standing still

Do you ever feel like you're standing completely and utterly still and everyone around you is moving at lightning speed?
Like you're watching everyone accomplish all of they're hopes and dreams.
While.you.do.ABSOLUTELY.NOTHING.
Maybe someone out there knows how this feels too.

3%

What do these two things have in common??




There's carbonation in diet coke?
They're both delicious?
Well... yes..... but they have one more thing in common.....

I have not had ANY carbonated beverages in one month (and one day as of today!)!!!!!!

This is a huge accomplishment for me because I kid you not when I say that normally I could have drank a 2 liter in less than 24 hours.
I'm really excited about it and I hope to continue with it for as long as I can.
PLUS, I got to mark something off my list.
So I am officially 3% done.
Yippee?
I still have a super long way to got but I'm way happy about where I am now!!!

On a different note, I didn't get anymore postcards this week.
Which is a bummer!!!!
BBBUUUTTTTTT
in EXACTLY one month, I will be sitting in the sandy beach in Destin!!!
CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

2 more, 95 to go.

In the past 3 days, I have gotten 2 more postcards. :D
It's way exciting to go to the mailbox and find cool postcards.
I got this one on Monday from Belarus.



And this on one Tuesday from Russia.



I think I'm going to start making a scrapbook to keep all of them.
So far I have 5, so only 95 left to go.

Today I cleaned out the pantry for the 3rd time in a row.
AND tomorrow I get to cross something off my list!!!!!!!!!!!
FINALLY!!!!
I'll let you know what it is tomorrow. :)

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Last week FLEW by.
Which made me super happy because it meant that I got to see this guy!!!


It was one very long month without him.
The saying "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" is completely, 100% true.
There's absolutely nothing in the world like seeing someone you love after a long period of time.
It was the best 14 hours in a very long time.
We didn't do anything super exciting.
It was a typical Raleigh/Lizzie weekend...
Bowling, games, and our mandatory trip to Target(of course).
And then this morning he took me out to a Valentine's brunch since we won't actually get to see each other on Valentine's.
Fortunately, I'll get to see him next weekend as he runs his 3rd half-marathon.
I'm BEYOND proud of him. I never thought we would be doing stuff like this.
But the fact that we are makes me see that we're serious about our health and really want to get back on track towards a healthy weight.
And even though I'm not doing this race, I absolutely plan on doing one again this year. :)
But until it warms up outside so I can start training again, I plan on completing my 200 sit-up challenge.
I finished Week 2 this week and let me tell you, it's definitely getting harder!
I have no clue how I'm going to complete next week, much less week 6.
But I guess I'll face that when I get there, and just take it one day at a time.

On a more exciting note, I got 2 postcards this week.
Which I'm really happy about because it starts to get pretty sad when you check the mailbox everyday and there's nothing.
This one is from Australia.


And this one is from the United Kingdom.


Aren't they super cool!
I really hope I get more this week.
Only 97 more until I can cross it off my Day Zero Project list. :)