Is today over yet?
Today has been awful, I can’t wait to crawl into bed and let it all be over. It started at 3:15 when my younger son decided to get up. We were at my mom and dad’s and I thought I might be able to get him back to bed fairly quickly but he didn’t go down until 7:30, 15 minutes AFTER my older son woke up. Our older son and my hubby slept in the same room so my hubby didn’t sleep well. Our son got to bed late last night so he was still tired, you can probably see the trouble brewing. Justin, our oldest, could conservatively be described as stubborn. He gets it from both sides so it’s no surprise that he’s that way. Anyway, it was battle after battle, w/my mom commenting that she thinks we’re being too strict. She at least has the common sense to say this when he’s out of the room, she’d never intervene in front of him. But it’s laughable b/c she was definitely NOT a pushover mom.
Then one of my sisters called and long story short, her live-in boyfriend (who I knew nothing about) threatened to kill her and her kids. She was taking care of finding a new place to stay for a while and then planned to go to the police dept. and file a report. I figured for sure she would be able to get a restraining order and they said that she had to evict him first, which takes 30 days. This is a sister that has always made poor choices w/just about everything so our family gets kind of tired of bailing her out of things, but I tried to be the voice of reason and remind people that even though she put up w/his verbal abuse for a while, at least she’s making the right choice NOW. We can talk w/her later about picking better men but chewing her ass when she’s in fear for her life really isn’t all that smart.
Food wise-the weekend sucked. But I guess I didn’t do as bad as I normally would have so I will call it an improvement. I even chose a workout over a nap this morning b/c when I had the chance to lay down I knew I would have trouble getting to sleep, so I did my favorite TJ workout. I still ate brownies and ice cream at my nephew’s birthday celebration, but at least I worked out beforehand.
Progress toward workout goal: 43/250
Oh, jeez, I am so sorry to read about your family drama. That kind of stress is not good for anyone. I’d be devouring mountains of sugar and chocolate and carbs and giant vats of meat. And then I’d be burning off calories by chasing my sister around screaming all of my I TOLD YOU SO’s about her and loser boyfriends and then…. oh, wait, that’s MY family drama, not yours, sorry! (and it was my daughter, not my sister, but anyway…..)
Stay strong!
Ugh, your morning sounds like mine go sometimes with the kids. One wakes up, only to go back to sleep 10 minutes before the other one wakes up. Grrr…