Believer!

Yep. As if I wasn't before, I definitely got reminded last night/this morning HOW important it is to drink WATER. Wow. Ok so, I had a scare last night. I got my dress back from the dry cleaners yesterday and I tried it on at about 6 pm and it wouldn't zip all the way up. I was about 4-5 in. from it going all the way up. :o I was panicked, to say the least, and I was mad at myself. So I decided I was just going to drink water for the rest of the evening (only a few hours left by that point anyway) and only drink water today and not eat anything and HOPE that I could fit into it and zip it all the way up. Well... I drank 50 oz of just plain old water while I was at my Bible study last night and then I drank probably 30 oz of this water detox concoction that we found on Pintrest. I decided to try it on one more time before I went to bed, around 11... It ZIPPED!! Holy cow I was excited. It made me not want to take it off just in case, lol! But, I decided also, before I had gone to Bible study to weigh myself. We just have a regular scale, not a digital one and it has little slider things on around the dial so you can mark where you are ect. So, I had already had a maker where I currently was (prior to this) so I stepped on and marked it to where it said I was last night. Then I drank that water at Bible Study & then the detox concoction when I got home and throughout the evening. I got up this morning, went to weigh myself, I was down EIGHT POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes. I had to step on and step off numerous times before I finally was convinced. I couldn't believe it. It was even way under where I had had it marked from before last night (that I couldn't seem to budge). So, either I was just carrying around a TON of water weight, or that detox really kicked in, or a combo of the two! But, either way, no matter what the problem was, I was THRILLED to see that number go down. I haven't tried my dress back on yet, I'm gonna wait until tonight when Heidi comes over to fix my hook & eye on it since it broke off. It looks like I should be good though! :) I'm gonna finish up the jug of the detox water today and see what else happens. Needless to say, it's just MORE proof that drinking water really is good for you. I seem to need to be reminded of this OFTEN. I can't ever seem to drink near enough water. I just don't like it, so I have to force myself to do it. BUT, once again... I'M A BELIEVER! :)

Justin just left to go to Topeka for drill/the ball this weekend, a little bit ago. He has to be there and in formation by 5:30. G and I are just hanging out. My bestie, Tara & I are going to get our nails/toes done this afternoon after she gets off work, and then Heidi's gonna fix my dress this evening. Then, I gotta get all of Griffyn's stuff packed and ready to go to Grandma & Grandpa's house tomorrow morning..... :( This Momma is already sad about that....... I keep wondering who we could get to go with us to just sit in the hotel room with her so that she's there with us and I can go up to see her every 30 min. (lol) or so.... but I know she'll do great over there and that my parents are really looking forward to her being there.... I just can't believe I won't get to see her for 24 hours................................................................................... I was already crying about it this morning... That's so sad, right??? *sigh* I'm excited to go to the ball, but I really, really hate the fact that I have to be without her overnight.... :( Please pray for me!!!

Another update, we were supposed to go to court yesterday over our lawsuit, but the person we are suing's attny had a family emergency that he had to leave town for, so it has been postponed. Ugh. I was really hoping to just get this over with! We are so tired of dealing with it. But, I understand that things come up, and family is definitely more important!! Hopefully it'll be resolved in or out of court SOON!!

Not much else to report on. Griffyn's taking a nap now so I think I'll catch up on some of my DVR'd shows before we leave to head to Hutch!! Hope you all had a great week & enjoy your weekend!!!! Ball pics will be posted ASAP! :)
1. I am so thankful & proud of my husband and the man & Marine that he is.
2. I am thankful that my dress fits again!! lol
3. And even though I already hate thinking about it, I am thankful that we have family & friends that are willing to watch our baby while we have some few & far between adult time.
Love!