools and came across Naropa University. Tay and I decide to fly to Colorado to check out the school. When we got home I started to get all the paperwork done. We ended up moving to Denver in August and I worked on my Statement of Interest for the next five months (which just to brag... the interviewers said they liked and it stood out from the rest). Finally I turned in all my stuff in Jan of 08. So all in all it's taken a year getting prepared to apply. Thankfully Taylor had enough faith in me to move to Colorado even before we knew if I was accepted! HAHA!

I start in Aug of 08 and will not graduate until 2011. The first 2 years are studying the last is an internship. Oh, some of you will probably want to know what I'm going to school for: Transpersonal Counseling Psychology (click on link to read more).

The university is definitely not a conventional one.. (that why I was attracted to it). The curriculum incorporates Eastern and Western philosophy so I feel I'm getting a singular experience compared to others studying psychology.

When I look back at myself when I was younger I never though I would ever complete undergrad school let alone go to get my masters. I can't really think of when I gain the confidence and self-esteem to pursue my academic dreams... maybe is a combinations of a lot of things. Defiantly when I first started college, Kira basically got me set up to go. Then when I started, I realized I really enjoyed learning all these new subjects and I had the dedication to study and understand the material. Taylor has always been a good support and I was able to work part-time to finish the last years of school and he worked full-time to pay the bills.

I expect the next few years will bring a lot of change. It will be a fun journey and I'm looking forward to all the ups (not so much the downs) of the next few years.