When I am at work, I often listen to my playlist at playlist.com while I am doing paperwork. It is the coolest site. It allows you to pull any music onto your own playlist, and play it off of the website. It is totally free! Anyway, I was attempting to get at my stack of paperwork today and I began my playlist. I always play it on shuffle (I love surprises!!!). The first song was "Here Comes the Sun", (Beatles), the second was "Beautiful Day" (U2), and the third was "Walkin' on Sunshine" (my personal, and all-time favorite song...really, my anthem). Hmmmm, nice to think about during this oh-so-lovely cold snap we are experiencing. At least we have next week to look forward to--highs in the 20's have never sounded so tropical!
I was fortunate enough to have another round of the stomach flu earlier this week. You know, I made it through the past two winters without getting nailed, and now, this winter...bam. Twice in 6 weeks. Thankfully, though, this bug was a somewhat vicious, but fast-moving, 24-hour bug, unlike the week of ups and downs I had in early December. When you have 3 kids, the misery of the stomach flu isn't isolated to the misery you alone experience. The worry about having 3 vomiting kids, most likely on 3 different days, lingers for quite some time. So far, though, everyone is still healthy. I am beginning to wonder if I didn't eat something that made me sick. I can hope...
The boys are settled into their school routine, and have adjusted pretty well to getting back into the swing of things. Cameron is still taking karate, and he recently received a yellow stripe for his white belt. He was absolutely beaming when he got it (did I already write about this?). Alex is in Boy Scouts, and is getting ready for the Pinewood Derby, an event where they make their own car out of a block of pine and race them. He has also joined choir at church, and is really excited about that. That boy has musical talent, he is spot-on with his rhythm, and he has a beautiful voice. I hope he enjoys choir, because I think he certainly has the knack for it.
Lilly has been escalating with tantrums as of late, and I am hoping she is testing her boundaries a bit and not feeling under the weather. There has been lots of screaming, "I don't want to's", and even some throwing! Very unlike her.
I am struggling with trying to motivate myself to exercise regularly. I had done pretty well over the past couple of years, but within the past 6 months or so, I have really let things slide. Not only could I lose some weight, but I feel so much better when i am exercising. I know once I get over the hump, I will be hooked on it and will look forward to my nightly exercise, but oooohhhhhh, is it hard to get there!
I am also participating, once again, in the UCP stationary bike race, a indoor bike event that raises money for the Central MN chapter of United Cerebral Palsy. I team up with a buddy of mine that I work with at SPOT, an almost-11 year old boy with CP. He and I have worked together since he was 15 months old, and he is such a great kid. He cheers me on during my 20 minutes of pedaling my tush off, and then, we go out for pizza--to completely offset any calories I would have burned during the race :-)
Well, I'm off to bed, it has been a long week, and I am still catching up from when I was sick. I should have taken one day off of work, but I didn't--I went home early on Monday, and was back Tuesday morning. I could have used another day to rest, but that's what the weekend is for, right?
Stay warm!!!
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