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Good morning ladies.
I'll be super quick...today is the day I'm taking the day off of school/work to hit IKEA in Philadelphia, so I'm getting the car ready to go, plus my cooler. I prepped stuff last night so I'll pack it all in a cooler and eat while I'm out and about. This way, I'll be eating CLEAN and CHEAP! lol
MARY, you're gone by now, I'm sure, but just wanted to say how glad I am to hear that everybody is okay. Car accidents, no matter how minor, are so scary and surely get the adrenaline pumping.
OK.....I don't mind sharing my story. I asked yesterday, because several people on the Cathe boards know my story, many do not, and I can't remember who knows and who doesn't.
5 minute recap:
I married in 1995 at the ripe ol' age of 23 (we went to high school together). I was an HR Manager and LOVED it so much! We had our first son in 1997 at 25; I became a stay-at-home-mom. Company offered my job back, I said I'd take it if I could work from home, so I worked from home for a while for them. We had our second son in 2000 at 28, and again quit that wonderful and fun job. We built our house and moved in the day after younger DS turned 1 in 2001. Then, in mid-2003, DH was diagnosed with leukemia. It rocked our world. At that time, I was still a SAHM and he had been unemployed for almost 1 full year!!!!! We needed health benefits for him to get his treatments and stuff, so I approached my company, asked for a job, and they hired me back FT on the spot. Got benefits, DH got treatment and then a bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately, there were several and too many complications, and he passed away in September of 2004. We're coming up on the 5 year mark and I can't believe it. My kids were just 3 and 6 at the time and it was very hard in so many ways and on so many levels. I was still working FT, my mom was watching my kids this whole time. I knew I needed to return to SAHM status, so 6 months after DH's passing, I quit my job and stayed home with my boys. We struggled and saved and pinched pennies to make dollars. It was hard. BUt it's gotten easier each year they get older. Last year, when younger DS was finally in school FT, I knew it was time to find some kind of income (we didn't have life insurance, shame, shame). So that's when I got my PT job at the school. I need(ed) something to work around their schedules and the school is the closest I can come to the exact same schedule as them.
So.....sorry you asked or sorry that I shared???
Now....on a lighter note.
This morning's workout: I did the step sections of SJ&P and then hit my stationary bike for a 20 minute interval workout. My plantar fasciitis was acting up on my foot so I figured I'd better skip the hi/lo portion of SJ&P. Then I tacked on abs.
I won't be checking in till tonight, ladies, till I get back from my PERSONAL and ALONE shopping trip and the kiddos are settled after school.
Gotta scoot!
Gayle
I'll be super quick...today is the day I'm taking the day off of school/work to hit IKEA in Philadelphia, so I'm getting the car ready to go, plus my cooler. I prepped stuff last night so I'll pack it all in a cooler and eat while I'm out and about. This way, I'll be eating CLEAN and CHEAP! lol
MARY, you're gone by now, I'm sure, but just wanted to say how glad I am to hear that everybody is okay. Car accidents, no matter how minor, are so scary and surely get the adrenaline pumping.
OK.....I don't mind sharing my story. I asked yesterday, because several people on the Cathe boards know my story, many do not, and I can't remember who knows and who doesn't.
5 minute recap:
I married in 1995 at the ripe ol' age of 23 (we went to high school together). I was an HR Manager and LOVED it so much! We had our first son in 1997 at 25; I became a stay-at-home-mom. Company offered my job back, I said I'd take it if I could work from home, so I worked from home for a while for them. We had our second son in 2000 at 28, and again quit that wonderful and fun job. We built our house and moved in the day after younger DS turned 1 in 2001. Then, in mid-2003, DH was diagnosed with leukemia. It rocked our world. At that time, I was still a SAHM and he had been unemployed for almost 1 full year!!!!! We needed health benefits for him to get his treatments and stuff, so I approached my company, asked for a job, and they hired me back FT on the spot. Got benefits, DH got treatment and then a bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately, there were several and too many complications, and he passed away in September of 2004. We're coming up on the 5 year mark and I can't believe it. My kids were just 3 and 6 at the time and it was very hard in so many ways and on so many levels. I was still working FT, my mom was watching my kids this whole time. I knew I needed to return to SAHM status, so 6 months after DH's passing, I quit my job and stayed home with my boys. We struggled and saved and pinched pennies to make dollars. It was hard. BUt it's gotten easier each year they get older. Last year, when younger DS was finally in school FT, I knew it was time to find some kind of income (we didn't have life insurance, shame, shame). So that's when I got my PT job at the school. I need(ed) something to work around their schedules and the school is the closest I can come to the exact same schedule as them.
So.....sorry you asked or sorry that I shared???
Now....on a lighter note.
This morning's workout: I did the step sections of SJ&P and then hit my stationary bike for a 20 minute interval workout. My plantar fasciitis was acting up on my foot so I figured I'd better skip the hi/lo portion of SJ&P. Then I tacked on abs.
I won't be checking in till tonight, ladies, till I get back from my PERSONAL and ALONE shopping trip and the kiddos are settled after school.
Gotta scoot!
Gayle
