Bring on the tissues!

I seem to have a bit of a cold.  My nose is stuffy and runny at the same time and I keep sneezing. Hopefully it won't get any worse than this.

This afternoon, I have to make tacos for my oldest daughter's color guard team and then pick my younger daughter up early from volleyball practice to take her to the high school to warm up with her middle school band who will also be performing during half-time at the football game tonight.

Before that, I need to work out and go to at least three different stores.  I need a few things from the grocery store, I have to pick up special make up for my oldest daughter (for color guard), and it would be awesome if I could find a pair of jeans that fit me!

Busy day for me! :)

Not my best of days

My son missed his first day of school for the year today.  He has had redness around his eyelid for a couple of days and has been complaining that it hurts.  This morning it was looking puffy too.  So I took him to the little clinic inside of a Kroger because the doctor has, in the past, not been available to see us on the same day and I wanted it checked out today.  Well, after going down there, waiting, being seen, the nurse practitioner there said it is not pink eye, and it looks more like an injury or infection and she would suggest seeing his pediatrician...

Okay, so, I called the doctor's office, and (as I figured) he had no available appointments today, but they could get him in to see their nurse practitioner.  So, I took that appointment because I didn't want to have to keep him out of school for another day if I didn't need to.  She mentioned thinking it is a chalazion, which is similar to a stye.  From what I have read since, chalazia don't generally hurt, but I guess we will see if this treatment works.  At least it's not contagious, and he can return to school tomorrow.

Before we left Kroger, I went through the self check out and got $20 cash back.  My daughter has a game tomorrow evening (every Monday and Wednesday, actually) and I knew I would need some cash to get in.  I figured I'd get that out of the way.  Well, somehow between the time I selected to get cash back and actually getting the cash, my son distracted me and I walked off without it.  In fact, it wasn't until about two hours ago that it even clicked in my head that I had forgotten it.  I called the store and, of course, no one turned it in.  So, I'm just outta luck.  And $20.  :(

Then, just now, I went out into the garage to get something from my car and killed my knee on a bike pedal.  Sigh.  I'm ready to just go to bed and call it a day.  Hoping my daughter's team can win tomorrow.  They came sooo close at last night's game!!

I survived

I made it through another weekend at work.  Saturday afternoon, around 3 pm, the nurse that was scheduled to come in at 7 pm called and said she couldn't make it in until 11 pm.  Well, after calling around and finding no one else willing to come in for four hours, I told her I would stay until 11 pm if she would work until 11 am today.  She agreed, so I worked from 6:40 am to 11:10 pm on Saturday.  It was a long day, but at least it wasn't crazy.  It was actually nice not to have to get up crazy early again this morning.  Fortunately, the nurse that came on tonight got there on time and I was able to leave right at 7.  Today would have actually been pretty awesome if I hadn't had to do an admission, but oh well.

Next weekend, I'll be off work and spending time with lots of family that will be in from Missouri and Virginia. Looking forward to seeing an aunt and cousin I haven't seen in a couple of years. :)

Gah!

Well, I made it to the gym this morning.  I didn't stay quite as long as I wanted.  I just ran out of steam and was hungry.  So, I left and grabbed a protein bar. Now I'm home and gonna go out and ride my bike for about a half hour, shower, then get some grocery shopping done before my little man gets home from school.  Tomorrow starts my weekend-o-torture.  :(  Gah!!!

Love it!

On Sunday, I did a little shopping and used some coupons I had for Victoria's Secret.  At checkout, they gave out samples of lotion from their new "love my body" line.  I have to say...I freaking LOVE this lotion!  Not only does it smell really good (I have the scent from the link: jasmine and water lily), it makes my skin feel really soft.  I will totally be buying some of this next time I go to the mall!  Good stuff.

Back to it

So, after a long weekend of crappy eating, I'm back to trying to be healthier.  I didn't go to the gym yesterday, but I did go on a 5+ mile walk.  Part of which was in the rain, but I didn't mind.  Today, however, after spending the morning being lazy and watching reruns of Gilmore Girls and Still Standing (both great shows, btw), I forced myself to go work out at the gym.  As usual, I feel better after getting in a good workout.  Now I need to get a shower and get ready to go watch my girly play volleyball at 5:00!  :)

Chocolate and the zoo!

Bad weekend for my diet.  My girls and I made buckeyes on Saturday and with the leftover chocolate, I covered pretzels and raw almonds.  I've been pigging out on those all weekend and not counting calories. :o  But, tomorrow, I'm back at it!

Today, my little man and I went to the zoo. He generally does not like to have his picture taken, but today, he wanted me to take his picture with everything!  Here are a few:







Love that kid!