2013 - Week 10

Another week down. This week wasn't 100% on the healthy scale, but much better than the last!

Monday brought us [hopefully] our final snow storm for the year. It snowed all day, all night, into Tuesday afternoon. In the end, we got about 9" of snow - not too shabby! Definitely ready for spring, and hoping it really is just around the corner! The morning snow did make me a tad late for work, but that was to be expected. I'll be out of the office all day tomorrow, so it was a chaotic day getting caught up on some work. It made the day go fast though.

After a whole day together at my in-laws, they still wanted to cuddle up together and watch a video before bed.

Tuesday was quite a long day. We have an annual conference at work, which was held today. I was on the planning committee for the conference this year, and I worked registration, as I have for the last few years. It's not the most exciting day, but it's nice to get away from the office once in a while. The down side - the snow storm made for an interesting day. Under normal conditions, the drive to the conference is close to an hour. So, that wasn't the most fantastic start to the day. The best part about it is that it ends around 3:00, and our boss lets us clock out for the day then, so that's a little bonus. I used my extra time off to run to Target. Picked up a few groceries, some odds and ends, and FINALLY, storage for the girls' arts and crafts supplies. As I was checking out, I got a call from school that Amelia had thrown up. I thought for sure we were on to round two of illness - but, thankfully, it never got that bad. It did result in a quiet night at home though - I did lots of cuddling with Amelia, who was exhausted and wouldn't eat. Poor thing.

Olivia had some love for her sick sissy.

My baby just wanted cuddles and love. Still goofy as ever!

Wednesday everything seemed back to normal. Work was hectic, catching up. Christian recently has his annual performance review, and found out he was getting a small raise - YAY! They approached him again about working him even more into a supervisor role, and asked about the possibility of moving to nights again - and, again, pointed out he would likely move to a salaried position at that point. They seem to understand that the pay will definitely need to be worth the move, especially with the kids and everything. I'm still not sure how I feel about it, so we'll have some major talking to do if the opportunity does present itself. Christian will be a lifer at the company, just like I am at my work, so we have to think about that, think about the future. If he wants to grow and move up in the company, we'll have to consider the sacrifice. I'm just not sure how ready I am for that. The girls had a pretty good day - Olivia has been excited to be back in school, and has been back to her usual, well-behaved self. They informed me that Amelia was running a small fever this afternoon - not high enough to be sent home, but they were keeping an eye on her. After hearing that news, I packed up a bunch of work to bring home, in anticipation of not being able to work Thursday. What chaos!!!!! So, we kept it pretty low key for the night.

When I picked up the girls. this guy was sitting right by the front door, and wouldn't move. I'm guessing he was hurt, poor guy. Ducks must mean spring is on the way though!

Thursday, Amelia seemed back to normal. I decided it was dumb for me to head all the way into work when I had everything I needed to get through the day with me, and with the way things have been going, knowing there was a chance I'd get a call about Amelia. So, I dropped the girls off at school, gathered up my work and spent the day plugging away. I actually got a ton of stuff written, probably more than I would have in the office, so that was a pleasant surprise. And, in the end, no calls from school. Amelia appeared to back to her usual self and everybody was happy as could be. I picked the girls up and met Christian at home. We had some dinner, watched some TV and relaxed. Much more successful day!

Friday was my day off, so I was home with the girls. Christian's work installed a new inventory system this morning, so he started later than usual, waiting for the system to be up and running. Which meant, he worked really late. So it was just me and the girls all day, and all evening. We had some breakfast, played some games, watched some movies, did some coloring. The usual. I did the checkbooks and paid some bills, again, the usual. We have yet to close Christian's bank account, but his check goes into our joint account now, and all of the bills have officially been transferred to withdraw from it, so we're all set to close it any time now. I can't wait to officially be down to one account to track and deal with. A couple week ago I started watching "Parenthood" on Netflix and today, I caught up on it. So tonight, when the girls went to bed, Christian and I started watching "The Walking Dead". I've been hearing great things about it, and it seems like everybody is obsessed with it, so I figured it was time to jump on the bandwagon. It was really good too - I can tell we'll be caught up on that in no time, definitely addicting.

I attempted to get a cute picture of Amelia tonight. Unfortunately, the flash does not agree with her, and I ended up with a gallery of these...

We had a fairly low key weekend this week.

Saturday I did my usual chores...dishes, sweeping, etc. We all had some breakfast and watched some TV. Olivia and I were off to swim class - it a good thing I double checked the schedule. I could have sworn this was her last class of the session, but it's actually next week. She's all signed up for the next session though, which starts in April. She and I stopped into Kohl's after class to pick out an Easter dress for her. Lucky Amelia is always stuck with the hand-me-downs - good thing she doesn't realize it yet! We made our way home, had some lunch and the girls went down for their naps. Christian and I watched a couple more episodes of The Walking Dead (and, a few more after they went to bed - we're already a good way into the 2nd season...). The evening was pretty relaxed - just spent some time together, watched some shows and took it easy.

Twinsies in their Hello Kitty shirts! FUN :)

Sunday, the dreaded Daylight Savings Time hit. Ugh - not really looking forward for a few days of adjustment. Christian was off bright and early, over to his parents house, to work on my car...yet again. The back, drivers side brakes are still messed up, and have been for a while. I really don't see the point in working on it anymore, but he felt the need. Now, we just hope once again, that it did the trick and gets us through another year or so. I spent the day with the girls. Did laundry, some minor cleaning and picking up around the house. I had a list of chores to do, but was not in the mood for it. Oh well, there's always next week, right?! We spent the night hanging out, playing...the girls chased each other around until they were both exhausted.

I got a much more successful photo of Amelia today - what a doll!

With that, we ended the week. A nice relaxing weekend was definitely in order! You may have noticed that I have not posted any weight loss updates for a while. I'm still having a hard time finding, and keeping, my motivation. When I started this journey last year, I had hoped to hit my goal by this month. I'm no where near meeting that goal. It's pretty devastating. I just can't figure out what to do to get myself over this hurdle. To get past my own road blocks. To find the discipline I so badly need. I can't figure out how to keep myself out of my own way. But, I won't give up. I still have goals to meet, plans to keep and changes to make. I'm heading into a new week. and every day is a new chance to get back on track. So, that's my little update for now. Hopefully I'll have some good news by the end of this coming week!