First I'd like to apologize for my meltdown, even though it was honest and how I feel quite frequently. Your responses were overwhelming and so nice to get such an outpour of support. It's hard to understand that people really are cheering you on in the cyber world and sometimes it feels pointless to continue the blog effort. But with your responses, I feel renewed to keep my thoughts floating around the blogging world, no matter how meaningless!
My efforts with weight loss have been on a stand still lately because I am having trouble adjusting to my new schedule and routine of running around like a crazy person taking 6 kids to 4 different schools and picking them up 3 times a day, potty training my 2 1/2 year old (with SUCCESS!!) and being a mom to 4 kids of varying ages. It's tiring, time consuming, but I LOVE my kids more than words can describe, so that should be description enough! ha ha.
I will be 30 in a month and that is very sad for me. I know that I'm not on my death bed....yet....but I have a very strong fear of death and to think that 40 is only 10 short years away and how fast the last 10 years went by, that scares me. But I am going to try and celebrate by inviting my family and a few friends to spend the day at the HUGE pumpkin patch in the area (because Fall is one of my favorite things in the world), then get cute and go out to dinner at this cool restaurant in town. It should be fun. I never do anything for my birthday so this will help me keep my mind off of it.
But the weight loss thing will have to start again. I have added walking at least every other day to the school down the end of my street and back again to pick up one of my daycare kids. So there is a start. And it feels good, and I speed walk to make my muscles work and get my heart rate up. Hopefully there will be results. I am going to aim to build on this walking and even do it in the Winter.
But to end this post I just want to share with you all how excited I am to be typing this post from my new laptop that my mother-in-law's husband built for me with my wireless internet!! Woo-hoo. Love it. I've NEVER had a laptop before and it's difficult to learn how to type. So happy Fall day, I hope you all are enjoying beautiful weather like me!! Cheers!
This IS great weather! I love the fall.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to hear you in better spirits. My husband and children went to visit a good long-time friend of mine overnight and she (a fellow mom) and I got to talking about your previous post. As I was telling her about she said that she felt like she was going to cry because she'd been there herself before... particularly the part about the movie.
Even as strangers, we are all bound together. People need to support each other. As different as we are, we are all very much the same.
I still use that old black Dell we got in 2000 or 2001. I don't know if I would like a laptop; I think the mouse would drive me crazy. I'm old school. I don't even like wireless mice/mouses? or keyboards, but a flatscreen monitor would be nice. :)
ReplyDeleteI've been exercising too, doing pilates and my exercise bike. At least you're brave enough to go outside - I do all my working out incognito. :)
I bet you will like the laptop after you get used to it, Stacey. Don't worry about the meltdown...we all have them from time to time. Life gets hectic and it's easy to lose sight of one's self when spread so thin. We all know you love your family and they love you, but you need some time and feedback to feel good about yourself and what you do. Love you a bunch.
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