Lifes Like That

We are in the middle of a long weekend and the kids have an even longer weekend than was originally planned as they were home from school on Thursday as well. It’s only Saturday and we still have Sunday and Monday to get through, and I don’t know if I’m going to make it. There has been a lot of fighting this weekend and if it keeps up, I think I’m going to run away to some Branson cabins for a little alone time. Having two young kids at home can sometimes be a little stressful and it’s days like this when I know I would appreciate a little alone time just to save my sanity.

I’m extremely amazed at how much weight my father in law has been able to take off and keep off. Although he is nearing 70, maintaining a healthy weight has always been important to him. He has used weight loss pills, exercise equipment and has changed his diet. It is difficult enough for a person to lose the weight, but to be able to keep it off as well is a major accomplishment. And, now that spring is almost here, he will be able to continue his exercises outside. He is extremely pleased with himself and I can see that he has the determination to keep the extra pounds off.

Last night I was probably awake every hour on the hour. It was the worst night sleep that I had in a very long time. My back was killing me. A few years ago I was in a serious car accident and I messed up my back quite a bit. Now most times it doesn’t bother me, but other times it can disrupt my day to day activities like sleeping. The only way I have found to get myself straightened around is if I spend a few days on my elliptical. After a few days of vigorous workout, the back spasms seem to die down and then I can start sleeping again. This time I think that I will have to spend more than a few sessions on this piece of machinery and then hopefully I’ll never experience another night like I did last night.

Well first of all I would like to tell you all that I’ve been a VERY GOOD GIRL!!  I am eating twice as much as I was and I am starting to put on the weight because of this.  Now, before you all go thinking that you “hate me because I’m skinny” I’m going to explain something to you.  Ever since I can remember I have been underweight.  I have just as hard of a job of putting on weight as anyone does trying to lose it.  I am 5 feet 1 inch tall but only weighed 89 pounds when I started my crusade to gain weight.  Now this is not healthy.  My doctor has told me that my ideal weight for my height is 110lbs.  I’ve never been that weight except when I was pregnant and since the baby factory has closed, I needed to find a different way to put on weight.  And now I have.

Normally I would eat once a day (whether or not I wanted to).  I don’t enjoy eating or food in general (another post for another day), but I have been forcing myself to eat twice a day.  And it’s finally starting to pay off.  So I started out at 89lbs and have managed to go up to (drum roll please) 92lbs.  So yes, I’m slowly creeping up there.  It hasn’t been easy, but I’m plugging away at it.  When I finally hit the 95lbs mark I’ll be back to tell you all about it.

Every once and a while my son will surprise me.  One of the main reasons why I dislike my son getting sick is when the doctor gives him medicine, most times he refuses to take it.  On occasion he has even hidden it from me in hopes that I will forget that it’s here.   That is why I am so…happy.  He likes his medicine.  Not only does he like taking it, he has reminded me when it’s time to take it.  And, that just isn’t Daniel.

So, I tried something different with his fever medicine as well.  Normally I buy children’s Advil, but he won’t take that either.  So I picked up a bottle of children’s grape Motrin.  And guess what, he likes that too.  So, maybe this time around he will take all his medicine without the fighting and he will get better all that much sooner.

It wasn’t that long ago, that I would have never entertained the thoughts of checking around for different term life insurance quotes. I guess when your younger, you think your invincible and don’t really believe any bad will happen to you. But as you get older, you start thinking about these things a little differently. Although I don’t like to think about death and everything associated with it, I have come to the conclusion that I need to step outside my comfort zone and look at these things a little more closely. I guess that’s why I think that I must be getting older. The younger me wouldn’t have even had thoughts in this direction.

I try not to be a negative person and have negative thoughts. I don’t usually watch the news or listen to it on the radio because I don’t like hearing about things that are bad in our world. So I think this is one of the reasons why I put off getting any type of life insurance quotes. The way I look at it is if your looking for these types of quotes, then you are acknowledging that something bad could happen in the future. And because this type of thing is not normally what I like to think about, I generally put it off. I know I shouldn’t, but this is me.

How about you guys? Are you like me or do you face facts even though you don’t want to?

I have kind of a unique problem. Unlike most, I am trying to gain weight, not lose it. Some of the things that I have done to try to gain this weight is eating a lot more than I normally do, eating more often and I have tried taking supplements. Someone suggested to me that I should buy some fitness equipment and start working out. This didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me as I thought that the more I work out, the more I would lose weight. But it was explained to me that working out builds up muscle which weighs more than fat. So after some consideration, I think this may be my next step in my “gaining weight” journey.

Times are sure changing then when I was growing up. You never heard of all the crime, drug addictions and all the problems that face our world today back then. Now it seems like every time you turn on the TV or read a newspaper, there is crime everywhere. Now I not normally a paranoid person, but I do have to face facts. I am only 5 foot 1 inches and only weigh 89 pounds, so this trend does concern me quite a bit. Maybe I’ll look into getting some self defense products. This would at least make me feel safer as I am walking the streets of this cruel world. It can’t hurt and would only help in keeping me safe and making me feel safe.

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