Filed under: random whining
… that the universe wants me to stay fat. Seriously. The stars, they are aligned against me.
Back in July I started a 12 week workout/diet program. Then I got sick halfway through week 1. Then we went on holidays. And … yeah, Fail #1. I tried again at the end of August, and oh, what happened? Week 1 down and whammo, head cold followed by that whole ear/sinus infection and the resulting antibiotic rash from hell. I couldn’t even walk up the stairs at work, never mind do cardio or weights, and it’s not like I was cooking healthy food either – more like heating up chicken fingers and fries. Fail #2.
But since I am a glutton for punishment and all, I got motivated and found a different program that needs less daily time investment and should show results in 8 weeks. Right! 8 weeks! I can do this!
Monday was day 1. Check! Tuesday, day 2… by midday I was feeling nauseous and light headed and had the mother of all headaches. And a sore throat. No. NO NO NO NO NO.
Yes. By evening I was incapable of exercising, and by this morning I could barely swallow yogurt and had to drive Sport the 4 blocks to school since I didn’t think I could walk that far. Hmm, lasted only one day, that might be a new record for FAIL.
Filed under: life in general
Filed under: life in general
Have you ever updated one thing in your house, only to realize that everything else now looks like crap? Like, you replace the flooring in your kitchen, and then it strikes you that now the countertops and walls look horrible by comparison, and the next thing you know the room is gutted and you are cooking on a Coleman stove in the living room?
No? Just me? Huh.
I know what you’re thinking, and no, I am not currently ripping my house apart. But I have just experienced the same phenomenon in a slightly different arena.
I went to a new hairdresser tonight, and I got the best haircut ever. Ridiculously good. Freakishly good. But, dammit, now I think I might need to actually go out and buy makeup so I can live up to it.
Filed under: random whining
In case you are wondering what would happen if you went out on a cold, rainy morning and ran 5K when you hadn’t been running at all for the last three months due to various colds and infections and a critical lack of time…
… the answer is, a pulled hip flexor and a recurrence of patellofemoral syndrome (aka knee pain that makes it impossible to go down stairs or slopes.) Two days later and I”m still staggering around groaning like an 80 year old.
That is it. No, really that is IT. I am getting back in shape if it kills me, and it might.
Filed under: offspring
… this is what my kid had to eat today:
- peanut butter toast and milk (the highlight of the day, nutrition-wise)
- mini burgers and barbeque potato chips
- 2 cupcakes
- a bunch of candy
- popcorn
- iced tea
- New York Fries
- a happy meal with chocolate milk
Yep. Now don’t go calling the authorities or anything. This is what happens when you have a birthday party and a double-feature movie (from 3:30 to 7:00) on the same day.
(And if you’re wondering if it’s worth shelling out for Toy Story & Toy Story 2 in 3D… it TOTALLY is.)
Filed under: random whining
Yesterday I tried a new route home from work and was picking Sport up from daycare less than twenty minutes after I walked out the door of my office. Seriously! Holy speedy commute, batman. That was a full 10 minutes faster than my previous best time.
This morning I took the same route (well, in reverse, obviously) on my way to work.
And I was 10 minutes late. This makes absolutely no sense, since the morning drive is usually much faster than the evening one.
So, did I just hit some bizarre gap in the time-space-traffic continuum yesterday? Or are the traffic gods trying to make me go insane? Or what?
Filed under: life in general
- chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast
- game time after breakfast – Parcheesi and card games
- planted 36 tulip bulbs
- divided some perennials
- trip to the museum (bringing our annual membership cost down to $6 each per visit, with 4 months still to go in our membership)
- quick grocery shop
- present bought for birthday party next weekend
- baked pina colada muffins
- made giant pasta salad for lunches this week
- helped with some Lego construction
- made Southwestern Chicken Stew for supper
- packed lunches for tomorrow
- did 2 loads of laundry
- sprayed and hopefully killed the wasp nest behind my vinyl siding
- and last, but not least, finished my express library book BEFORE the due date! (I can usually either return them on time without reading the whole thing, or read to the end but incur a scary fine.)
And it’s only 8:03!
… and his stupid law. Because wouldn’t you know it, three weeks after starting Sport at the home-based daycare, I get a call from the in-school centre saying oh, we have a spot for him now!
Sigh. Cause that’s what we need right now, another change in routine. I briefly considered asking if they could go on to the next person and let us sit on the list for a few more months, but with my luck, “a few more months” would be next December or something. I asked for a day to think about it, but it really makes no sense to turn the spot down. (We’re talking a permanent spot in the centre attached to his school, which is open during school holidays, summer, etc. And it opens early enough in the morning for me to easily catch the bus to work.)
Sport is not going to take this well at all, though. He has become very tight with one of the other boys in the home daycare, and already complains if I pick him up even five minutes early. I’m thinking of compromising by continuing to send him there after school – that way he can still have his playtime with his buddy, and I still have an option open in case the daycare is a disaster for some reason. Logistically this wouldn’t be any more difficult, it would only cost $1 more per day, and it might soften the blow of yet another change. Or maybe it’s a stupid idea. I have no clue anymore, really.
Filed under: life in general
… in a couple of places around the blogosphere.
First, to Russia, where Kate finally, finally has her lovely peanut Lexi in her arms. Go give her your congrats and check out those SUPERCUTE dimples on little Lexi.
And second, to the amazing Erin, whose beautiful family grew this week with the addition of a nine month old baby boy. Erin is truly a role model I aspire to – in her outlook on life, her parenting, and her passion to educate and advocate for others. (Plus her ability to stick to fitness goals… sigh.)
Congratulations!
Last week marked six months since my dossier was sent to Ethiopia. (For those of you who have not engaged in this crazy process, that’s when all your months worth of paperwork arrive in the country you are adopting from. Basically, from that date on you are waiting to be matched with a child.)
Two years ago, I was matched with Sport three weeks after my dossier arrived. I knew that was not going to happen this time, and when my file went over I was expecting a 10-12 month wait based on the age of child I was asking to be matched with. (Usually, the process for older children moves more quickly than for infants, since less people are asking to be matched with older kids.) Six months later, I am now expecting to wait between 18-24 months. Hopefully in another six months that won’t have increased again, but you never know.
Waiting doesn’t really bother me. No, I’m serious, it doesn’t. Obviously it would be nice to have a better idea of when you will be matched with a child, but it’ll happen when it happens, and I’m ok with that. What does bother me though, along with all the usual uncertainties of international adoption, is the constant fear that Ethiopia may decide to close their adoption program to single parents. This has been a sword dangling over the program for three or four years now, and the only reason I ever wish things would hurry up a bit is to get through before the sword finally drops.
As it did last week, for prospective adoptive parents from Australia. As far as I know this information has not been communicated to Canadian agencies. But it’s not a good sign, that’s for sure. At least it appears that dossiers already in-country will continue to be processed – so hopefully that will be the case even if this ban is extended further.
