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My Life Thus Far
2009-07-12 21:36:32 (UTC)

Adapting and Overcoming

I feel like there's a MILLION things I should write about,
but I'd be here all day trying to catch up on the almost
two weeks I've missed. I suppose the biggest development
is... SNOOKUMS IS HOME!!!! Having him home has been a
double-edged sword. It's absolutely WONDERFUL having him
back. I missed him so much, the children missed him. Life
just wasn't the same. But on the other hand, the children
and I had worked ourselves into a fail-proof routine.
Everything flowed smoothly and life ran like clockwork.
Snookums coming home has thrown a wrench in that routine
and now everything is in total and utter disarray. The
good thing about having him home, though is that I can
hand the chaos over to him and let him deal with it (by
chaos I mean everything is off routine. The kids don't eat
when they're supposed to, they don't sleep when they're
supposed to, cleaning isn't getting done like it should,
my gym routine is all over the place, there's more
cleaning/laundry/mess, more grocery shopping, more
everything). I sound like I don't like having him home,
but that's far from the truth. The unfortunate fact of the
matter is that when he leaves for 6 months at a time life
goes on without him and I'm getting pretty good at
adapting and overcoming. Now it's time to re-figure out
what it's like to be a complete family :) If all goes as
planned (and with the Navy that's a big "if") Snookums
will leave the ship this fall and we'll get to be a
complete family for at least the next 3 years!

Since Snookums has been home we've really just been
sticking close to home. Almost a recreation of last
summer. We relax, do a lot of grilling, entertain the
children (and their friends). I wouldn't have it any other
way. Although, at some point this summer we'd like to get
out and do something. Maybe some little family excursions.
The only thing holding us back is Keenan. He's still young
and things like camping don't sound fun to me when you've
got a little person that loves his routine and isn't good
about falling asleep anywhere but in his crib, in his
room, at his bedtime.

Speaking of Keenan, he had his 12 month well-baby check-up
on Friday. He's 25 pounds, 31 inches tall. He's a big boy.
Not fat, just big. The doctor said it looks like he'll be
tall and on the thinner side. Like his daddy (minus
daddy's little Dorito belly - which he has lost a little
of). Keenan remembered Snookums when he got home and it's
been great watching them interact and get to know each
other again. Keenan is a totally different baby from when
Jason left. He was just a little 5 month old not doing to
much and now he's a full-fledged toddler, cruising around
the living room and crawling around getting into things. I
wish Jason could have seen all his little progressions in
between, but that wasn't an option. At least he made it
home before Keenan started walking. That was the one thing
he didn't want to miss.

Snookums promised when he got home he wouldn't derail me
from going to the gym and eating right. Aside from
bringing home the "Stennis cough" and getting me sick for
the better part of a week, he hasn't derailed me and has
tried his best to keep up. I didn't think he'd go along
with it (at least not for more than a few days) and we'd
eventually slip back into our inactive, junk food eating
former life. But, that hasn't happened and it makes me
very happy. Now that I'm done having children I want to
get back into shape once and for all. I still have a
little ways to go and I didn't want Snookums coming home
to be a set back. It hasn't been, in fact he's been very
good. No midnight cheesecake runs or Doritos in bed. He
gets up in the morning and goes to the gym and workouts
out with just as much enthusiasm as I do. He's sore, but
working with a trainer to get through it and build muscle.
Last week we both had body composition tests done... That
was not a happy moment for either of us, but it's useful
information and I will use it to further improve my
physical self. According to the test I'm in fair shape. My
overall body fat percentage is still a little high (but my
visceral fat - the fat around your organs- is very low).
My metabolic age is 47 (I TOLD my doctor something was
wrong with my metabolism!) and my bone density is low (4
when it should be 6). All things that need to be
addressed. I'm always paying attention to the number on
the scale, but there's more to being healthy than just
your weight. That's really just an ambiguous indicator.
Everything about Snookums' test was in the poor or high
range. It was eye-opening for him. He lost 25 pounds while
he was out to sea, but he still lives a very sedentary
lifestyle. We're working on getting him out of that rut :)

I guess that's all for now. I don't really have much else
to share right now... I might think of something later.
After two weeks without writing, I'm sure something will
pop into my head I'm not thinking of now. Ciao!




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