Calgon take me away...!!!!

Have you ever had times that you would consider a "rough patch"...You know the kind when you seem like you have more bills than money coming in, your kids are little terrors destroying the house at every turn, and no matter how much of a chocolate stash you have, you can't seem to get out of this depression funk... Three weeks ago I started walking on my treadmill...I speed walk for two miles jamming out to the Bellamy Brothers...I have noticed(and Jared too)that I look thinner, and I actually fit into my old size 8 skirt for church on Sunday and could still breathe...I haven't jumped on the scale yet, I'm too scared to on the off chance that I haven't lost any weight and I don't want to get depressed about it...I have been more consious about what I eat too, cutting out the soda pop wasn't that difficult and I switched to dark chocolate to help with the chocolate cravings... Back in March I enrolled in a Floriculture/Floral Design program...I should be all done with it including a hands on class and convention by the end of June...I'm way excited about it and so far everything is going great...Jared has been very supportive with it, and that makes me feel good... Jared's been gone alot lately which makes me feel like a single mom...One week he came home for a total of 45 minutes...Having a relationship with the cell phone more than my husband is pitiful...Lately we've been talking about maybe making some major life changes in the next few months to help us out...I wish I could say that I have lots of support from my ward with Jared being gone, but I don't...It's so hard to find a babysitter...I remember growing up and the church always taught you to be christlike...when it came to helping out fellow ward members you never questioned it or gave it a second thought...you did it and always got the warm fuzzies afterwards...I think people today have forgotten that, and get caught up in too many things... So if anyone wants a girls night out I'm all for it:)