September 09 Check in Wednesday 2nd******

[Kathy36]

Good morning ladies..

Getting us started!! Today I plan to do 4 DS kickbox with legs and core...I am feeling some DOMS from working my biceps and triceps yesterday...

Ok, time to get the kids up to start the day..

Be back later..

Oh and thanks for all the Kudos for the homeschooling...There are days I am not sure I can keep doing it!!HA HA BUt, I do love being with them all day and watching them learn!!

 

[Boingo1]

Good Morning, Kathy and all to follow today!

Tough morning here. I slept crappy. Ended up with a sinus headache going early. I could feel my nose/sinus blocked. Kind of feel hungover/nauseated. And then Zach's Insulin site went bad, and we had to scramble at the last minute to change it before his bus came. I hope it works, makes me nervous that it's not and his sugar is going sky high with Ketones. *sigh* I'll be a worry wart all day!

Supposed to head out to the park for a run today. I do want to go, and I'm sure I'll feel better once I do!

It's Alex's 10th Birthday today!! He's pretty excited!

I screwed up big time last night. I knew it would happen. I knew I shouldn't have bought that freakin frosting. I frosted the cupcakes for their birthday treats this week, and ate the rest of the can after they went to bed!! Next time, I make my own frosting...

I sometimes wonder if that's why I wake up with headaches, from eating crap the night before...

The plan is, a run at the park and then a trip to Walmart !...

Kathy: I had some pretty decent DOMS from 4DS Chest & Back too. My legs are just generally tight/sore after yesterday's 4DS Legs. But they were before I did it , so I'm not sure. My hips have been pretty uncomfortable that last 2 days too. .... Hope you enjoy KB like I did yesterday!!!

BBL!

 

[bitmover]

Good morning! Yes, that kickboxing is fun -- enjoy, Kathy!

Chris, sorry you didn't sleep well and that you're going to worry about Zach all day. There was a thread on reddit yesterday about how women worry and men don't. It does seem to be true, doesn't it? I don't read reddit regularly -- just when Larry finds something interesting enough to point me to it. Happy Birthday to Alex -- your birthday situation is pretty crazy! Did I tell you I used to know a woman who's kids had the same birthday three years apart? That's pretty crazy, too. And I used to work with a woman who had twins with different birthdays because they were born around midnight.

Well, my night was not so great either, but canned frosting wasn't the fault (but yes, I do think eating crap makes me have a bad night of sleep). I stayed up too late first off and then in the night Gina started barking at something and when I sat up, I sort of pushed myself up with my arms like a tricep dip and I felt a shooting pain in my shoulder. It wasn't hugely intense, but it just shouldn't feel that way. That combined with less sleep and knowing I have to go to another back to school night tonight forced me (ha!) to sleep in today. Oh, and yes, I do know some shoulder stretches because one of my coworkers had to have shoulder surgery and PT, so I've seen him do a lot of stretches and I've borrowed them.

Did you guys finally see Cathe's Sept. rotation? Looks pretty fun -- I like that two upper and two lower set up, though I think my favorite way to split it is three day plus a total body.

Chris, did you say you're looking for Stretch Max to go on sale? I thought you had it. Maybe it was the older stretch? Or am I totally confused? Enjoy your run. Which 4DS will you do tomorrow? Or is there only one left for you? Clearly I am confused! Time for coffee......

 

[jojobean]

Good morning ladies!

Chris, I had to LOL at your homework experience last night. Yes, I hate those assignments for us! Well, actually sometimes they're fun, but they always come at a bad time and with not much notice. The other day Caitlyn had to bring in a picture of a grown-up for "G" day. She wanted one of me - couldn't find one. She wound up taking one of DH in flannel pool ball pajamas. Pretty funny. I'm sure the teacher got a laugh out of it. Oh yea, sometimes I'll just yell out the answer - you're not the only one! Hope all goes well for Zach today. Does he still go in to have his sugar checked with the nurse? I know, women worry way more than men. You know, I think eating crap before bed (not that it ever happens ) makes me feel sluggish in the morning. Hope you feel better - the run will make all the difference, I bet - walmart, not so much!

Happy 10th Birthday Alex!!! Colin turned 10 about a month ago, so we were pregnant at the same time, too.

Beth, ouch on the shoulder. Take it easy - no weights till it's better!!

Kathy, 4DS Kickbox is fun! Enjoy!

This week is crazy with meetings in the evenings. Last night was the Confirmation meeting. Oh, it's going to be a long year! Tonight is another football scrimmage and a football meeting afterwards (and fitting in somehow getting Jameson to and from soccer practice) and tomorrow is open house at the grade school. Last night I about lost it. No one had done their homemork or had dinner when I got home at 6:00. I had to bite my tongue and not say anything to DH. I had to run with Jameson to the meeting. Came home at 7:30 - prodded Ian to keep doing his homework. Went to pick up Colin at football practice. Helped Caitlyn with her homework. Forced a poor wore out Colin to do his homework. Made everyone shower. Made Caitlyn's birthday party invitations (of course printer wouldn't work to print them). Made a list of who she wanted to invite. Find something for everyone to eat. Dog is barking at me cause no one fed her. Colin and Caitlyn have huge fight on the couch, Colin knocks over a cup of milk (why the heck was it in the basement in the first place), milk spills all over Caitlyn's American Girl clothes, blanket, doll, etc., huge screams, tears. OMG - I lost it. Started yelling at everyone. I did apologize later to the kids, but it was just insane.

Anyway, vent over!!! I'm hanging in with Insanity. This morning was Pure Cardio. I did better with it today than I did last time.

Got work to do....

Joanne

 

[Boingo1]

Hey again!

So I went for my run for 45 minutes. Kind of pissed, because the headache kept me from really enjoying it like I usually do . The weather was picture perfect for it, wish my head didn't hurt. My legs were sore too. I got a little endorphin rush , but then the hurts took over. There was also this creepy guy that drove up and said "Hi" and then parked. Got me in a good interval sprint at that point! LOL!... And then there was Walmart. I'm wondering how there can STILL be screaming kids all over the place when school has started? Damn! (My head!). I even picked up some Excedrin Migraine, took some in the car , didn't work. I should learn that drugs don't do it for these headaches.

Beth: Worrying does suck. I swear, it's what keeps me "fluffy". Especially when stress eating comes into play along with it. Men are so simple, i swear. It's just what's for the moment , they don't see beyond right now most of the time. Which I guess can be good, but other times, irritating as all heck!... Zach does go check his blood sugar with the nurse before lunch. It's just past the time he should be doing it, no phone call yet.... But then again, I swear, he'd just let it slide if it was too high, so he could get to lunch with his buddies. .... Nothing wrong with sleeping in this morning, esp with aggravating your shoulder! Grrrr! Good to hear you're stretching nice! ... I did see Cathe's Sept rotation! It does look pretty good, with 2 leg workouts a week! So many choices, so little time. ..... On the STretchmax, I have it DVR'd from Fit TV only, I don't have the DVD. I have to FF through commercials, which is a little annoying, but it's not horrible. Tomorrow I'm doing LIS , Shoulders, Calves and Core. And then Friday is BC, and Saturday , stretch/pilates. ...

Joanne: Your post made me LOL after reading all that and then saying, "I'm hanging in there with Insanity"... Sounds like it's not only your workouts that are "insane"! . Your evening sounds worse than mine! Holy crap! So far both Alex and Zach have been good about getting up and showering in the morning, but I've TOTALLY forgotten about Jake. good thing he doesn't have BO! LOL!... Funny how we all have kids the same-ish age and were pregnant with someone else! When is Caitlyn's party again? Oh , the 6th? I have to print out invites too! .... What a crazy busy time. Why did I wish for it??... but I have to say, I have enjoyed my time alone during the day! and alone SHOPPING, that is a HUGE relief...

Better go get something to eat... my tummy is grumbling....

 

[hottiescientist]

Morning. I woke up at 2a and never went back to sleep (though I tried). I could barely move as its been too many nights of me not getting enough sleep (and I went to bed EARLY so I could sleep). Joe made me a power breakfast which helped a fair bit. I tried to do a C&W premix because I was running short on time to get into lab and I ended up dropping it almost 5 minutes before it ended -- just didn't want to. I didn't like the premix -- it was the cardio and compound weight premix and it just didn't really work me. Maybe if I have energy when I come home tonight I can do the whole thing in its purest form which is the one that got me turned on to Cathe anyway...I brought my gym bag if I have the energy at work. Though if it weren't so bloody hot outside, I'd try to take a nap in my car during one of my incubation steps today...

Kathy -- enjoy that KB workout! And have fun being the task master !

Chris -- I feel the same way about junk food too...but I think sometimes it hits me worse because I've been eating relatively healthy and then my body can't process the junk as well. The scale says I'm up five pounds too...and the measuring tape isn't being kind either. I'm sure some of it is water but I'm sure some of it is fat too...but how exciting for Alex's bday! I'm secretly (or not so secretly) jealous of people's bday parties. My bday was always so close to Xmas so it would get lumped together and I really do associate holidays with family fighting so its only until recently that I started to not dread my bday (mostly because it tends to just be me and Joe now since I refuse to fly out during that time of year -- I don't mind flying out earlier or later but I just refuse to fly the week of Xmas). but man, I wish I had bday cupcakes right now!!

Beth -- oh no about the shoulder! be careful!! I have to be careful with my shoulder because my muscles are too lax in there and I have to take time to strengthen them so I always have to be careful with shoulder work. Is it that when I don't sleep you do? It's too weird how that works out...

Joanne -- omigosh, that sounds like a nightmare for you Joanne. I don't blame you at all for yelling -- it sounds like something I totally am not ready for (and hence the dog and no kids thing!) how are you liking that insanity rotation...

Ugh, I want to go to sleep and make this annoying western blot just work right the first time...

 

[jojobean]

Chris, sorry your run wasn't as good as usual. Ick on the creepy guy. I know the Chicago public schools (we're suburbs) don't start till next week - maybe it's the same there? I know, stores like Walmart are much more pleasant when all the little angels are in school. Any opportunity to nap today? Maybe that would help your headache? Hopefully the excedrin will kick in. Yesterday I got a headache while running on the treadmill. That was a bit scary. Didn't last, but I didn't push myself after that. Yea, I guess my life and workouts are both INSANE! Caitlyn's birthday is the 6th, but her party isn't until the 12th. She's finally accepted the fact she has to wait a few days for the actual party if she get a Texas size glazed donut on her birthday morning and her present from us. This donut place by us makes these cake-sized donuts that's become a b'day tradition in our house.

Hottie, I hate it when that happens - waking up and not being able to go back to sleep. It's weird, but I was up at 2:00 and didn't really fall back into a good sleep. Finally got up at 5:00am to workout. I'm not really tired - I'm sure I'll crash later. I always felt bad for kids who had b'days around Christmas. My cousin did and they always celebrated his half birthday in July. Yea, we started out with dogs, too! Much easier than kids! I do complain a lot, but I love them to death (kids, well, dog, too!). I just can't handle this working full-time and having to deal with all the needs of four different kids (and a DH and dog) after coming home exhausted. And trying to keep up with the house (which has gone to he**) But the rewards are worth it. Now that they are getting older, I'm so proud of how well they're doing and really just have fun hanging around with them. Not in the evenings after work , though. Don't want to discourage you from having babies in the near future. Just don't have them all so close like I did!! I'm liking Insanity more this week than last. The workouts are a tad more doable and I feel good afterwards. I do miss Cathe and other workouts, though.

Gotta go...

 

[hottiescientist]

Joanne, you're awesome! It's weird while you posted this I was on the phone with my sister and we got onto the subject of my getting pregnant in the foreseeable future (cuz that would PISS my boss off to no end at this point and I'm not going to wait for an opportune time according to his schedule -- jk, though pissing him off is a bonus at this point) and we were talking about prenatal care and some of the markers to look for given the history of her pregnancies and at one point she said, "give me a second -- ::to her children:: why are you intent on eavesdropping?!? You have no idea what we're talking about? Talk amongst yourselves." and then I hear a chorus of three "no", "i don't wanna," "but you said my name," etc etc.

I have to say though, I'm really really really glad we got the house well before we started to have kid(s). Everyone knows I do the lion's share of the work between me and Joe and I've been unfairly at times been having too much on my plate, but I don't think I could have kept my head on straight if I had to worry about kids or pregnancy right now. Too many people I know pretty much got pregnant right after buying a home or being pregnant in the house buying process and I have no idea how they could handle it. I'm sure they're not doing all the financial stuff which is stressful in its own right without extra stuff but even if the cleaning and cooking is massive that compared to living in a dinky one bedroom apartment. I'm neat but its not like I'm a neat freak! Aaahh...I've said it before but the last couple months really shone a lot of empathetic light on the one person at work one person at home families.

Oh, Chris and Beth -- if you guys are considering pushing our STS date back again, I will personally come to your house to give your children new ideas to frustrate you. And Beth, you know I could do it!!! You're only...like a 6hr ride form my home. The Sept rotation does look good though...

Chris -- I hope you have nothing to worry about during the day btw. Would the nurse tell you if he didn't come by?

Off to salvage this incredibly stubborn experiment....

 

[Boingo1]

I'm FINALLY feeling better!

Geesh, what a waste of MOST of my day!

I layed down on the couch after drinking a hot tea and while watching "Baby Story" (funny how I felt like watching that today, I think the talk of pregnancies and looking at Alex's baby pictures really got to me), and I drifted off under the covers for a bit. I woke up with a WICKED foggy head, but now feel a bit better. Still lightheaded and tired , but NO PAIN!

Hottie: How frustrating you slept so crappy! I wish I could borrow you guys to check Zach's middle of the night blood sugars!! Sorry your C&W premix didn't go so well. Maybe later?!? ... That sucks your birthday has such bad memories. I'd make you your favorite dinner if you were here!! What would it be?... For some reason, I'm ok with the 8 chocolate cupcakes on the counter all day and night, but the container of frosting... ooooooh !!!!.... Hey, I'm with Joanne too. I wouldn't trade my crazy boys for anything! I don't EVER FOR A MINUTE regret having them (well, sometimes for a millisecond DURING the brawls or the whining fests!). Each stage has it's challenges, but I also live vicariously through them, and enjoy all the little kid things. Greg and I were married for 8 years before we had kids. We got to the point where we dressed up our dog and treated HER like our kid. And we'd sneak into kid movies, places, etc (we went to Disney World together!).

Joanne: I can't imagine working full time and having to deal with all you do. It's got to be so challenging. I'm always amazed and motivated by ALL of you that do all you do and STILL find time to work out (the wee hours of the morning!!!). ....( Just wondering, did you watch the season finale of RESCUE ME, yet?... )

OH! and Hottie, we wouldn't dream of pushing STS back!! Kathy is definitely starting on the 14th, and I am, come hell or high water! Looking forward to doing it with you guys!!!!!

Better go and start dinner!!!

 

[Boingo1]

Forgot to tell you, Zach's blood sugar was FINE! It was 120!!! YAY!!!! he did go to the nurse. The nurse would call, but only after a few days of not showing up (he did that last year).

Anyways, his blood sugar was great, but he forgot to put in the insulin for his lunch until later... At least he remembered and told me about it too!

See, I would have been better off being a man, and not worrying...

 

[jojobean]

Awww, thanks Hottie (and Chris!). You made me feel good! You're doing the right thing by being all settled in your new house before having kids. One less stress to deal with! Yes, kids can be a pain, but there are times like now when I'm going to leave work a bit early to go watch Colin play football and be so proud of him. He's so determined to do well and doesn't complain a lick about putting on all the equipment every night and working out for two hours. He's going to be QB tonight and the kicker. Of course, talk to me later when we finally all get home at 8:30 and start on homework.

Chris, no I haven't seen the finale of Rescue Me yet. Is it a good one? I think I'm two episodes behind. Love that show! Hilarious. Although, all kids must be out of the house or asleep when it's on. Does your DH watch it? Have you been watching Big Brother. OMG - Jeff is such a hottie! He's from Chicago - oh, wait, I'm married, why do I care?? And, I could probably be his mother. Anyway, I digress.... Back to kids - you are so right, each stage has its challenges. I thought people were crazy when they said the toddler years were easier - "just wait till their in school, it's much harder". Well, they were right! DH and I were married for seven years before having kids and also went to Disney World together. Although we tried for a few years to have kids and had problems, then all of a sudden we couldn't stop having them. :0. There's a reason Ian is only 13 months younger than Jameson. Glad you are feeling better and Zach's sugars are good.

Time to get ready for some football!!

Joanne

 

[bitmover]

Crazy, crazy day.... haven't even really read the posts, but I did see Hottie's threat about moving the STS date. I sure wouldn't move it for the Sept. rotation, but at this point I am sort of wondering how in the world I'm going to do all those pushups with my body feeling as it is!!

more later.... maybe.....

 

[bitmover]

You guys are too funny! I missed a nice chatty day. Chris, I felt like you all day long...... I had such a pressure-almost-sinus headache. We had pretty strange weather -- really hot and just felt like there was pressure in the air. No fun!

I think I may do 4DS BC tomorrow, even though I got the silly firm cardio in the mail today and if I do it tomorrow we could have another movie back by Saturday. I dunno -- I really feel like doing some strength work!! That said, it is labor day weekend and it might be nice to have a family movie to watch. Hmmm, thinking with my fingers here.....

I've got to get kids fed and then get off to the back to school night. Manana......