goal time

Dear Favorite wife (okay only wife but you are still my favorite),

The one great benefit (at least for me) of going to Kuwait is all the free time that I can focus on developing myself in ways that I couldn't or just didn't have time for before. So at lest that is what I thought. How in the world does time get sucked up no matter where you go. I pretty much have two goals: work out in the morning and study in the afternoon. Easy enough right? WRONG! I've mornings down well enough but that means I have to go to bed at 7pm to get up at 3am. So easy, get off work at 4, I have a goal to run right after until 4:30, get some grub til 5 then read from 5-7 and sleep. Today I got off work, went to run according to plan for 30 minutes on the treadmill, was tired so soaked up the 3 gallons of sweat that spouted from somewhere on my forehead. Looked at my watch: 6:15??? I hadn't had dinner, I wasn't close to home, hadn't reqd anything and was supposed to be in bed in 45 minutes. One of the great mysteries of the universe. I just don't understqnd time.

But regarding goals, I was giving my goals some thought. Of course on the top of my list was working out and getting in shape which I still think is a great goal but someone bore their testimony Sunday about that. As much focus as we put on being physically fit, if we were to direct that to being spiritually fit we might find that to be of more worth. Sometimes in my rush to get to the gym, go run, track my meals, and then other good stuff like study dental, I put off reading my scriptures. I think it should be the exact opposite. I'm afraid I might come home all muscular and toned and able to do at least 611 push-ups one handed but have gotten week spiritually. What good is my "toned body" to my family - okay you don't count in that question, maybe good for you but what are the kids going to do with that? Of upmost importance is our spiritual fitness which requires daily scripture study, prayer, monthly fasting, and service along side obedience and covenant keeping. Of course I will continue to strive to go to the gym everyday (I definetely need some physical fitness too right now!!) but I will not close my eyes at night no matter how much time get sucked up into the mysterious time vortex until after I have studied my scriptures and said my prayers.

Speaking of, it is now way past my bed time and I still have to read scriptures. Tomorrow we get a field trip.  YAY! We are going to the embassy to meet some general there. Pretty cool, eh? So I don't forget, when I continue my letter tomorrow I need to mention Joseph in jail and something else I thought worth writing bout that I apparntly forgot about. Well, yeah!

I sure do love you and I hope and will work and sacrifice to come home as fit as I absolitely can - in every respect!

Your husband - your only husband but still the one that loves you the most,

Me!