Biggest Loser Princess and Tinker Bell 2011 and 2012 -- OLD please see NEW thread

[dumbo_buddy]

rose - aw, that tom, he really knows how to tug at your heartstrings, doesn't he? that's a whole lot of emotion going on down there!

ok...about your itinerary...i'm so jealous!! but wait...saturday is the day of the race, right? it sounds like you're going to have a busy day before that race starts! i hope you can relax before doing all that running!

i've never been to narcooses but have read some dining reviews of it lately....yum!


lindsay - ah, boo! i hope you can still come! if i were you i'd shoot to get here early! the zoo opens at 10. we usually try to get there right when it opens because 1) it's before all the "other" people wake up and get their butts there and 2) they have discounted bagels and cream cheese from 10-11 at the food court doesn't really matter though. i have to check the tide schedule but if the tide is later in the day we could do the zoo in the morning/early afternoon and then head back here and go to the beach for a while. then we can have dinner before you guys head out. i asked my uncle if he can get ryan and nick some FDNY stuff.

kathy - what the heck is a chop suey sandwich?? have you ever done any of the witch stuff in salem? i remember in high school and college a bunch of my friends went up to salem for those tours - i was always too scared

lisa - how did the long run go with the running group? DL half is coming up! i'd love to do that one day but it seems to be it's always on labor day weekend which is not good for me since the neighborhood has a big 4-day party each year that weekend. guess i'll just have to do the tinkerbell

maria - how's it going, coach?? how was new hampshire?

not much going on here. john is leaving tomorrow morning for phoenix. he'll be there til thursday night. blech. i'm about to head to bed and finish up Sarah's Key (which, by the way, is a wonderful book and i highly recommend). yesterday he was gone all day with thomas and today we did the mall and just hung out. he went and bought himself a netbook this afternoon and is playing with his new toy. let's just say i'm a little annoyed that he's going to let me go to bed and not even think about how we won't see each other til thursday. not that i'm feeling all romantic or anything but the option would have been nice.

bronxbaby has been really bothering me today! i forgot about how they get into positions that are completely uncomfortable for you and then STAY there no matter how many times you change positions, etc. little dude seems SO much lower than i remember with my last pregnancy. feels so...weird.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Just so you know I didn't totally fall off the face of the Earth...

Between coaching and multiple 2-hr drives each way to and from NH this weekend, I am spent. Not to mention Ben's flash in the pan visit, which was mostly good but of course he got surly when it was time to leave because he had it all planned out for packing and I kept interfering He managed to destroy his watch, his digital camera, and his old ipod Nano at camp (interesting since the Nano wasn't supposed to go...). He quickly figured out I'm not replacing all of that, he should have been more careful. I put the camera and nano in a container of rice, but since I can see the water sloshing around in the camera, I don't have a lot of hope.

We also squeezed in school supply shopping since it was a tax-free weekend in MA, and I knew he needed a ton of stuff.

I promise to try to post some replies tomorrow. This thread is getting away from me!

As you saw, I figured out how to post photos on Facebook. I got those from my phone, now I just have to figure out how to post them on the DIS...I'm coming along, though!

I'm sending a big to everyone -- and hoping BronxBaby will resettle, Lindsay makes it to NYC on the 26th, Mike gets fabulous news tomorrow, Kathy has a great night, Lisa enjoys her new PR, Lisah is feeling strong and rested after her long run, and Taryn is having a great start to the school year!

Maria

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Rose I totally forgot to reply to you in the last post. What the heck was I thinking....my kids probably were distracting me.

I dont think you have to force your itinerary on us at all. I secretly was very excited to read it. Sounds like a great plan and lots of fun involved. That trip will be here before you know it.

I love the plan for Toms bday. You two are such awesome parents....and I agree when your an only child you get spoiled. I was just talking to my mom about our shore trip for next summer and about how much I am willing to spend on the condo. I told her to keep our portion within 1000$ and she said well if you dont want to pay for it, dad and I will. ummm spoiled...no way. Of course I said no way...we will have the money and we will pay for it. She will spoil the kids enough while we are down there.

Ok now I feel better that I didnt miss you, Rose!

Maria- Sounds like a busy weekend and Im so sorry to hear about bens electronics uggh that is frustrating. I will try to get over to the boards to get a taste of your coaching. I just have not gotten into the conversations lately.

Nancy- Ok I am an early bird so definitely not a problem to get to you early. What time should I try to get to your house by? 9-915? The plan for the day sounds good. I would love to see the beach in person to. oh and to say we swam in the east river will be something to check off the bucket list. My kids would love the FDNY stuff. My friends husband, brother, and father are all city fireman here. We have visited the station a few times and the kids love sitting in the trucks. I am so excited I cant wait. I am not worried about the paperwork for ryans school I am pretty sure they will let me stop in another day since he already was going there last year.

Well I got a ton of laundry done today and made a decent home cooked meal. It is still raining outside. They want rain and thunderstorms tomorrow all day. I am thinking football may get cancelled but I am not getting my hopes up. They play in almost anything.

I just want this week to go quickly because I am in desperate need of a weeks vacation. I have so much going on at work this week that it should at least make it go fast.

Ta Ta for now!!!!

 

[mikamah]

Evening princesses!!

The weekend is winding down. We had a nice weekend, pretty low key. Did some errands, some yard and housework, and some relaxing. Oh, a little exercise thrown in too. A little too much eating also. Only 5 more work days!! I am on the fence about taking friday off too if I can. Since I will have 19 days off total, it would be wise to bank the pto, but on the other hand, I'm scheduled for an extra 4 hours this week already, so I'd only use 4 pto hours. But it would be nice to have a day to myself with michael at camp. Though I will be able to get my run/walks in alone in Maine, and with his cousins there, especially Taylor who's the same age, I am sure I'll have plenty of relaxing time. Decisions, decisions.

Rose- I love, love, love to hear about your disney plans. And your future trips too, especially Tom's birthday. Only's do get spoiled, but they deserve it, for all the joy they bring us. I think it's a wonderful investment in their memories. Your intinerary came just in time for me. I was pricing out a trip for december, over michael's birthday which happens to fall in free dining, so for 5 nights, value upgrade to regular dining, and flights, I could get there for $1500. That includes food. I so want to do it, but I can't. Not yet. Yet I still find myself pricing things out. It is an illness.
Those storms sounded so scary. Glad your house seems to be ok, and hope the roof is ok too.

Nancy- I hope John comes to his senses and comes up to bed with you. Men and their toys. Sheesh. Do you mind being home without him, or is it a nice break? A friend of mine loves when her dh goes away, it just makes the house a little less stressful and more relaxed. Chopsuey sandwiches are just a white roll filled with chopsuey and the sauce makes the roll all mushy and you eat it out of the paper wrap with a fork. I don't know why they taste so good. We haven't done much in salem, really. We did the House of Seven Gables tour with the cub scouts and they all really loved it. I was expecting them to be bored, and trying to make a jungle gym out of this 400 year old house, but they were really good. Michael's been a bit of a scaredy cat so we haven't done any of the witch stuff. Before I had him we always took my nephew to the haunted houses they had in October, and they were scary. We took him when he was probably 5 or 6, and michael wouldn't go near the places at 9. Funny when it's your own kid it's so different. He'll walk around but hasn't wanted to go in a haunted house yet.

Lisah-You are the half training queen now. 5 weeks and you're right on track. I'm so proud of you. I hope to join you in some serious training after this week. Hope you had a nice, relaxing weekend.

Maria- great job coaching this week. So did you bring him home saturday, and back up today? That's a lot of driving. I would be so upset about the electronics too. I bought my self the shock proof water proof canon camera a couple years ago, and will let michael use it when he needs it. I feel like there at least a little protection. Oh yeah, I discovered Toddlers and TIaras on netflix lastnight while the boys were playing wii. I can see where it could become addictive. Some of those people are crazy. It was the first one with the nutty father of a 2 or 3 year old who didn't win, and he was acting like it was her fault. Crazy.

Lindsay- We're expecting rain too, and I was wondering about football being cancelled, but from what I've heard it will only be cancelled if it's lightning out. So we shall see. Evaluations are hard. I was charge nurse in ICU for a while, and that was my least favorite part of the job. I had a woman who was older, and lazy, and hers was so hard to do, but she knew it, and she was so good about it, but I hated doing hers. Do you have all of next week off too? Hope so, and I hope you will be able to get up to visit Nancy. With summer vacations I can't imagine they wouldn't be able to accommodate you or anyone else who may have plans. though you just reminded me I need to fill out the after school care paperwork for the fall.

Liesel- Congrats on your 5k this weekend. Hope the official time confirmed your new PR!!

Taryn-Hope you're first full week of school went well.

I'm off to bed now. Michael's back to the rec dept camp this week at a local school. Lots of sports activities, and with the rain, they'll probably watch a movie. The field trip this week is to COCo key indoor water park, so he'll love that.

Sweet dreams everyone.

 

[Rose&Mike]

I should be getting ready for work, but I so don't want to get up and get going. All I have to look forward to at work is 4700 more records that need merged. And that's just one of our databases. No, I'm not counting down or anything. It's probably going to take me all fall to do this. Uggh. If I didn't have such a vacation addiction, I would quit, but my salary (as pitiful as it is) pays for the trips.......

Kathy--I say take Friday off. Are you seriously thinking about a trip in December? Michael sounds like he has had a great summer!

Lindsay--You and Nancy are going to have so much fun! That's so great that you will do car trips with your boys. Tom traveled so well--my sisters kids, not so much. A beach trip sounds fabulous. That's part of the reason we want to be done with here--we both miss the beach!

Maria--that stinks about the electronics! I hope the rice works miracles. Tom had a phone once that went through the washer and the dryer. We had to replace the battery and the screen didn't look too good, but it worked and we were not in any hurry to replace it. Mike on the other hand is always misplacing his phone--he usually finds it, but not always. In the past month, he has left it at work twice and just yesterday left it at the dog boarding place and had to go back and get it!

Nancy--hope you had a nice night, and I hope this week is smooth sailing for you. I have mixed feelings when Mike is gone. I used to hate it. But now I don't mind a couple of days, especially if he's in the country. I get a little more stressed when he's out of the country. I hope that baby is cooperating today!

Lisa--congrats on the 5k!

Lisah--I hope you had a great weekend!

The first day of school is cancelled today because of the storm on Saturday. It was just crazy! I'm assuming my work has power. I am going to strength class today for the first time all summer. It could be ugly.

We were planning out our dvc points and realized that dvc made a mistake with our last registration and did not leave enough points in our current use year for our waitlist for October--even after I heard Mike ask about it. I guess we should have double checked online. Uggh! I don't know why the waitlist was even allowed to stay in place. Mike is going to call today and attempt to get it straightened out. Still not sure what we are going to do next year. I looked at paying cash for a room for princess and holy cannoli it is expensive at that time!

Ok, no more procrastinating. Time to get moving!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

good morning all! i didn't sleep hardly at all last night. i think it was the cupcake i had for dinner instead of a real meal. too much sugar maybe. i don't know. but when i did sleep i had horrible nightmares. wah. oh well. whine whine whine! john left this morning a little before 5am.

the weather is still nasty out - thomas is actually still snoozing but i can see him moving around on the monitor so he'll be up soon. i would have stayed in bed until he was up but i wanted to come on and say hi (although my brain is fuzzy and i probably shouldn't be typing! haha) and i had to take the dumb dog out. our dogwalker is away on vacation this week so i have to take the dog out every single time until thursday night!

kathy - i'm actually a pretty big scaredy cat too. i never used to go into those haunted mansions either! i like the disney one but that's about it! i can't do scary movies either. like, at all. only 5 more work days til you're on vacation!?! you know, i don't mind at all when DH goes away. i mean, having to do everything by myself is more difficult than when he's around in the evenings and can give him a tub while i clean up the kitchen or whatever. but no biggie. i'm an only child. i'm used to alone time. it doesn't bother me. i have a friend who acts like someone has died everytime her husband goes away. that's no way to live!

lindsay - oh good another bird! we are up so early around here! 9 would be great! if it's too early don't push it though! it's still a day off and no need to stress more than you need to i just checked the tides. darn, high tide is at 9:45am. well, we can check out the beach before we go to the zoo. oh well. really looking forward to having you here! your kids will find out how small houses are here! lol! oh, and how messy

maria - how did that nano get in there? the boogie man must have put it in his bag, right?? major bummer all the stuff got trashed. ooo school supplies. i miss school supplies. i couldn't wait to get all my new stuff. even in college i was always the first person at the bookstore waiting to buy pens! lol. too bad it always seemed to wear off by week 2.

out of time! little dude is up and saying, "mama! poo poo!" yay me! wow, he hasn't slept this late in months!

 

[mikamah]

Good morning princesses!

Rose- I hope everything works out with the dvc points. That weekend in feb is the end of presidents week vacation and it's so much more money. I am thinking of december because it's michael's 10th b-day, he turned 5 on his first trip, the price is the best you can get, monday is a teacher workshop day so no school and wed is a half day, so he'd only miss 2.5 days for a 6 day vacation. It's just the whole money issue/being responsible/braces in the future/work uncertainties things that are throwing me off. I'd love to do it, but need to really wait and see what the fall brings at work.

Nancy- that's so funny, Michael loves haunted mansion too, but no other haunted houses. We have Canobie lake near us who has an old haunted mine ride and he still won't go on it. It's like the pooh ride on the tracks, and really quick, but no go. Ah, I miss the poo poo days. NOT.

Have a fabulous day!!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Congratulations to Lisa on her 5K this week-end! You so totally

Nancy, it is going to be 105 and very humid this week in Phoenix -- it's monsoon season -- so maybe that will make you feel better about John being there. My Mom says that you sweat just sitting in your chair. I can always entertain myself when my guys aren't around, too.

I agree the DL half on Labor Day doesn't do it for me either. Not to mention the heat and smog. Plus school starts the week before. It's kind of hard to go off by yourself to DL on a holiday week-end immediately after the rush of school starting. I'll be happy to see you at a Tinker Bell race someday!

Sorry for the poo poo thing but at least you get informed now! I know it feels like this stage will last forever but it won't.

Rose, so sorry about the wait on the job thing. Who knows maybe some fabulous opportunity will come up while you are waiting and make you glad that this took so long?

I loved reading about your W&D plans. In fact, I enjoyed them so much I kind of missed what you wrote about the big storm -- sounds scary! Glad that everything was okay at your house.

DVC seems to be pretty good about straightening out problems but they may be in disarray today with Jim Lewis being fired and all.

Maria, considering the contraband that went into packing last time you can see how you would cramp Ben's style! Hope things dry out!

Lindsay, and Kathy, I am envying you, too, with your vacations coming up! Can't wait to hear all about them -- especially the Bronx meet!

I've been kind of quiet lately. I'm reading but just a bit blah and not posting much. We have company coming at the end of the week so lots to do to get ready. We still have school supply shopping to do, too.

My long run ended up being only 7 miles this week-end. For some reason our trainer thought it would be okay to run a couple of miles on the triathalon bike course -- umm, NO! So I cut my run short. So far my training group is good to make sure I get my butt out there but not much else. Oh well, they say showing up is half the battle or something like that, right?

Have a great day all!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I should be heading to bed but I really miss posting with my peeps -- this coaching thing is taking away from my girlfriend time!

Lisah -- You are so right, heaven only knows what he's got packed in there this time. Did I mention that when we picked him up we found out his camp name for the week was JT (Justin Timberlake)? And we literally walked away to give him a few minutes with the gaggle of 12 yr. old girls who rolled up to hug him goodbye. This was a church camp! I understand how you are feeling a little quiet right now. It's hard to keep up with so much at the end of the summer. Sorry about the shortened long run, I totally get it. Biking and running are not a good combo

Kathy -- I think I know the episode you meant -- and if that Dad wasn't gay I will eat my hat. That was not the behavior of a heterosexual male. Stereotypes aside, I'm just not buying it. I think T&T is done for the season, which is probably a good thing. It's been a nice summer release, but it will be good to get back to scripted tv. I am seriously missing my dramedies and the cute men of Grey's

Nancy -- Okay, I wanted to call you knocked up dwarf (I knew you would laugh), but I figured I might offend some of the other BL participants. And look how verbal the little guy is getting! He'll be able to alert you to all sorts of fun situations with Bronxbaby -- hopefully he won't cause too many of them Hope you're doing ok without dh. I'm fine without him, but I certainly do miss him, particularly when his spawn acts like my spawn. Dennis has it correct when he says we are the same person so we egg each other on

Rose -- How was strength class? Did you find any motivation at work? I agree, with the task you have I would be looking under rocks to find any enthusiasm And I agree about rooms for Princess. I haven't booked mine yet but I should get to it tomorrow. I've decided to book a Value, and if I meet my goal and lose 20 lbs I get a new Vera bag instead of the upgrade, 'cause I would feel too guilty and I need that money for our family vacation later in the year. And I really enjoy hearing your Disney plans, feel free to keep posting, it gives me something to smile about!

Lindsay -- I'm also jealous of the fantastic fun day you and Nancy have planned! It sounds so wonderful, I know you will love it!

to Lisa and Taryn!

I did not get up and run today. My neck is so sore, and I took Aleve and then ibufren and applied biofreeze. I'm really hoping to wake up tomorrow and have it feel better. I'd like to run before I head over to the People's Republic of Cambridge (so called because it's like visiting another country) I have to go to their bldg. dept. to get a copy of a jacket (the record of all permits for a property) for a bldg. we are interested in at work. Then I'm going to head in to the office and catch up coaching, and then I'll get to go home a bit early because Dennis needs to bring me home before his board meeting. I'll have the house all to myself, and Netflix has promised to deliver "Young Victoria", so it should be a lovely evening with the Queen of England

Everyone have an awesome evening!

Maria

 

[mikamah]

A quick hello this morning. Heading to work early, which means out earlier too, so I don't mind.

Talked to my sil Beth last night and we made shopping list for maine next week. I was proud of us we talked all about the food before the alcohol. I went through my pantry and with the rain over the fourth of july, I have plenty of liquor and pina colada fixin's to bring, so I'm all set. Gotta have plenty of options. She also checked the drivein and smurfs and zookeeper are playing. We've seen them, but we'll see them again for the drivein experience.

Have a great day, princesses! I'll catch up with you all later.

 

[Rose&Mike]

I have to go back and read what everyone wrote yesterday--it was a busy day! I actually slept until 7:30 this morning, which was fabulous!

I did work yesterday (yuck) then went to strength--which went great! I REALLY wanted to skip it and go home and eat gf brownies and ic, but I thought of you all and went straight from work. I did 1.5 on the elliptical and then the 50 min class. Afterwards we made a quick g-f pizza and then went to the baseball game. It was a gorgeous night. I still ate kind of cruddy last night, but I am so glad to be getting back into an exercise schedule.

School is still cancelled here! Just crazy!

And the most important news--the guy wants to talk to Mike again cause he was happy with the specs he sent!

We are running tonight, but I should have time after work to jump on and catch up. Have a great day!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Hi everyone. Having a bit of a stressful couple of days. Got huge virus on my computer so using iPad now. Please forgive the typos! My friend came up last night. She is the queen of drama. Her divorce was finalized yesterday and she and her new bf (who we went to hs with) broke up. She makes me stress out so much. I can't take all the drama. She actually smells a little too. She has been living out of suitcase. I offered to donher laundry but she said no. She slept over but didn't go to sleep til after 3am. Tried to tell her that she needed to stop wandering bc the dog kept barkIng. Ugh.

This morning she just wouldn't leave! But then I started cramping. Like a lot.doc had me come in and checked me. Cervix is closed and he did some preterm labor test that I won't get back til tonight. If positive have to go to hospital. So it's good she's here bc he wants me to lay down. But she is just making me nervous. She is really touchy feely too and it sleeves me out!!

Sorry this is written like an insane person but typing on this thing is ridiculous and I'm just blah, stressed. I want to tell her to go home but if I have to go to hospital than I need her to watch Thomas.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Oh Nancy -- It's going to be ok. You just relax and ignore your friend. I know that sounds weird, but let her watch Thomas and you take care of you! Tell her your skin feels weird/extra sensitive when your pregnant (mine did), and it would really help if she didn't touch you or get too close, you just need to be by yourself...and if she could just watch the baby while you lay down, that would be a godsend.

Who is going to argue with that?

You have a lot of stress right now, and you need to be one with the yoga mind Find something absolutely mindless and watch tv. At 2, you can catch OLTL and marvel at the cuteness of two Todds Watch GH at 3, and see the amazing Jason Morgan recover from yet another serious head injury. See, good times, good times.

Let the stress drain away. Picture it leaving your body. Mentally take yourself back to that beach in Hawaii and just Be.

Maria

 

[lisah0711]

Aww, Nancy, . Maria's advice is spot on. All you need to do now is to relax and take it easy and get those stress levels down. Do some deep breathing, listen to some music, watch tv or a DVD. Maria, is right tell your friend the best thing she can do for you is take care of Thomas and let you rest privately.

Maybe try an iPad application. I downloaded one this week-end I read about in Martha Stewart called iPause. It was $1.99 but has soothing music and a little dot that you follow through a labrinth. I also got a guided mediatation app that was free. It can't hurt.

I'm glad the doctor checked you out and will keep my fingers crossed for good results for you. Hopefully it is just your body warning you to take it easy.

Client just arrived so have to close. Take care!

 

[Rose&Mike]

I still have to go back and catch up, but just wanted to tell Nancy that I am sending good thoughts your way. And no beating yourself up over anything! Just take the best care of yourself right now and hang in there. I'm thinking about you!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Kathy--I hope you can work out a way to book your trip. Being responsible stinks, doesn't it! I love visiting in December--I love the Christmas lights! You had me smiling with the comments about getting ready for your trip and planning the food first. I hope you all have fabulous weather!

Lisah--I hear you on the feeling blah thing. I am hoping I am finally over the blahs and that you are feeling better soon! We have thought about joining a running group, but never have. Mike was in one a few years ago, but ended up mostly running with a guy he knows from work. I still feel very self conscious and like a runner poser. I know that is kind of silly, but I still feel that way.

Maria--thank you so much for coaching this week. It is really hopping over there! I smiled about the comments about Ben and the girls. Every time we picked up Tom from camp we had to drag him out! As expensive as those rooms are, we might do a value, too. I don't even want to use the dvc points! I hope your neck is feeling better and the visit to the Peoples Republic of Cambridge went well!

*****
So today was a good day. I merged more records. Uggh. I keep thinking--I went to college for this????????? But I have tomorrow off, so it was a good day anyhow!

Mike was supposed to be talking to someone from Florida this afternoon. Hopefully it went well.

And a little g-f vent. So I have been eating cheddar cheese quakes mini rice cakes, thinking they were g-f. But I decided to google it today, and nope they won't guarantee it. They aren't testing and there may be cross contamination. Oh well, my stomach has been a little funky, and I think it's cause I haven't been as careful. And I have had some brain fog. It's so easy to get complacent, and assume foods are safe. Snacks are the hardest!

Ok, hope everyone has a great evening! TTYL

 

[mikamah]

Nancy- I hope you're doing ok, and you were able to get some rest and down time and have your friend help with Thomas. Sending good thoughts your way that everything is ok with the blood work. Hang in there.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Nancy--how are you? I hope you are doing ok.

Uggh, I am so glutened. At first I thought I was imagining it but I have a big fat swollen stomach. Now if you bought a rice snack cake and carefully read the ingredients would you assume you could eat it if it didn't have bad ingredients? I went to the quaker web site and it said they would not label any of their products gluten free, blah, blah, blah. And one of the ice creams I have been eating may contain gluten too. Oh well, it's a learning experience. The only really bad thing is I have had some of my yucky tummy problems after running--not the nausea, though, so that's good. My doctor is going to want more tests, but I'm sure it's the food. Uggh! The good news--turkey hill chocolate peanut butter cup--gluten free. Thank goodness! Turkey Hill has a good website!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

not much time tonight but really quick wanted to say:

Nancy- I hope everything is ok. That darn girl must have you in such a tizzy. Try to relax and stay calm.

Rose- I hope Mike had a good conversation today with the peeps in FL.

Lisa- Hope the training is coming along well.

Maria- sorry to hear about the neck pain. I hope its getting better.

Kathy- good job for making food and not the alcohol the priority. It must of been a good day.

Football was good the past 2 nights. They have a scrimmage with another team on thursday. The coaches seem pretty good on Ryans team but not so much on the older team so I am glad we started him on where he is. Ryan apparently will be mostly playing center on offense (the big guy who snaps the ball to the Qback) I guess thats where they need the "beast" Tonight the one kid the was lined up against him started screaming and ran the opposite way down the field as ryan chased him. It was quite comical. Even the other kids parents were laughing.

I ran tonight during the last hour of practice. It isnt the greatest spot for running. Not many sidewalks and lots of busy traffic. But I made do and I feel better for getting started again. I am in a marathon relay on 9/11 and I am doing the 5.5 mile leg. So I need to get my butt movin.

Tomorrow is eval day. Lucky me. I spent 2 hours going back and forth figuring out how much of a raise to give everyone. Its hard to put the personal stuff out of my mind. Luck the one lady who always complains about not having money for groceries vs. the young one who lives at home with her parents and blows money like its going out of style. Anyway I am sure I wont get on here until late tomorrow.

Nancy- I hope your doing ok!!!!!!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Thanks for checking in everyone. Love you!

I'm fine. Test for preterm labor was negative. I just need to relax. I am feeling a million times better now. My crazy friend is still here. She did help me out so I can't complain too much. I went into my room about an hour ago to read and go to sleep. Went out to pee and I swear it smells like booze maybe she helped herself to the vodka in my freezer? Love her but she drives me insane. She took Thomas to the park so I could lay down and told the whole neighborhood that I'm not doing well!! Bah!

Well anyway, tomorrow I have a mommy and me meeting so she will have to go home. Lol!

Thanks for the kind thoughts. I'm so relieved all is fine. I knew it. I just got scared the the cramping was coming in waves this morning. Let's wait another 15 weeks for that!!

Xioxoxo

Will post more tomorrow!!