Okay...so there is now some progress

I am RUNNING!!!!  Wow!  I'm pleased with my progress! 
In August I walked a LOT!  I also started getting really serious about using My Fitness Pal to track my calories.  I am by no means always successfully under my goal, but I am not going significantly over like I used to.  And sometimes I AM under so that's good right?  :)
And the payoff?
As of today I have lost 14 pounds! 
Yay ME!!!!
As for the running.  I really just did a few minutes at a time in August and then that all went to Hell when school started.  I wasn't doing much of anything besides calorie counting until a few weeks ago.  I really expected to be in horrible shape from all that time off, but the reality was somewhat different.
I "wogged" (walk/jogged) my 4 mile route...by which I mean mostly walked.  But I ran enough (just over a mile...a total of 18 minutes off and on) and felt good enough that I was seriously encouraged.  So.  I went out again 2 days ago and reached a personal best....running for 10 minutes without stopping!  My grand total for running that day was 2.27 miles. 
Today was another personal best! 
I. Ran. A. Mile. Without. Stopping!
The last time I did that was in college.  :)
I am so freaking proud of myself!

So.  I have 2 current goals:

1. Run the Mile Challenge at my school in under 10 minutes with my students.
2. Run the Sound 2 Narrows 5K this May.  I have walked the 12K a few times but never run.

Jason and I are also going to transform our garage into a gym of sorts.  We already have a weight bench and weights that has been living in the very small common space between the upstairs bedrooms and existing only as a hazard to those walking in and out of Tristan's room.  We are going to buy a treadmill or eliptical machine.  The jury is currently out on that one but because funds are limited and a friend is willing to sell us a very lightly used treadmill that would currently run us about $1000 for only $275, we will likely go that route for now.  And since our awesome 7 year old is getting pretty serious about his taekwondo we are getting him a heavy bag to work out on as well.  This is all such exciting stuff for us! 

Oh, and speaking of Jason...we are finally getting back to normal with eachother!  So wonderful.  We are able to get the boys to bed around 8:30 on average and then we get quality alone time.  It feels like it did before Tiernan was born. 

So, to recap...since my last (and initial) post, I seem to have met my goals set that day! 
Woot!