FO
"I stood up from my mat at the end of my workout …
… And then I died."
I couldn't even get through all 20 minutes in one sitting yesterday. I did 9 minutes of it, and then came back later in the day to finish up. Now, I'm nowhere near "in shape" but I'm not a complete couch potato. I can handle some light exercise just fine.
This is not light. It is so, so intense. Every muscle in my body ached yesterday, they ached all through the night, they ached all through the day. Every time I went up the stairs I would cry out, everytime I bent down I would moan.
And then I had to do it again today. Ahhhhhhhhhhh.
I actually got through all twenty minutes at once today, though, which amazed me. I was so sore when I started the workout, but by the end, I actually felt better! At one point I was like "I can't do this anymore, I'm going to die". I went to stop it and saw I had six minutes left, and I just decided to push through.
My muscles are starting to kill me again now. Sitting down just about kills me, my quads hurt so bad. Going to the bathroom is hell, I literally have to grab onto something and lower myself onto the toilet.
BUT- I can already see a difference. I am already slightly more toned and there's new definition in my arms and legs. This is after a total of 40 minutes of working out! I used to go to the gym, for an hour a day, every day for weeks before I'd see the results I'm already seeing. Then again, after leaving the gym, ONE muscle might be hurting...not every muscle I have. Muscles ache that I wasn't even aware I had.
It's fun, though! It's a really fun workout, it keeps you moving and there's a lot of variety. If I don't die in the next 30 Days, I think I'm really going to like the results of doing this every day.
So yeah, it IS all it's cracked up to be, if you've been on the fence about getting it, GO GET IT. Really, it's only 20 minutes, and it didn't seem very long at all today.
This time the doctor told me to get my ass to an ENT specialist because something is obviously wrong with me, and he said I need to consider getting my tonsils taken out (which I have been for like a year now).
This is my far the worst bout this year, too. The last few times it's been tolerable, I even worked right through it. A sore throat, but nothing else really. This time he thinks I have a virus AND strep. My joints hurt, my muscles ache, I hurt everywhere. I actually just felt like I had a mild virus until last night when I suddenly started shaking and moaning and burning up, so I decided to go to the doctor today. He was about to write it off as just a virus when I told him how many times I've had strep this year, so he decided to do a test just in case.
Positive, of course. He was amazed, he said if I hadn't mentioned it he never would have even looked because it's so early on that it did not look like strep at all yet. He thanked me for being a very clear, direct patient. Ha.
I got lost going to the doctor. I was up since 9 this morning trying to get my insurance stuff in order so I could go, and no doctors could get me in so I finally went to urgent care. I left at 12, and it should have been a 20 minute trip but I didn't get there until 1, and then I was at the doctor until nearly three, and then it was raining so hard when I left that I didn't get home until four. I was so miserable by the time I got home. If Walgreens wasn't literally 200 feet away, I don't know what I would have done about my prescription.
The good news is this means I get to take a couple of more days off work. Doctor's orders so they can't say anything.
Today, I bought some hummus and realllly wanted to have it on bread so I had half a slice of sourdough bread, but otherwise today was really good, and I feel awesome. I still had my usual afternoon slump but it wasn't nearly as bad as usual, it was just like a few minutes of yawning.
I've also been taking the probiotics and apple cider vinegar (it nearly made me throw up today, I hate that stuff so much) and the B6 and niacin, and I think they're all helping a LOT.
It's awesome. Another thing is that I have to think about every meal, so I'm not just eating out of a box, I'm actually making the food and it tastes so good, and really, it's not that much work. I've always hated cooking because I'm so impatient, but it's really been fine. I think a huge part of it is just that I'm intentionally eating now, really thinking about what my body needs and wants and what sounds good and what's going to make me feel good.
I made my lunch for tomorrow, tonight. I always fall back on sandwiches and I can't now, so I'm taking tortilla chips, and I grated cheese tonight, cooked some chicken and black beans, and I'm taking sour cream along tomorrow, too, and having nachos. Yum!
Anyway, enough food talk.
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We pretty much concluded tonight that five years from now, we're still going to have our foster cat, and her name is still going to be New Cat. She's so sweet, she like, attention rapes us every day and demands we love her. She's just a little annoying because she plays really rough and it turns into fighting and she makes the kittens cry. =/ Other than that, she's a really good cat.
It's kind of annoying how much energy I have right now, I have to be up early for work and I'm not tired at all! I guess it's a good thing, but ugh...
I quit writing in it soon after that, but I've been thinking about it a lot lately. Many people liked what they saw, and I think if it's done right, it could become a pretty good, informative blog.
I'm wanting it to be done magazine style...with different contributors, different topics, different articles.
Right now, I'm in the process of starting it back up again, but I'm looking for a few contributors who would like to help out. Mostly, I'm looking for anything parenting and pregnancy related, with an alternative, "crunchy" edge, or anything that relates to living a more natural lifestyle.
I'm looking for photos, articles, essays, poems...anything creative that you would to submit. One time submissions are great, multiple submissions would be even better. If you're interested in contributing just one piece, or interested in being a regular contributor (able to submit something at least once a month), let me know. Leave me a note here with your email address, or email me at lovepeaceandbabies@gmail.com.
I have my bed. And all of my other stuff, too, but my bed is what I'm happiest about.
OMG it's heaven.
I've been adding some of you on Facebook as I've found you, but some of you I haven't found (maybe you're just not there...), and some people have requested to be friends and I'm not sure who they are, so:
I think that will work...also, if you're somebody that I might not recognize my name alone, let me know who you are. :)
After feeling sick for nearly a month now, I finally decided to take another trip back to the Wal-Mart doctor (there's nothing that makes one feel lamer than having to type that, believe me), for some antibiotics. I have strep, of course. When don't I?
I'm seriously considering getting my tonsils removed when I get insurance. This isn't the 2nd time in 4 months I've had strep, and I've had it MOST of those 4 months.
Highly irritating. At least I had today off, and I took tomorrow off to go to the doctor but I ended up going yesterday instead (after my boss sent me home because I think she could tell I was about to pass out on the floor), so I have a couple of days to rest and recover and get some amoxicillin in to my body.
I hate how when I'm sick I suddenly have SUCH motivation to do everything that needs to be done (like my huge pile of laundry currently taking up 1/4 of my room), but I don't have the energy to match.
I love how I sometimes (often) know when Jonathan is about to call, even when I'm asleep. I woke up last night (this morning?) at like 3:28, for absolutely no reason. I laid there for a second, then rolled over and stared at my phone for about 20 seconds before it started ringing. =)
The latest batch of babies. These are the only ones that were a total, on accident surprise. Their mama was really too young to have them. I just didn't get a batch separated early enough. I've felt awful every day since. They're cuties, though.
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That is all.
Actually, no, that is not all. I want to marry it and have it's babies.
Okay, that is all.
FINALLY.
754 pages baby!
So far it's been totally worth waiting at Barnes and Noble for two hours and not getting home until almost 1 am. Of course, I've been so tired today that I've spent more time sleeping than reading. Lol.
*ETA* I was eating lunch today and went to fill up my drink and took the book with me. This old lady (like 70ish) sees me and goes "OH! Is that the new one?!"
LOL
As soon as I get the sewing machine unpacked, I'm going to be making some cloth pads and putting them on etsy and Diaper Swappers. Before I post them there, though, is there anyone here interested in any? I know people have expressed interest in the past.
I'm not sure how much I'll ask yet, I need to look around a bit and see what seems to be the fair price these days, but I'll most likely be selling single ones and then a three pack for a discounted price.
I have a ton of super cute fabrics available, too. Just let me know!
Items I have completed, or that are now in progress:
28: Have 300 Views on a Flickr Photo
This one has been completed three times now. All of these photos have wellll over 300 views:
34: Get Drivers License
Done! I've had it for about a month now.
39. Memorize Social Security Number
I know it now :)
61. Get top of ear pierced
When I made this goal I got an unsigned note about how I obviously don't have a life and should learn what a top of ear piercing is called.
Soooo, a couple of days ago, I got a helix/rim/cartilage piercing.
It hurts like hell.
64. Have a kiss in the rain
I don't really want to go into details on this one, but...the kiss was fantastic and highly emotional.
70. Buy a new bearded dragon
I forgot to update the list when I got Kiwi and Marley. I have since had to let them go :( I just didn't have space in my room for a huge tank. They went to a fantastic lady though.
Time left: 832 Days
Seriously, people, it's pretty easy: a boob, a carseat, diapers (or not, even) and some clothes. Beyond that...there's really not that much you NEED.
"Comment on this post and I will choose seven interests from your profile. You will then explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along."
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rumantic1) Vegetarian vampire families
This is from the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer- I won't say too much and spoil it, because I feel everyone should read them, but the vampires in the story (well, the particular main family) don't consume the blood of other humans- instead, they hunt animals, so they refer to them as vegetarians.
2) Thoughts become things
I believe this is a phrase used commonly in The Secret, or maybe just in other law of attraction books I've read frequently (it's been a while since I watched The Secret, and LOA is a big part of my life, so sometimes quotes and phrases run together). Anyway, though- it's basically just driving home the point that everything we're thinking, we're sending out and bringing back to us. So, what we're thinking about becomes what we have- "Thoughts become things".
3) Alternative menstrual products
I, as often as possible, use cloth pads, most of which I have made myself. I love them! They're so comfortable, and they don't feel icky and gross like disposable pads. They also make me feel a million times better- no infections or itchies.
4) Live a better life
This is just a goal that's constantly in my mind, and that I think everyone should strive for- who doesn't want to live a better life? For me, though, it's about making the conscious effort and having the intention of living a better life, not just thinking I should be living a better life.
5) Manifestation
Something we all do every day, all day, but usually without knowing it. My goal is to manifest consciously- as in, really intend to manifest certain things. It's been working! It's the reason I got the job I wanted. :)
6) Catching babies
Babies aren't delivered- they're caught. I still dream about becoming a midwife someday and catching babies all my life.
7) Flip flops!
A girl can never have enough flip flops. I brought the exact 3 in different colors just the other day- and I already have at least 3 of the same pair. Hehe.
Ok- your turn! Comment if you want to play, and I'll pick 7 interests from your profile.</b></a>
For Top Ramen. I just had a huge craving so I made some, and omg, I want more.
For kittens and all of their crazy antics that keep me laughing.
that it's the last day of school (besides one more final next week).
for friends
for family
for sleep
for the sunshine and the green grass
for cars that allow me to get places
for people who pay me money to do things I enjoy.
I don't know if I mentioned that I ended up bringing 3 more home. Lucky (I called him Banshee in that last entry, but I decided that for simplicity's sake, I would just go with the name they gave him) is still here and I now have Tigger, Piglet, and Moses.
Tigger and Lucky...*sighs*. They're wild little beasts. Especially Lucky- this cat never stops moving. The only way to get him still for half a second is to scruff him, and even then he squirms. Tigger isn't quite that bad, he can be pretty sweet, but he's got a ton of energy, too. I knew after the first night with Lucky that I could not sleep with him again. I got no sleep, it was insane all night long.
So I brought a large cage home and set it up and last night put Tigger and Lucky in, and left Piglet and Moses out to see how they would do with sleeping with me. They slept fine, went right to sleep. Tigger and Lucky cried and cried and cried. I put a blanket over one side of their cage and turned on two fans and then just laid there hoping they'd calm down. They eventually did, but it was pretty awful.
They technically need to be in the cage, they'll spend every weekend until they're adopted in it (at the adoption events), so they need to get used to being in it. After spending the night in it, they're used to it now and crawl in willingly to go to sleep. I have to put them in when I leave, too, because someone has a bad habit of peeing on my bed. I left them out a few minutes ago for maybe 10 minutes while I left, came back, and yelled, "OH GOD. Fuck, not again", and then stripped my bed for the 3rd time today.
They're so adorable though. Tigger and Lucky play all day long, and Moses will sometimes join in, but mostly Moses and Piglet just sit and watch. Lucky is only 2 pounds, and Tigger and Moses are almost 3, but Lucky definitely wins the battles. He's a tough little guy. Piglet is my baby...he's 1.5 pounds and absolutely teeny and so so so so sweet. He's content to just lay and cuddle with me all day long. It's going to be hard to give him up and I'm going to be VERY picky about who he goes to, because he is just SUCH a little love.
Aww, someone just knocked him on his back. I had to rescue him.
I'll have pictures soon. Anyway, enough kitty blabbing. I went to a few places today (Petsmart, Nugget, and Starbucks) about employment. Starbucks didn't seem promising, the manager at Nugget is interested, and the manager at Petsmart said, almost regretfully, that he didn't have any positions available, but he seemed very interested. He said to keep coming in and bugging him regularly to see if any positions have opened up. So...pray that someone has to move to Canada or something. I really would prefer to work there over most of the other places I've been looking at UGH HE'S ON HIS BACK AGAIN DARN BIG BULLIES.
Okay, I'm back. Anyway...Petsmart, I feel, would be a job that made me feel good. I know I could be more helpful than most of the employees in there. Last weekend during the adoption event I had people coming up to me to ask questions about where products were and about different products that they should have been asking the employees at Petsmart. Haha.
Two girls woke in, both sound around 18, maybe 19.
A: "Oh my god, I'm bleeding so heavily, this is ridiculous. I have to change my pad all the time, it never used to be like this."
B: "Hmm"
A: "Man, this is so annoying. I bet it's from going off the birth control pill or whatever"
B: "Maybe, yeah"
A: "God, look at this. See, this is why they shouldn't let girls have the birth control pill, y'know?"
B: Yeah...I dunno, I've never been on it."
A: "Never?"
B: "Nope"
A: "Well...I mean what about when you were with Josh, when you were...(word I couldn't make out)? What did you do?"
B: "Nothing"
A: "Nothing...? Nothing at all?"
B: "Nope"
A: "And you never got pregnant?"
B: "Nope"
A: "You've never had any scares or anything?"
B: "Nope. And it's been like...a year and a half now."
A: "Damn. I can't believe you've never even had any scares or used anything"
B: "Yeah"
A: "I wish I wasn't so damn fertile. (Mumbles something about boyfriend that I can't make out)"
B: "So are you two like exclusive or what?"
A: "Nah"
B: "So you like sleep around still?"
A: "Yeah"
B: "When was the last time you slept around?"
*door clicks behind them*
Heh. I was amused. I don't think they knew I was in there.
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