Where Have We Been?!?

Wow. It's July. Mid-July even. Soon to be Late-July! Where does the time go?

It's been quite a while since we last posted on here and, seeing as how you all are so invested in keeping up-to-date on our lives, we thought we owed it to you to let you know we haven't been sitting around eating bon-bons. Speaking of, I'd really like to try a bon-bon at some point in my life... But I digress. So what have we been up to? Well, here goes...

Besides finishing up internship (seven weeks!!) and Justin finishing up his MBA (four weeks!!), one of the biggest tasks for us right now is getting Justin employed. Well, not just employed, but in the best possible position for him to utilize his skills (and hopefully make money?). The student loan sharks are going to be swimming up to our door soon, and it would be nice to have something for them =) Justin's currently looking for a position in marketing or brand management in the Baltimore area. Job searching is not fun, particularly not for a position a new city where you don't really know anyone. Justin's been extremely pro-active and diligent (are you surprised??) and we're confident he'll find something perfect. But it's tough day to day...

The next thing that's been occupying way too much time and brain-power is running. We're both training to race at the Baltimore Running Festival in October. As those of you who have trained for a race know, the actual running is only one aspect of the time-commitment. There's also mapping routes (love www.MapMyRun.com), stretching, cross-training, and complaining to your spouse about how sore you are. 

We've also been trying to learn Spanish, mostly so we can eavesdrop on our lovely friend Lucia when she talks on the phone to her family. In reality, we've both wanted to learn Spanish for a long time, and we bought Tell Me More, a Rosetta Stone-like program, last December as our anniversary gift to each other. Romantic, right? I had all these visions of cuddling up and learning sweet phrases to say to one another... Little did I know that learning Spanish on the computer would cause more bickering than anything else we've ever done. Mostly over who gets to hold the mouse. It's bad. But we're sticking with it and learning to compromise!

Another major time-sucker has been blogging. I started a blog back in April called Nourishing the Soul that I'm sure most of you have heard me mention or have checked out. It's amazing just how much time blogging occupies!! I think I always thought that that I would simply sit down, write my little thoughts for the day, hit "post," and be done... Oh, no. I have found myself doing a great deal of research for each post, as well as spending lots of time keeping up with the blogging community and learning more about this whole new field.

Besides that we've been busy with weddings, trying to cook new recipes, finding a new apartment in B-more (post to come soon on that!), trying to hit up all the spots in Philly we haven't made it to yet, planning some upcoming camping trips, and trying to stay in touch with our family and friends, whom we miss A LOT!!!! We're hoping to keep this blog more frequently updated as well... But that will have to come second to SLEEP.