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My Life Thus Far
2009-07-15 05:58:01 (UTC)

Leave Is Up

Today was my first day back to a somewhat "normal" kind of
day. I went to the gym and then work. Of course there was
more to it than that, but point-being it was kind of like
it was before Snookums came home. Tomorrow he goes back to
work. His leave is up and it's time to report back to the
ship. I'm curious to see what his schedule will be like.
The ship has a new Commanding Officer and rumor has it
he's doing away with "Stennis hours" (mustering at 7am,
getting off at lunchtime, 11am). Whatever his hours end up
being, it's still about a thousand times better than not
having him home at all!

This morning Annie brought Keenan upstairs from his
bedroom and it was obvious he wasn't feeling well. His
little face was flushed, his eyes glassed over and his
nose running. He was whimpering and refused to be put
down. It didn't matter who held him as long as somebody
did. I took his temperature (101.2) and I gave him some
children's Motrin. A couple hours later he seemed better,
crawling around on the floor playing My Little Ponies with
Kiki. Well, she played. He knocked them down and attempted
to eat their hair (so cute). Snookums didn't want to go to
the gym today (he didn't want to go yesterday, either.
Hmmmm, backsliding a little maybe?), so I went by myself.
I felt slightly guilty leaving Keenan, but Snookums
assured me it's okay to leave a slightly ill baby with his
father :) It's not breaking any mommy-laws. Snookums and
Keenan sat on the couch and watched sports. Kiki went with
me and Annie is currently grounded for living like a pig
(last week Snookums spent 4 hours cleaning out her
disaster area of a bedroom). She stayed home.

I can't believe how strong I'm getting! It seems like ever
day I'm adding a little more weight to the circuit
machines. It's very rewarding to see improvement. My focus
has shifted from getting thin to getting healthy and it's
great. I figure getting thinner will be a natural by-
product of getting healthier. I don't desire to be
anything but who I am and the most healthiest form of who
I am. There's no time-line or rush. I get there when I get
there, but I'll remain diligent on my path. I can't ask
anymore of myself than that.

Work went by so quickly this evening. I like nights like
that. After being away for two weeks a lot had changed. I
had to do a couple of laps around the store just to see
what was new, where things had been moved and what had
been discontinued. Of course I saw several things I'd love
to buy, but I was a good girl. I bought nothing (and put
nothing on hold). I've come to realize that half the stuff
I just HAVE to have either ends up in the bottom of a
drawer with the tags still attached or in a garbage bag
destined for Goodwill. There's only one thing I
desperately need and that's a new pair of cross trainers.
My trusty ole' Nike's aren't giving me the support they
used to. Not to mention they're 2 years old. I'm long
overdue. They look fine (because I hardly wear them
outside of the gym), but they aren't structurally sound
anymore.

It's not even 11pm and Snookums is hovering... He wants me
to get off the computer and come to bed. I don't know how
he does it. These past two weeks he's been home we haven't
gone to bed before 1am not one single night. Now that he
has to get up at 5am he automatically is ready for bed. I
wish my body worked like that. If I had to be up at 5am, I
might as well not go to sleep! Ciao.




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