LilMogul’s BodyBlog

What I love about my BB friends is I can’t get anything past you! Thank you for checking on me and being "present" in my sporadic absence.
It’s 2:30 in the morning and my body clock is off. I am still unplugged. Although I have been eating clean, I still have not gotten in the gym. I am not depressed nor have I thrown in the towel. Quite the opposite. I am very happy and really miss working out. Life is happening to me and I have not found my balance with the new conditions. I expect I will get back in the gym soon when the dust settles. As Al says: It’s always something.
What life is happening? Well, I am newly engaged to be married and suddenly planning a move overseas to marry my boo.   I know nothing about moving overseas. So most of my time has been spent researching what to expect with a military wedding, immigration procedures, how to manage our new life together. I lived in St. Croix for 6 mos and from what I have read it seems similar: US territory/ but so NOT; nice people/ corrupt system; beautiful island/ lots of poverty; extreme heat and humidity/ risk of typhoons is high. Great! Add to that military married life can be challenging and there you have it- my life is changing. But I couldn’t be more excited and I know what expect.
The rest of my time has been juggling communication with my boo with the time zone difference. My phone is programmed to tell me what time is in Guam, which is helpful. Basically you add two hours and flip AM/PM. So when I am awake he is sleeping and vice versa. We try to catch eachother just before we are going to sleep/ waking up which is twice a day. When he is on the ship we awkwardly "live chat" by email which is basically he types, I answer, he answers, delay in network, repeat. He finally has a phone today so we talked this morning, at lunchtime and for a little bit after work (between his classes).

The other call I got, quite unexpected, was from my trainer! She wanted to know if I was okay, because I haven’t called for my last session which will include a body fat reading. I broke my news to her and she was excited because the last time we spoke, Justin had just left for Guam and she had sat down next to me on a rower in the gym to ask if I would marry him and move to be with him. I was still up in the air at that point. In my heart I wanted to marry him, but I would see if he held strong with his conviction over time I thought he would need. So I never brought it up. I would let him talk about it. He is not homesick and he loves the Navy, the island and his job. He set the process in motion and discussed his intent with the chaplain and told his family. They are all excited. My family will be more challenging. Stay tuned.

Back to bed.

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