I'm feelin pretty cool

I passed sucka!

Oh yeah! I totally rock! One class one month and I passed.

Now only 17 more to go, but don’t expect them all to be done in a month. I’m not that good.

Full drawers

First let me start out by saying THANK-YOU to Miss Kim. She brought over a very large (I’m not exaggerating) bag of hand me down clothes for my son. As I was going through the never ending bag of clothes this thought of ‘oh my poor child looks like we don’t buy him anything’ started going through my head. Because the bag kept going and going the thought got stronger and stronger.

I washed the clothes that I decided to keep and sorted them out in the sizes since she had everything from 12-18 months to 3T. I thought ‘Great! Now I know that I’m not too terrible because this goes all the way up to 3T.’

I put the stuff that is too large into his closet and what fits him into his drawers. Only there was one tiny little problem. Everything that would fit him does not fit into his drawers! So let me tell you how I have shopped for him; 8 of everything. This gives him a week of clothes; shirts, shorts or pants (only 8 of each now because of the change in season), PJ, and I think like 12 socks (that’s because of his dad’s weird sock changing fetish but that’s a story for another time) with one extra just in case I get to the laundry late or we have an accident. Now I look at his over flowing drawer and go ‘what a terrible mama! His daycare probably noticed that he wore the same outfit constantly and thought poor child they don’t buy him anything.

I’ve decided that because this HAS to be hand me down’s from 2 boys that I am not so terrible. If she had my same rule of 8, that would be 16 of everything from both of her boys. I’m not so naive that I think this is true but it has made me feel better. And now my little man will no longer look like we don’t buy him anything. His drawers are overflowing. And I promise that when his stuff will last longer than 3 months I will purchase more than 8. But funny enough I think that I have close to 8 of everything up to 3T. Thanks again Kim!

Back to school...

I am heading back to school after a short hiatus (short as in 2 years). Not only am I going back to school but I am also going to a new school. I am so excited, nervous, stoked, scared, wanting to be done and wanting not to start all at the same time. UGG why does life have to be so many emotions at the same time? Can we just stick with one emotion for one circumstance!

I will start today. I will earn my Bachelors. I will no longer let my lack of education hold me back from applying to positions I want and strive for. I will become all that I can be. I am a success.

My affirmation statements for the upcoming days!

Whoot Whoot!

We did it!!

And surprisingly I hit my goal, not my ultimate goal but my minimum goal. Jeff did great of course. And Ricky finished with a smile, high fives and a great attitude.

We were lucky to rent a condo that was right next to the course so we were able to be cheered on by mom, dad, and B when we passed both times. The race was small compared to others that we have ran. The website listed a max of 1,000 for the half and 500 for the full. The day started out chilly but ended nicely. Jeff ran in 2:03, next was me with 2:19 (I wanted to finish under 2:20, and hopefully if all went well and I could push it under 2:00), then Ricky. On a side note the winner of the full (that’s 26.2 miles) finished at 2:51, I wish I was that fast.

The rest of the day we spent in the hot tub and out to lunch with Ricky and his wife before they left Park City. We took B to the pool and he loved it. He was so excited about getting in the water and would kick his feet. When other kids came into the pool you could tell that he wanted to jump and splash with them. Then B started to get blue lips and it was time to call it a night.

Sunday was a simple day with breakfast a quick checking out of the Olympic park and heading home.

We will do some smaller runs for the rest of the summer and fall but come wintertime I’m going to use the bike a bit more. I probably won’t start running again until next summer. But I really want to shorten my time and run another full. Just have to talk Jeff into it.

Are we done yet?

On Saturday our training schedule had us run 14 miles. Yes we are training for a half which is 13.1 but we ran 14. Although I didn’t do as well as I had hoped I did better than I think I have before.

I have been watching the track and field Olympics and had a burst of motivation. I kept thinking of the athletes and how much work they put into their training and how they seem to find that last little bit to pull through and win. I wanted to go for the gold on Saturday. I think I would have been a no namer if it was the Olympics but at least I still enjoyed myself.

Today my legs still hurt and Jeff tried to give me a little rub last night and it hurt so badly. Now I think 2 more weeks left and we are there. Then I’m going to take a small break from training until the next race.

I’m thinking Utah Valley Marathon; it’s supposedly the fastest race of Utah. Any takers?

It's Official

I am now a cheesy parent. I have B’s artwork from school hanging up in my office.

I would attach a picture but I seem to have lost the button. I'll post it when I can.

Wanting

I know this is a selfish post but today I can’t seem to help myself from wanting wanting wanting. So here is the list of what I am wanting:

o   A good WEEKs sleep.

Love the kid but man can you go back to sleeping through the night? I know you don’t feel good then your mouth hurts and back to not feeling good. But Mama needs a good weeks sleep. Thank-you for being such a good boy and giving us 3 nights in a row last week, but now I remember once again how good it is.

o   My house to be paid for or a smaller payment so I can pay more to have it paid for sooner.

I know this is boring but I want it paid for so I can have that security and still spend my money on fun stuff.

o   Longer hair.

I just got it cut a few weeks ago and love it! But now I just want to pull it up in a pony tail which is why I wanted to cut it so that I could avoid the evil ponytail.

o   Fuller eyebrows

In beauty school I started to have my brows waxed. They look much better than they did but they are not shaped very well…Hello I was in beauty school with a bunch of students. Now I have been trying to grow them back. If you have a suggestion on how to help I would appreciate it mucho.

o   An endless spa pool.

This is all about time to myself to relax or exercise, enjoy the backyard and splurge on something completely unnecessary. Nuf said.