It's March???!!!! When did that happen???!!

Seriously!  How did we go from Christmas to the middle of March so quickly?  I feel like I've been in a mini time warp of some sort.  My grandfather's death in February threw me for a loop and I feel like time sped up and slowed down at the same time.  It was a rough time for my family as he and my grandmother were visiting from South Africa and just two weeks from going home when he died.  It was a shock, to say the least.  Now it's almost spring and I have no idea how that happened!  

I also have no idea what I've been doing with my time.  We've been more or less wedding-less and enjoying our weekends these last few months.  Our "get fit" new year's resolution is still going strong.  I've lost 12 of the 25 pounds I needed to drop.  Woo hoo.  I'd say that with more enthusiasm, but I've hit a plateau and am having a hard time getting to the 15 lb mark, which sucks.  Pern has lost 32 pounds!  Yes, 32!!!  I am so proud of him!  We've both been making an extra effort to make smarter food choices, and get our butts off the couch more often.  I've been making every attempt to drag myself out of bed at 5:00 and walk on the treadmill every morning.  I am successful approximately 2 out of 5 days.  Not bad,  I suppose.  I prefer our weekend work-outs (typically a nice long walk on the W&OD trail on Saturday and then a trip to the gym on Sunday) and look forward to them all week.  That's about to change, however, as April looms on the horizon.  

April brings with it the start of wedding season and the realization that our weekends will no longer be our own.  Sigh.  Good for our business, bad for our waistlines.  We'll just have to make some adjustments.  Now that there's a little extra daylight in each day, we'll have to to start walking in the evenings when I get home from work.  

I'm on spring break right now, which is nice.  Got a lot done already!  Cleaned out my closet last night, cleaned out my car this morning (gave it some much-needed TLC, including a trip through the car wash), and will be cleaning out my Montessori room tomorrow.  "Girls Gone Wild - Spring Break!" it is not, but I'm happy.  We're off to NC tomorrow afternoon to see Dale, Joe, and the baby (how old do children have to be before we stop referring to them as "the baby" and start calling them by name?) for a couple of days.  If I have it my way, the rest of the week will consist of  a little time in the backyard working on my garden and a little bit of shopping to get some new clothes for summer (a little tricky when I still plan to lose another 13 pounds).  

Let's see.  Other than all that, I've been working on planning the school camping trip in May, and I went to the American Montessori Society's annual conference in D.C. last weekend.  And now it's the middle of March and you're all caught up!  Hopefully, I'll have some pics to post from our trip and the rest of my spring break.  I plan to have a beautiful garden this summer, so keep checking in for those updates.  Happy Easter!