Day 49: Awesome weekend.

Monday, October 16th

I could not have asked for a better weekend! I love when we go south for the weekend because we get to see our friends and family, but it is SO nice to just stay home every once and a while. On Saturday morning we woke up and Clint went to donate plasma for the first time. Despite my telling him it isn't that big of a deal, he wasn't looking forward to it. Turns out, everything that could go wrong, did go wrong with him and he was gone for 4 hours, when it only should've taken 2. Poor guy. I don't think he'll be wanting to donate again. Oh well, at least he gave it a shot.

After lunch, we all headed to the pumpkin patch. It was great! I don't remember the last time I went to a pumpkin patch, and it was so much fun to see the little kids enjoying themselves, smell the apple cider brewing, and feeling the fall air. Colby had a blast, which made it even more enjoyable. We ran into a guy from Clint's work and his family, as well as our doctor and his family. It kinda made me feel like we actually know people up here!

After the pumpkin patch, we went home and I made my extremely tasty chicken noodle soup. (The secret ingredient is ginger. Shhh!) Actually it isn't my recipe, since I found it online, but I'm taking credit for it anyway, so there. We capped off our wonderful day with hot soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. The perfect fall meal.

Clint and I finished The DaVinci Code on Saturday night, and we were pleased. It was really good, and it didn't leave us hanging at all! I went out and bought Angels and Demons on Sunday, and we read a little bit of that last night.

Yesterday was one of those good 'ol lazy Sundays. I made eggs, sausage, and hash browns for breakfast, and we spent most of the day doing laundry and dishes, and watching football (of course). The Seahawks game was the highlight of the day, although things started looking bleak in the 1st half. But, the Seahawks owe their turnaround to the fact that at halftime Clint put on his lucky brown sweatshirt. After that, they started doing awesome! I think they should make his sweatshirt an honerary lucky charm. :o)

Today is pretty laid back. I have a couple of errands to run, and I'm going to try to donate some plasma too. I don't remember if I wrote about this before, but I'm not going to be taking Colby to the daycare anymore, which means I have to wait until Clint gets home from work before I can go. I thought the lady watching Colby in the daycare was nice, but I don't think she can pay close enough attention because there can be up to 6 kids in the room at a time and she keeps the door open. So, to ease my worry, I just won't take Colby in with me.

Excuse me for a second while I get mushy.

My life is so wonderful right now. I know that there will be times in the future where things are rough or sad and I hope that during those times I can remember how happy I am right now. I hope I can always come back around to being this happy. I have a wonderful husband who is compassionate, loving, and unselfish. I have a beautiful son who is so happy, curious, and funny I often find myself just staring at him in awe that Clint and I created him (with a little help from The Man Upstairs, of course). How much better could it get?

I think the only part of my life that I'm not happy with right now is the whole friends situation. I have so many people down south that are my friends, who I love hanging out with and talking to. But because I'm not living near them, I can't be as good of friends as I'd like to be. I can't just call any of them up and say, "Hey, I'm bored, wanna take the kids and go for a walk?" or "Hey, I have some money burning a whole in my pocket, wanna go to the mall?" I have to schedule in advance what I want to do with them, because I'm only in town for a couple of days. Boo. At least I have friends that I can make plans with though, right?! That is definitely a good thing.

I think I would go crazy, and would drive Clint crazy if he was the only person I ever hung out with. A girl needs some other girls in her life. Sure, Clint will talk to me about girly things, but he doesn't quite grasp the concept of what I mean when I say, "Man, I have some killer cramps right now, and I think I gained 10 lbs overnight." Not that I expect him to, he's a guy after all.

Anyway, all that aside, I am very happy. It's fall, the leaves are changing, and the weather is getting cooler. I get to break out my cute warm clothes that I didn't get to wear last year because I was too fat after having Colby. I am going to get back on track exercising because I have really slacked off. I refuse to buy pants a size bigger than what I'm wearing now!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Day 48: Feeling Fat.

Friday, October 13th
(Muahahahaha)

Okay, before I get on with my blabbering, I have to ask myself a question. Why the heck am I still numbering my entries? I started numbering because it was Day 1 of my workout and eating healthy. Now, it's just Day 48 of random crap. I toyed with using Entry 48, Log 48, Journal 48, but nothing quite has the ring that "Day" does, so I'm going to stick with it.

So back to the topic at hand. I feel like a COW today! Of course, that could have something to do with the fact that my parents took us out to dinner where I ate mozzarella sticks, jalapeno poppers, steak, chips, and a nummy chocolate cake with ice cream. Yeah, that'll do it. I'm going to try my darndest to get on the eliptical machine tonight. Maybe I'll do that before Colby goes to bed and give Clint and Colby some play time together.

This morning was so cool. Colby woke up at 6 crying, and I was in no shape to be awake yet, so I brought him to bed with us. It took him a little while to settle in, but he was soon fast asleep between Clint and I. Turns out my child is a bed hog, but it was so sweet to have my little family all sleeping together.

Anyway, I'm sure I was going to write about more but I got side-tracked and don't remember what I was going to say. Oh well, I'm sure I'll remember eventually. I just slammed my finger in a door, so I'm going to stop typing as the throbbing is starting to really hurt. (I'm a total clutz, in case you don't already know that.)

Have a good weekend!

Day 47: Playing catch-up.

Wednesday, October 11th

Woops, guess I have kinda slacked on writing, huh? My bad. I have been busy, I guess! It's amazing how little time I have for myself now that Colby is running around everywhere, and slowly but surely cutting back to one short nap a day. Noooooooo!

Another reason I haven't made time for journaling is because I have gotten back into reading for pleasure. It's amazing how college will suck the joy of reading out of you. It has taken me 2 years, but I'm back! My goal is to read 10 books before the end of the year. So far I have finished Milkrun by Sarah Mlynowski (very funny) and Clint and I are currently in the middle of The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown. We're going to read Angels and Demons next, but I need suggestions as to what book I should read on my own. Anyone have any good ideas?

Today has been pretty fun! After Colby's nap, we had some lunch and headed off the the University. Because I'm cheap and don't want to pay by the hour for parking, we took the shuttle. This was his first bus ride, and he thought it was so much fun. He stood on the seat (I kept a hand on him, don't worry) and looked out the window. He waved at passing cars and would occasionally say "Oooooh!" At the school we met up with Aunt Katie between her classes. Then, he got to run around everywhere. We got so many looks! (Good ones.) I suppose college kids don't share the courtyard with a one year old very frequently! Running around everywhere totally wore him out, so he's down for another nap right now. (Yesssss!)

So, here's another one of my crazy ideas. Maybe I could write a book. I don't have any background in how to do this, but it can't be that hard. Or maybe it is. Whatever. Anyway, I have journals from kindergarten with stories of things that have happened to me. Kindergarten! That's like 19 years of stories. Maybe I could write a coming of age story. Hmmm... It's a thought. The question is, who would want to read it? I mean, me of course, but that won't make much of a profit. My mom probably would too, because she's my mom and she's supposed to. And Grandma. Sweet! I already sold 3 copies of my yet-to-be-written book! Go me.

The last time I wrote, I mentioned that I was going to donate plasma. Turns out, it is the coolest thing ever. I go in, bring Colby to the daycare where he gets lots of attention and gets to play with TONS of toys. Then, they do some routine check of my blood and what-not, and send me back for an hour to get the plasma drawn. During this time, I get to sit and read. They pay me to sit and read, while my child is being watched by the nicest lady in the daycare. For free! Then, they hand over the cash. I make $15 the first time in a week, and $30 the second time. AND starting on October 16th, they're going to give $20 for the first donation instead of $15. That's $50 a week which adds up to $200 a month! I love getting paid to do nothing. I mean, I love getting paid to help people. Really, that is a cool thing about it.

Okay, the little monster has awoken. Gotta break out the graham crackers for our afternoon snack. Hope everyone is doing well!