Much Better Now

I am feeling much better now. Sorry for the downer posts. It's just hard with Michael being away and knowing that he will be gone for so long doesn't make it any easier. But I did find a gym about 25 minutes away that has child care. Bingo!

I use to work out and I have forgotten over the course of getting married and having kids how much I truly enjoy working out. I've also forgotten how much better it makes me feel to work out. Tuesday I joined. Wednesday I tried the Centergy class, which is a yoga/pilates class. Then on Thursday I tried the Active class, which is a step/ weight class. Both were fun and I think I will make it every week to those. I already have my work out schedule figured out. I am so looking forward to every week now. Here are my before pictures. In a few weeks I will post an after picture.



















John woke up Friday morning with a fever and vomiting. So needless to say he did not go to school that morning. But he is feeling much better now. Cute thing was: he was talking to Joseph telling him about his morning. It went a little like this: Bubba, Bubba. Listen Bubba. I threw up this morning. I threw up on the sofa. I threw up on the floor. I threw up on the stairs. I so sick. Bubba, I threw up this morning. One, him having an entire conversation like that and continuing; awesome. He is delaying in speech so that was just great. Then the topic of conversation... to dang funny.

Joseph and Belle don't seem to mind going to the gym with me. The play room that the child care is kept in isn't the greatest, but it's good enough. The girl that sits with the kids, seems nice enough. Experience, not so sure of, but she at least changed their diapers the last time they were in the room with her. And they are alive when I pick them up. I think I am going to work something out with my mom so that 2-3 days a week they can stay with her and the other days, they can go to the gym child care.

I actually talked to Michael for an hour last night. He listened and talked in return. You have no idea how nice that was. Michael just doesn't talk really so for him to have some input it awesome!

Belle and Joseph did not take a nap on Thursday. Ugh! I put them in their room, in their beds like I normally do. 40 minutes later they still weren't asleep. I could hear them jumping in their beds and talking and laughing. Not a big deal, but they need their sleep. I'll explain why later. Anyways, I decide to go in there and tell them to lay down, yada yada. Well, when I walked in I got there just in time to see Joseph standing in the middle of the room, no pants, no diaper, hand on penis half way through peeing on the floor. I take a look at Belle and she is naked from the waist down as well. So, I clean up, replace diapers and pants, put them back in bed, tell them to go to sleep and walk out. After a total of 1 hour 10 minutes of being in their room, they are still going full speed. So I figure they are just not going to nap that day. Well, that night (and I knew this was going to happen) they did not sleep well at all. I had to get up with them at least five times that night. I wasn't surprised. Then of course that next morning was the morning that John woke up sick. Ha ha, what a great start to Friday.

However; Friday did not end up being so bad. The twins slept well for their nap. Better than they had in weeks. My mom was keeping them so I could go to the gym. Aiden was feeling well enough too. I learned which machines to use and how to use them (reps and sets and such). Was weighed and measured by my personal trainer. Sounds way more high class than it is. Anyways, I was surprised to hear that my body fat percentage was only 20.8 and that put me in the Very Good column. To be in the excellent column I would only have to lose about 2 percent. What a self esteem booster. Not to mention Tressie, my trainer, continued to give me compliments the whole time. It was such a good decision to join this gym. It is going to make my wait for Michael to get home so much easier.

I'm hoping to get to the gym today. The child care is from 8:30 to 11:00. If I have to take the twins, then I will, but hopefully Mom is going to continue to be that great mom that she is and keep them for me. Here's to a great weekend!