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January 10, 2006
Happy New Year!
Yeah, so I'm kinda behind. Life has had me a bit overwhelmed and that leaves me very unfocused. Ability to focus is essential for writing, hence, no writing. What's been going on, you ask? Well...
For starters, Steve has been incredibly stressed at work. When he finally comes home, he vents about it to me, which leaves me incredible stressed, so not a whole lot of fun. He is oftentimes the only adult conversation I have, so when the only conversation I get is always negative, my mood tends to take a nosedive. He seems to be through the worst of it and voila! Here I am posting again.
I have started Weight Watchers again. I like it cause I can eat whatever I want, it just gives me a sense of control and accountability with regard to what I put in my mouth. And it gives me an excuse to get out of the house too, which is great when you have a baby. I weigh in on Tuesdays, and I have decided to be brave and share with you all how it goes. So, last Tuesday I weighed in at 168.8 lbs, my pre-pregnancy weight was 144 lbs, and the goal I have in my head is 140 lbs. That may seem heavy for a 5'3" shorty like myself, but I'm pretty muscular and I look emaciated at 120, so 140 seems reasonable. I weigh in again this afternoon, so I'll let you know how it went tomorrow, Wednesday will be my WW Update day so you can see how it goes.
Another exciting event is that our very tight financial position is loosening up a bit and in addition to being able to save up for things like my school and a car and a new Widescreen HDTV, we are having a girl come in to clean our place for us every two weeks. We have found a very reasonable service to do the kitchen, bathroom and floors and I am SO STOKED! It means less stress for me, cause I'm not the best housekeeper - I'm very feast or famine in that department and this will keep us more consistent. I'll just have to do spot cleaning between visists and can focus on Liam without worrying about the kitchen floors that need to be mopped and the dust bunnies that are threatening to take form and eat us. Oh my god, I am so happy about this.
Liam is SO close to crawling. I have purchased all the babyproofing supplies and Steve and I need to get on that ASAP. He has also started swimming lessons and he is a superstar! No crying, just smiles and splashing and kicking and he is so cute. We are going on Saturday mornings so it can be Liam and Daddy time. I went to watch, but when the novelty of it wears off, I can use this as me time - mmmmmmmm.... time by myself, oh the decadence.
So, that's my quick State of the Homefront Address. Tune in a bit later for some cuteness, I can hear him waking up, so bye-bye. It's nice to be back.
Posted by leah at January 10, 2006 10:39 AM