I am very sorry we both
have been MIA for the past few months. A lot has been going on with us and most
nights by the time we finish what life says we have to do each day, we fall
into bed exhausted.
I have always been very
active politically as it is one of my passions. As such I have been starting to
structure my professional career in order to finally fulfill my life long goal
of working in politics. In addition I have been doing a lot of volunteering
within the political arena. I strongly believe in the items I support and
oppose and I am pretty vocal about it. Currently it is mental health reform for
personal reasons. My mother has suffered from mental illness my entire life so
I know firsthand some of the problems with the health system in regard to
mental health, as well as how society views those who have been diagnosed with
a mental health disease.
My other passion is
education. Our children need and deserve better education and a chance to
compete in a global workforce when they are out of school. Sadly we are not
preparing our children for this. Therefore we are falling behind and our
children are the ones who will and do suffer. I believe pre-school like
kindergarten should be mandatory for all children and that it has to be accessible
and affordable for ALL families. But enough about my politics.
On top of all of that,
over the last several months I have determined I miss having children in the
home. Of course this contradicts our decision to not have children. And I do
not want to have a baby. However, there are millions of children in foster care
looking for a permanent home. So, that is something M and I are exploring with
no definite decisions being made. Especially considering my career goals will
eventually lead me across the county to Washington. We are discussing our options and how we will
deal with the changes in my career etc.
All of our four legged
babies are doing well, and last week we added another puppy to our family. M
found him running down a busy street and saved him. He has not been chipped and
no one has reported him missing. As such it appears he has joined our family.
Considering he was filthy and underweight, we imagine he was probably dumped.
He is a Maltese poodle mix and the vet estimates he is about 8 months old. He
has made himself right at home and loves to cuddle up with me and the other
babies each night. He also gets very excited when M is here.
With everything else
going on I am still going to the gym daily and at least three days a week I am
going twice a day. I have muscles that hurt that I did not even know I had
(laughs). However, I am down 62 pounds since June. I find the gym helps me work
off stress so I do not yell at everyone. And I am sure it is a major reason why
I am sleeping better at night. I am too tired to do anything else
Again I apologize for
not posting sooner and will do my best to check in with updated more often. I
have also let M know he needs to check in. How is everyone else doing?
