So while I realize that it's Tuesday and I should've posted yesterday, but I didn't and I'm pretty sure that I'll live. So here we go.
As of yesterday I'm down 2 lbs for the week. I was hoping for 3 but I'll be happy with 2. This last 9 lbs has been the slowest to come off. On Christmas Eve I was down 29 lbs, and as of yesterday I'm down 39lbs. So it has taken me a little over 7 wks to lose those 10 lbs. That's a long time considering most months I was averaging 9 lbs a month. So yes I'm a little frustrated, but I knew that once school started and my schedule changed things might slow down. And added to that I only did my water aerobics class once each for the last 2 weeks. I have found that I am really missing that class, it has been a great stress reliever for me. I just hoping that I can fit it in once this week too and then maybe next week I can get back on track. My weight-lifting class on the other hand is going good, I am loving doing the weights again. It is such a great feeling to push and pull heavy weights and see what my body is capable of.
On the kiddo's front it has been up and down. The kids are both busy with school and homework. Near the end of last week Miss Magoo was complaining of a sore throat and was doing a LOT of coughing especially at night. And while at first her coughing wasn't keeping her up, just lucky me. By Thursday night it was waking her up too. So Friday after a busy running around day I got her into the Dr's. Good thing too, she tested positive for Strep. Poor kid. By Saturday she was back to her happy bouncy self. We even went to the BSU men's bball game. The main reason for going was the BSU was honoring all the students that achieved a gpa of 3.50 or higher. Before the game they had a reception where there was pizza and they handed out certificates for those who made the list. Then during the half-time portion of the men's game all of us who made the list got to walk out on the court and wave to those in the crowd. It was a little geeky feeling on one hand, but also cool feeling too. I mean I worked HARD for my grades, and I'm proud of that. The kids got a kick out of seeing their momma on the court waving up at them. I want my kids to know that college is important and that I'm doing all this hard work for them too. And in the long run (hopefully not too long) all this hard work it going to pay off for all of us.
February 15, 2011
February 8, 2011
Whinny Me
So school has been extra hard this semester, and in reality it will only keep on getting harder. Which makes me what to hide under a rock. And I keep thinking it's not fair, I liked it so much better when I understood exactly what the instructor was talking about. But now they are talking about things I only kinda understand or don't get at all. And I'm not liking that so much. This morning while my Econ professor was trying to explain to several of us who didn't get it (see it's not just me) about how to calculate the yield to maturity on a bond it finally clicked, again. I'm not here to learn the easy stuff or re-learn the stuff I already know, I'm here to learn the hard stuff and learn new things. That's what is making me a better student and a better person. I know that I didn't pick a fluff major ( but really at this point any major would have it's challenges), there is a lot of hard stuff that I am going to have to learn over the next year and 1/2ish. And most of it is going to have me doing way more stretching and growing than I want too. But I know it's for my own good. That in the long run it will be for my benefit and the benefit of my children. So here's to growing and stretching and learning new things about life and about me.
February 7, 2011
Different Week New Numbers
So the last two weeks like every week since I started back to school were crazy. I think I'm getting used to my new normal, craziness. Last was good for the most part. Only lost 1lb last week, not thrilled but it was a loss not a gain so that's good. This week though I feel like I'm getting back into my grove that I had going before Christmas. Today the scale showed that I was down 3 lbs.! That's the kind of numbers that I like to see. I wasn't able to get on the treadmill as much as I wanted last week but I still walked a total of 8 miles, so not bad.
In other news:
Friday Jan. 28th I took the kids to see the Living Legends, it was so fabulous!! Both the kids loved it, even if before hand they both were a little whinny about having to go. The performers were incredible, if you have a chance to see them I highly recommend it.
Saturday Jan. 29th I took the kids to see the BSU women's basketball team play. We lost, everyone was very sad, but it was a ton of fun. Again both kids weren't so sure about going, but once we were there they couldn't sit still in their seats. The crowd was sadly rather small so the kids had a lot of room to dance around to the music. They both made it on the big screen 4 times each, which made their night. Part way through the game Miss Magoo leans over to ask me where the "women" were. I pointed to the court and said there they where. She was a little offended and told me that "those were teenagers" and reminded me that I had promised to take her to a "women's" basketball game. So we had a little talk about how women's and girl's basketball teams were really the same thing, just different names.
Earlier in the day on Saturday I had taken the kids to BSU for their Engineering Day. It was crazy busy. There where demonstrations, exhibits, and hands-projects around every corner. The kids got to build with keva blocks, helped to make a balloon replica of some kind of molecule or other, try and build a earthquake proof house, ride a hoover craft, made a miniature catapult and finally made a spool car. All in all it was a great weekend, and it took me all week to recover from it.
Last week was just more school, kids at the dad's and me trying to catch my breath and get ready to start this week and do it all over.
Totals so far: 37lbs
On another side note Miss Magoo and I went and saw Tangled Saturday while her brother had his birthday party. Loved loved loved the movie, this is one we will be buying when it comes out!!
In other news:
Friday Jan. 28th I took the kids to see the Living Legends, it was so fabulous!! Both the kids loved it, even if before hand they both were a little whinny about having to go. The performers were incredible, if you have a chance to see them I highly recommend it.
Saturday Jan. 29th I took the kids to see the BSU women's basketball team play. We lost, everyone was very sad, but it was a ton of fun. Again both kids weren't so sure about going, but once we were there they couldn't sit still in their seats. The crowd was sadly rather small so the kids had a lot of room to dance around to the music. They both made it on the big screen 4 times each, which made their night. Part way through the game Miss Magoo leans over to ask me where the "women" were. I pointed to the court and said there they where. She was a little offended and told me that "those were teenagers" and reminded me that I had promised to take her to a "women's" basketball game. So we had a little talk about how women's and girl's basketball teams were really the same thing, just different names.
Earlier in the day on Saturday I had taken the kids to BSU for their Engineering Day. It was crazy busy. There where demonstrations, exhibits, and hands-projects around every corner. The kids got to build with keva blocks, helped to make a balloon replica of some kind of molecule or other, try and build a earthquake proof house, ride a hoover craft, made a miniature catapult and finally made a spool car. All in all it was a great weekend, and it took me all week to recover from it.
Last week was just more school, kids at the dad's and me trying to catch my breath and get ready to start this week and do it all over.
Totals so far: 37lbs
On another side note Miss Magoo and I went and saw Tangled Saturday while her brother had his birthday party. Loved loved loved the movie, this is one we will be buying when it comes out!!
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