five weeks and some...

well, we have almost made it through another sunday. we visited an evangelical free church this morning, which was a first...being from alabama, this is a pretty new denomination for us. turns out, it's pretty similar to the southern baptist denomination, from what i could tell. we got there way early (got a little confused on the starting time) and had a chance to chat with a few people...which was nice. this sweet old lady greeted us right after we sat down, gave us hugs (that's a first!) and told us she just had to talk to us "beautiful people"..lol. all the same, i think we are going to visit around still. i feel like we are never going to find the right place, and i'm aching so badly to get connected. not a good combination!!
we finally made it to our pool today! there were only a handful of people there, which was nice. it was super hot, though. (for some reason, up here, it feels like the sun is pelting down on you when it's out...) our pool area is a little strange-there are no lounge chairs-just wooden benches and picnic tables. which, as you might imagine, makes it a little hard to lay out. but, we decided to make the best of it and just laid our towels out right on the concrete. we sat and read/studied for a whole 10 minutes before we decided we needed to cool off (yes, it's THAT hot...my skin felt like it was burning right off...). so, we went to the edge of the pool and stuck our feet into the coldest pool water in the world (yes, in the whole world!). it was too cold to venture in any further, so we sat on the edge for a few...which really wasn't all that comfortable-the top halfs of our bodies roasting, and the bottom nearing frostbite! so, we went back to our towels...and then just gave up and came back to the house...
and the rest of our day has been kind of slow... we did go for a little run, which was nice. we have both had minimal exercise since we moved out here, but have started back slowly, but surely. there's a loop around our house that's exactly half a mile, so we walk/run around it twice together, and then my lazy boned-self goes back inside and ryan runs it four more times. it's really kind of funny and strange, i have continued to lose weight since we've moved out here, even though i haven't really been trying. in fact, i have eaten more sweets in the past month than i have in like the previous four months combined (ryan says it must be comfort food for me)... i have decided that it's the thin air and crazy effort it takes to simply walk around in this mile high city. anyway, anyone who wants to lose weight-come visit us for a month! you'll be amazed!!!! lol
well, one of my favorite shows (next food network star) is on, so i'm going to watch the rest of it...
until next time..