A little gross

A story:

This is a little gross, yet funny and gross, but maybe sweet on the kittens part. But mostly gross.

Two nights ago, while we were asleep a little something funny happened. Dingus sleeps without his shirt and one of our kittens, I assume in his sleepy state as well, began nursing Dingus' nipple. I woke up to him saying "Hey, Whoa, What are you doing!" and then he laughed and said "Honey, honey, the cat was just nursing me. My nipple was like an inch long!"

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I have worked out 5 days in a row. This is after me not working out at all last week. I promised myself that I would work out every day Sunday-Thursday and I have. I knew it would take a few days for me to get back to craving it, but I am and thats good. I need to get refocused and try and lose more weight.

About a year and a half ago when I had my last physical, my cholesterol level was "mildly elevated." I have a huge family history of high cholesterol, so it is something that I am really trying to keep in mind. My next physical is in December and I am really nervous that my cholesterol has continued to rise. I am hoping that exercise and losing a little weight will have helped it, but I don't know. I've been a little piggy lately and so I'm a little worried. I am sure at some point I will end up on meds for it, but I would love to put it off a little bit longer. I hate all of this blood pressure/cholesterol stuff because it just means we are getting old.

Nothing

Each day as I check my list of blogs I read, I glance at mine and think, huh? I've got nothing.

Its not that nothing has been going on, its just that nothing terribly exciting has been going on. And sometimes I NEED to write and other times, I don't.

And today, I don't either. But I can't stand seeing an October date when its November already.

So for you, a list:

1. The boy left today for 6 days to Outdoor School. He's very excited. I keep running two loops through my head, 1: He will love this, he will have the best time, he will meet new friends, what a great adventure. 2: Cabin fire, he will freeze, he will starve, muh baby. Truth is, I know it will be 1.

2. I am fucking starving. I have been fasting since 10:30 last night because tomorrow I have a colonoscopy. The lack of food has left me tired and cold and crabby and boy... those poor kids in the world who don't have food. I am already planning my meals for tomorrow and it may involve a cheeseburger, doritos and pizza. And peanut m & m's. I am hoping they find nothing and that I can come back at 50. Probably wishful thinking... but hey. The girl just called me... her and Dingus are out to dinner. She is having a salad and a burger. I begged them not to eat here... I'm just too hungry!

3. Thats it.

Back

Everybody is back to work and school today. I am thrilled we are all well enough finally. My only complaint is that I am still just so exhausted.

Which is why it makes perfect sense to get 2 new kittens yesterday.

A list:

Because its just that pathetic.

1. The girl is over her fever and is back to school.

2. Dingus has been home for 2 days with fever and horrible cough.

3. The boy is home today with a fever.

4. I'm on my period.

5. I have worked one day this week because of said illness.

6. A saving grace is that it is warm, so I can have all of the windows and doors open.

7. I have a headache, am achey and coughy. I will not, however, call this sickness because fuck that.

8. On the other hand, I hope I get whatever this is so its just over for all of us.

9. I slept on the futon last night. This is the first night in our marriage that we have slept under the same roof but not in the same bed. Well, no, I mean I have slept with sick child, but its the first time we have slept apart. He was too sick and nasty.

10. I feel like just get to the weekend already. Let the weekend be long, maybe sunny, let us heal, let us get back to normal.

Double Digits

Happy Birthday to my 10 year old girl!

Poor baby is in bed, temperate of 102 and a horrid cough. I'm going to go snuggle her right now...

I am the Walrus.

I went to a funeral this week for a man I don't know. He was married to the secretary at the girls school until his death; we love her. He was 53, she is 50. They were soul mates and lovers and best friends and she thought they would grow old together. The service was beautiful and emotional. The music at the memorial were his favorite songs and many were mine as well.

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It was a busy week all around. Two days of carnival prep, then the big carnival event at the girls school. A huge math poster project for the boy. They both had soccer, the girl scored 3 goals, the boys team won as well. The girl had a sleepover with her 5 best friends celebrating her turning 10 (almost). I worked, hurt my back, worked out only once, fought and made up with Dingus and postponed, again, getting my oil changed.

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This week is a little better. I work Monday and Tuesday, pumpkin patch Wednesday, Cabin for a long weekend of scrapbooking on Thursday. I have not scraped since last year, so I have about, and I'm not lying, 400 pictures. I will be lucky if I can simply get them organized.

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Today on the docket, not much. The boy has a friend over for about another 30 minutes. And then it will be just the 4 of us. May the day be long.

So Long

It has been so long since I have posted! Busy busy with life I guess. Anyway, my apologies. I always get frustrated when my friends are *ahem* slack in posting.

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The kids are loving school.

The Girl: The girl is embracing school like always. She is in love with her teacher, all of her bff's sans one are in her class and she comes home very excited. She works hard on her homework every night and even though she is only to read 25 minutes a night, she always reads at least an hour. She is playing soccer and it turns out she is a goalie frickin bad ass. Watching her play and listening to all of the parents freak out around us about how well she is doing... its just fun.

The Boy: I could not be more proud of the boy. Starting 6th grade has been such a huge, huge leap. The changing of classes, the locker, the immense amount of homework and with soccer on top of it all. I will be honest. I thought there would be a rough transition period where he had to get the hang of it all, where the organizing it all would be hard and he would be crabby. He has been emotional, don't get me wrong. There has been school for two weeks and at least once each week there have been tears and proclamation of extreme fatigue. But he has pulled himself up by the bootstraps and moved on. So proud of him. He is thriving.

Dingus: Is lovely love love. Last night the girl was supposed to have a friend sleepover because the boy is at a overnight birthday party. The girls friend got sick and couldn't come, so Dingus, because he is who he is, was her sleepover and slept in her room. And thankfully he did because we had a pack of coyotes howling at night and the girl would have been in our bed in two shakes.

Me: I continue to run. I got on the scale, expecting to be down because I have dropped a size, but nope. Still the same. I don't really care though, for the first time, I was more curious. I feel fantastic though. Amazing. I feel strong. I feel cute. I feel together.

I started work this week. I can't believe how great the kids are! The 3's class kids are all darling and for the most part, well behaved. We have boy with the wiggles that we will need to work on and one girl who cries here and there (but to be fair, her dad has been in the hospital). The 4's class is where I am blown away though. We had most of this group all last year and to be honest, it was a trying year. Lots of kids with sensory disorders or speech disorders. Anyway, talk about improvement. OMG. They are doing so well. So well.

I am loving having 3 other teachers. I love that I am not doing lunch bunch. I have been meeting a girlfriend at SWCC on Tuesdays and Thursdays to lift weights and do cardio and I love it. I finally have a big enough chunk of free time to devote to me. I am even falling in love with the elliptical!

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A busy week ahead. Work, soccer, two back to school picnics at each kids school.