yesterday was "my" day, the day when my mom and dad watch the kiddos so i can run errands or go to appointments or basically do what i gotta do without worrying about taking care of the babies. they watch the kiddos once a week, barring illness or bad weather. i had a doctor's appointment, groceries, getting mom a vaporizer, getting my pool pass at SU so i can swim laps, a trip to UPS to send the bumbo, stopping by ellacinder's to get a couple of beads to complete a stitch marker set. lotsa things to do.
i got it all done, except for the bead store. i left home around 9 and didn't get back until 2ish. i was whupped but i got a lot done.
yesterday was the first time i went to the doctor for a checkup and not becos i was TTC, dealing with a loss or having a tummy check. from there i ran to UPS, then stopped at the dollar store across from walmart. i love that store - i love the one in bloomsburg (next to walmart) even better! i got easter goodies for the kids, baby food (3 jars for a buck!) and looked for elusive mario brothers toys (no luck).
by this time it was 11, and i wanted to get to SU by 11:30, so i bagged on the bead store and ran down 15. bought my pool pass and had enough time to swim some laps. $60 per semester, i can swim 5 days a week - can't beat that. i'm lucky if i get one day a week, but it's still a good deal. i haven't swam laps since last april (i was worried about the stowaways and i started cramping and getting tired. by then, i was probably close to 20 weeks pregnant. plus i hate lazy swimming). i have't done power laps since december '08. my personal best was 40 (i'm thinking i swam more than 40 laps but i can't remember and can't be bothered to find my blog post about it), and i only mustered 12. i wasn't even winded, and i could've done more, but my muscles were cramping like crazy and i was afraid of getting into trouble in the water. i am paying for it today, as my body feels like someone beat the tar out of me. but it felt wonderful to go for a swim. i miss swimming. and it feels good to swim for me.
ran to target and got mom's vaporizer (which was $15 dollars cheaper this week - i paid full price last week!), some jammies for the kiddos and looked for a mario brothers shirt for the boy. the only shirts they had were too small, so i got him MB jammies. then i got groceries at giant. then i was home.
i had the funniest feeling during my day out. a feeling i hadn't felt in a very long time. i felt happy. truly happy. can't explain why. wish i knew. and it's not like i was having a perfect day. my doctor's appointment ran late, and name one person who enjoys going to their gyno. i hurt like hell after my swim. i'm still sick. i pee my pants when i cough. i'm tired. i worry about everything. we have 6 inches of snow and will get another half dozen wednesday. but i felt happy. satisfied. such a bizarre feeling, i even questioned whether i should be allowed to feel that way. that's sad. everyone deserves a day to feel true happiness.
i guess i shouldn't have expected it to last forever. i got home, tended to the babies, mom went home, i helped the boy with his homework, and started on dishes and cleaning the fridge out for garbage day (and lord did it reek. i never did figure out why, but at least the stink is gone). hubby came home from work, we chatted and talked about the day's expenditures. hubby was balancing the checking account and couldn't get the amounts to match. we compared receipts, i reminded him that i had a doctor's copay and my pool pass and finally got it figured it out (my fault - i forgot i paid UPS cash, not debit like i thought). i don't know why, but the tension was palpable, and it killed my happy buzz.
i asked hubby if his day was okay, cos he didn't look and feel okay. he said it was. then i teased him about harshing my mellow and explained that i had been feeling really good until he got home, when i could tell he was tense about something. he said my happy feeling was from swimming and exercise endorphins. i didn't think that was what it was, cos i've had better exercise sessions and none came close to making me feel really good. buzz kill!! i never did find out what bug crawled up his ass and died, but eventually he worked it out.
so yeah, it sucks when someone steals your sunshine. oh well. at least i had a fleeting moment of happiness. gotta take it when it comes.
3 more days until ravelympics 2010! i can't wait until it starts. not that i've been knitting much. i've been knitting on the swirl shawl off and on, and are in the middle of a swirl. i think i have 4 more swirls to go to finish the first row of swirls. 12 swirls down. 72 more to go.
today the kiddos turn 6 months. where did that time go? when did they go from tiny little munchkins to...wiggly curious kiddos? amazing.
from 2 weeks...
to 6 months...
i got it all done, except for the bead store. i left home around 9 and didn't get back until 2ish. i was whupped but i got a lot done.
yesterday was the first time i went to the doctor for a checkup and not becos i was TTC, dealing with a loss or having a tummy check. from there i ran to UPS, then stopped at the dollar store across from walmart. i love that store - i love the one in bloomsburg (next to walmart) even better! i got easter goodies for the kids, baby food (3 jars for a buck!) and looked for elusive mario brothers toys (no luck).
by this time it was 11, and i wanted to get to SU by 11:30, so i bagged on the bead store and ran down 15. bought my pool pass and had enough time to swim some laps. $60 per semester, i can swim 5 days a week - can't beat that. i'm lucky if i get one day a week, but it's still a good deal. i haven't swam laps since last april (i was worried about the stowaways and i started cramping and getting tired. by then, i was probably close to 20 weeks pregnant. plus i hate lazy swimming). i have't done power laps since december '08. my personal best was 40 (i'm thinking i swam more than 40 laps but i can't remember and can't be bothered to find my blog post about it), and i only mustered 12. i wasn't even winded, and i could've done more, but my muscles were cramping like crazy and i was afraid of getting into trouble in the water. i am paying for it today, as my body feels like someone beat the tar out of me. but it felt wonderful to go for a swim. i miss swimming. and it feels good to swim for me.
ran to target and got mom's vaporizer (which was $15 dollars cheaper this week - i paid full price last week!), some jammies for the kiddos and looked for a mario brothers shirt for the boy. the only shirts they had were too small, so i got him MB jammies. then i got groceries at giant. then i was home.
i had the funniest feeling during my day out. a feeling i hadn't felt in a very long time. i felt happy. truly happy. can't explain why. wish i knew. and it's not like i was having a perfect day. my doctor's appointment ran late, and name one person who enjoys going to their gyno. i hurt like hell after my swim. i'm still sick. i pee my pants when i cough. i'm tired. i worry about everything. we have 6 inches of snow and will get another half dozen wednesday. but i felt happy. satisfied. such a bizarre feeling, i even questioned whether i should be allowed to feel that way. that's sad. everyone deserves a day to feel true happiness.
i guess i shouldn't have expected it to last forever. i got home, tended to the babies, mom went home, i helped the boy with his homework, and started on dishes and cleaning the fridge out for garbage day (and lord did it reek. i never did figure out why, but at least the stink is gone). hubby came home from work, we chatted and talked about the day's expenditures. hubby was balancing the checking account and couldn't get the amounts to match. we compared receipts, i reminded him that i had a doctor's copay and my pool pass and finally got it figured it out (my fault - i forgot i paid UPS cash, not debit like i thought). i don't know why, but the tension was palpable, and it killed my happy buzz.
i asked hubby if his day was okay, cos he didn't look and feel okay. he said it was. then i teased him about harshing my mellow and explained that i had been feeling really good until he got home, when i could tell he was tense about something. he said my happy feeling was from swimming and exercise endorphins. i didn't think that was what it was, cos i've had better exercise sessions and none came close to making me feel really good. buzz kill!! i never did find out what bug crawled up his ass and died, but eventually he worked it out.
so yeah, it sucks when someone steals your sunshine. oh well. at least i had a fleeting moment of happiness. gotta take it when it comes.
3 more days until ravelympics 2010! i can't wait until it starts. not that i've been knitting much. i've been knitting on the swirl shawl off and on, and are in the middle of a swirl. i think i have 4 more swirls to go to finish the first row of swirls. 12 swirls down. 72 more to go.
today the kiddos turn 6 months. where did that time go? when did they go from tiny little munchkins to...wiggly curious kiddos? amazing.
from 2 weeks...
to 6 months...
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