Constant Beginnings

Everyone told me going from 2 to 3 kiddos was going to be easy, that from 1 to 2 was the challenge. Ha. These past 5 months have been hard! I could blame it on reflux, sisters constantly bugging him, our noise filled house, the chaos of our schedule, but I truly think it has to do with me being 35 or 36, whatever I am, and the fact that it has been 5 long years since I've had a baby ANNNDD the fact that I am pretty much set in my ways. Whatever the reason, I've struggled. 1. I've struggled to take care of me. I plan to start my diet, do well one day, then something comes up--exhaustion, fussy baby or a change in plans and well, that diet goes down the drain. 2. I started working out, following Jamie Eason's lifting program. I loved it. It was organized like the sessions with my personal trainer, didn't take a whole lot of time to do and I enjoyed the ease of working out at home. I did that one week. Then, excuse number 9999 came back--exhaustion. 3. We continue t...

Stressed. This is what I am. Work is tough. Our director wants to change the way I am servicing my students next year. With very little direction and a whole lot of components to consider, I get to make that happen. Ugh. I try desperately not to bring work home, but it is home and on my mind much of every hour. I really need to get exercising to help relieve my stress, but I can honestly say that we are exhausted. I do, however, have intentions of going to the base gym tomorrow after work while I am waiting for Chris to finish work. Intentions. Such a great word. Let's change it to---I will go. That's better. I am dieting/eating healthfully, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will receive some encouragement from the scale this week. That would definitely help my mood. We have the closing date for our house--finally. I will be thrilled when that is all wrapped up so we can close that chapter in our lives. I still love that house, but I am becoming very bitter with t...