Thursday, June 26, 2008

Boredom, and randomness

Well this week has gone by pretty fast, considering how slow some other weeks have gone. We haven't been real busy around here so I am very surprised at how fast the week has gone. I really can't wait for time to fly around here. Daryl and I are just dying to get out of this town. We really do nothing all day except go for our run and play at the park and just run errands if needed. We get bored easily and since our summer plans have all been shot we are left with our boredom. We had plans to go to the zoo, to Illinois; to just get out of dodge, well that isn't happening due to many factors. One Daryl's finger, second gas is outrageous and with buying a home we are not fat cashed at this point in our life, third we are not making as much as we would if Daryl were working, and fourth the simple things have become difficult to do like to go swimming, mountain biking those are some of our favorite summer time activities and we are not able to do thanks to one little finger that won't seem to heal fast enough. So our days are full of nothing unless it involves something with our home that needs to get done. So what can I say I am a little bitter about this summer but at the end of it all Daryl and I have been able to spend a ton of time together, one on one and as a family. I am so glad that we get this time but at the same time why does it have to be due to certain events that have taken place. You know the only reason we were staying in Laramie this summer was because Daryl had a job lined up and that he enjoyed and we would be making lots of money while our cost of living was still cheap. We actually had a reason to stay in Laramie. Now we are here with no real reason other than Daryl's finger. We both wish we could just leave since we both feel we really have nothing holding us here.
But on the other hand I have had a lot of time to exercise and try and get my butt in shape. I have a personal trainer and I have met with him once on Wednesday and I must say I have not worked that hard since I ran track for UW. I almost threw up and I never throw up when working out except once during track. He made me work hard which I totally love except for almost puking. After a hard workout like that I just feel a great high and well it just feels good. I got this trainer for that reason, I workout but I don't push myself as hard as I use to before having a child. I need that extra push to get myself over this hump I am at so then I can continue working hard on my own. I only will have him for the month of July and then well I will be leaving and I am really hoping this is what it takes to get me to get in gear and fight the bulge. Tomorrow I meet with him again and I can't wait but I know it is going to kill while I am doing it. Plus he has me do stuff I would never do on my own. I just cardio and lift he puts in extras and well I am moving the whole time unless I am puking. But I figure this is what it takes to get where I want to be. It wasn't easy getting in shape before and well now it seems to be even harder. But I hope to see some results.
I do want to post a little about Paiglee since I have no pictures to share. She has been making some great strides with talking. She is using her words more and mimicking us a great deal more than she ever has. The other day we were playing with her play food and I would hold up a piece and say the name excitedly and she would say it the best she could after me. She attempted each one multiple times and my favorite one is banana she calls it a "nana-nana or nana" it is pretty darn cute. I can't think of all the new things she is saying off the top of my head. I did get her to say grandma a couple times when we went to Wal-Mart she saw Grandma and she repeated what I said. But she is still the energetic baby that we all know her to be and she still has the temper but we are working with it. I am trying to get the courage to begin taking her binky away but I am too scared so if anyone has any ideas as to how to begin this or do it please, please let me know she is way too attached.

2 comments:

Carrie said...

Try cutting the top of the binki off. Someone told me about this, and I tried it with Tegan, but It just made her so mad that I decided to go cold turkey with her, but I have heard that it has worked on some kids. They think it is broken, and just get rid of it. Or slowly take it away from her. Only start letting her have it for nap times/bed time, and then work into no giving it to her at all.

Kathryn said...

I agree, I am working on taking Cade's away and I take it off him in the mornings and he keeps it in his crib until nap time and then I take it off him again after his nap and it stays in the crib til bedtime. It is working good so far...