4 days

1-31-13

4 days of no yelling!

It is no wonder people go to the gym. When you are working out next to someone else, you find yourself working harder just so you don’t look like a slacker. I found this out yesterday when someone else was in the gym on the stair climber next to my trusty treadmill. She and I were both in our own little worlds; she listened to Spanish music while I got involved in my show Being Human. I found myself upping the speed at which I was walking just because I saw how intense she was rockin it. She was kicking ass! She is a skinny broad with like 4 kids. Clearly the reason she is in such good shape is due to these intensive workouts she was doing. I didn’t want to look like I wasn’t trying just as hard. I am almost hopeful that she is in there again today.

I tried coloring yesterday during the homework hour, but got bored. I think a lot of this had to do with the quality of the pencils I was using. They kept breaking and they were small to begin with so with each sharpening they were getting too tiny to maneuver. I opted instead to pull out a photo album that was partially put together. It was a wedding album that had things like napkins from the big day to copies of the invites. I actually used the little stickers and placed the items on the card stock included so that each page looked nice. I put together about 6 pages with the items I had there. It only took me 13 years to get to work on it. LOL!

We are in the process of teaching the boys to shower by themselves. For the most part, they do the bulk of it now. They know all of the steps, but making sure they do them all correctly is what needs to be done now. It will be nice to be able to just tell the boys to go take a shower without having to stop doing what I am working on.

I finished my book called Dark Places. Holy crap, so very good. It was written by the same author of Gone Girl and Sharp Objects. Both of those were quite good, but this one is my favorite of the three by far. Very satisfying ending with lots of amazing twists that all come together well. She is a very good writer and I am looking forward to more of her work. I don’t tend to like thrillers, but these had a nice drama element with good character development that I enjoyed.

The boys actually made me change back into the dress I wore to work yesterday because they wanted to see how it looked. I walked into the playroom where both of them gasped and Dax said in a hushed voice, “Wow, so pretty!” It is times like that where I actually feel good about myself.

I am looking at cars again. I really need to get rid of my PT. The gas mileage blows. I found an HHR through Hertz Car Sales which was pretty cool. Of course, it requires having money. LOL!