Hi all,
I'm new to this site, and I LOVE it so far! I posted and read the Friday chat, and everyone was so sweet and welcoming! I also love that you gals talk about other stuff besides this dang battle with weight. I LOVE the support, but there's more to life, am I right???
Anyway, last year around this time, I started to really get into a good mind-set lost some lbs, then when the cold weather hit I sorta lost focus, gained a few back. But it's spring, time to come out of hibernation and get back in the game.
Sooo, I've really been trying to really hard to get more active and enjoy life more, both for myself and for my 7 year old, Lily. I work 12 hour nights, so I have 4 days off a week. I struggle with being tired all the time, but we have been having such fun lately. Wednesday after school and ballet lesson we went to a park with walking trails, Thursday we took our puppy to a dog park for the first time (a blast!), then today we went to the indoor pool at our gym. I've been making healthy and delicious meals for the family every night, and we've actually been sitting down at the table instead of the three of us just going our separate ways. I've been trying hard to be good mommy, no??
So this evening after I cleaned up the dinner dishes, I had a little more energy and decided to put the 2 baskets of clean laundry away that I hadn't gotten around to. It was hot upstairs and I'm up there starting to sweat, which I HATE when I'm not exercising, and Lily starts bawling because she can't find the cover of her Hannah Montana CD. Mind you, she found the CD, just not the cover. As I'm working on the laundry, she comes up at least 6 times to ask me to help her find it, to which I replied, "As soon as I'm done with this I will help you" -- nice and calm. So she goes downstairs and throws herself on the couch crying at the top of her lungs that if she doesn't find the cover she's going to be a loser at school on Monday for treats n tunes. Finally I get the laundry done and go downstairs. The living room TV is blasting, so I YELL "CAN WE PLEASE TURN THE TV DOWN???"
Still sobbing, whining, etc. Of course DH is down in the other family room, happily watching a MASH rerun with HIS TV blasting as well. Lily follows me down, as I proceed to yell, "CAN WE TURN this TV DOWN!!!!"
Then, bad mommy, I YELL, "IF YOU DON'T STOP WHINING RIGHT NOW I'M NOT HELPING YOU FIND IT!!!!" So she immediately stops whining, I told her we had the whole weekend to find it, and she drops the subject. Then she went to bed.
Now here I am, feeling guilty about losing my temper after we've had such fun days together.
Of course between the stress and guilt, I would normally be munching something greasy by now, but I decided to post instead!
Kids! They sure make taking care of YOURSELF hard sometimes. Anyone ever experience this??? Sorry so long!!!!!!!