Shall We Shrink??

Welcome to OUR world, boys!

Picture this: chubby yet fabulous me, sweating like tiny2be on the treadmill, wanting to get off the damn thing and go shopping for our exciting camping trip that starts tomorrow, thinking it is pointless to run cause I am NEVER gonna be able to run a 5k without dying. Cue music: Hey! Don’t write yourself off yet! And I think to myself, Jimmy Eats World, you have a damn good point. And I’ll start tomorrow morning, as my 2.5 miles is done for the day! buahahhaa I know, it was a moment of inspiration and I let it pass, but running really is so hard for me. I mean, I dunno how big of a difference it makes, but I weigh a LOT. The hubbs says it will get easier the more I do it, but realistically I wanna weigh around 170 and that is still the “Athena” division for the races here on base. Athena is the nice way of saying “big girl.” My doc says I am lucky and that I can totally take the division if I could just get my mind in the game. We’ll see. I wanna do at least the mud run next year, and maybe the 10k too, if I could get serious about training.

So in other news, today was an amazing day. Yay! Work was good, lunch with the girls was perfect and much needed, and the boys were all good at school and daycare, respectively. And to top it off, we are going camping supply shopping in a little bit for a few odds and ends. I am so stoked about our trip tomorrow!!

Alright, that’s all I got. Have a great night, chickies!

I wrote this long, heartfelt blog yesterday and it was eaten. Poetic justice, I suppose. ANyway, I don’t really have the time this morning to go into it, so I’ll give the short version… Went to my weigh in, gained 1.4, not stressing cause I am sure it is hormone related as my boobs have grown exponentially in the last week, yet the rest of my body is shrinking, made a Smart Ones to take back and eat during the meeting, stirred it up (thank GOD) and discovered (before taking a bite–THANK GOD) there was a huge cockroach in it. The disgusting thing made me vomit, literally. So, I left immediately and then left work altogether. Weight gain + cockroach = mandatory afternoon off. I don’t know if you know this or not, but A: cockroaches are my archnemesis, and B: I keep finding insects that are alive/used to be alive before the freeze dried process in my food! So, I have been wanting to skip out on the processed, boxed, disgusting food for a while and now I have my reason/wake up call. EFFING GROSS. (sidenote: there is a lot less cursing in today’s version!) Anyway, after I left work I had to go get the 1st grader’s supplies, as his teacher just gave the list (wtf?) and I was SO frustrated because EVERYTHING was sold out. Then, the 3 yr old fell asleep on my way walking into Barnes & Noble so I had to carry him. I go in, get my Moose book for the virtual book club, and try to hightail it outta there. I get to the counter (obviously struggling with 2 books (damn that clearance rack by the checkout!), a kid, and Vivanno) and the cashier asks for my B&N card so I can save my 20%. I try to shufle around to get my wallet outta my purse, but yeah… that was a lost cause. So I say can you look me up? Apparently they can, but only be phone number. Um, that number was 2 kids, one husband, and half the country ago… I HAVE NO IDEA! So she tells me to find my card later and bring my receipt back for the 20% refund. Like I’m gonna do that! Basically, she just reminded me why I shop at AMazon (where my info is stored) or Border’s (where they have given me my rewards without the certificate when I have forgotten them, etc.). GRRRRR! Not that 5 bucks is a big deal, it was just her crummy attitude mixed with my current struggle as well as the PTSD I was suffering from the cockroach incident.

Here’s to today being a better day! I know I won’t go over my points because I am afraid to eat anything!!!