Hard to believe that April is almost over and we are almost halfway thru the year already. At times it seems like it was just January and at times it feels like its taken years to get to spring time weather.
I haven't been blogging much lately still reading everyone's blogs though. I just haven't seemed to have anything worthwhile to post about. No amazing workouts not training for any upcoming race just trying to go day by day.
A few weeks ago I did break down and go see a chiropractor. Yes I was very nervous but also walked away knowing that the back pain I had dealt with for years could be fixed. Also had renewed hope on walking and running more pain free. I have been going twice a week for 3 weeks now and can tell a huge difference. Even the dr told me this morning it wasn't taking much to put me back in to place and seemed that I had been staying in place between visits. Not going to lie when they twist and pop your neck I cringe!
Two weeks ago I had my two day fire cause and determination and arson awareness class which was awesome and tons of fun. Well first day was 8 hours of sitting thru seminar and teaching. Second day was getting to be investigators which was cool. Learned a ton in the class!
Easter we didn't do anything stayed home fixed a late breakfast and had my grandma come over for pancakes and bacon. Then we worked in the yard the rest of the day. Did I miss doing a big dinner this year no not really to much going on to want to deal with lots of people in our house.
Friday I turned 31 I wasn't as upset by that number as I was last year with turning 30. I had taken off work to take a RSI class at the ambulance base. The night before class was canceled and I was bummed. I will do a post about my birthday and the weekend later.
Both boys ended up with poison ivy. Now I have NEVER been allergic to the stuff and they had never had it until this year which is odd. None the less its not been fun trying to keep medicine on them and to get it cleared up so far it keeps spreading.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Crazy Busy Tired
Sorry for lack of posts lately. Nothing new or fun to write about on top of being busy with things that wouldn't make for a fun post to read. So I will do a catch up post hitting some of the things that has been going on and they are in no particular order.
* Life went from pretty calm and only working a few ambulance shifts a month to crazy every weekend busy between working both jobs, helping with the fire department for the auctions and taking some classes.
*Weather has still been hit and miss nice one day cold the next which has dampened my mood as well as efforts to get out of the office at lunch and walk.
*Finally sucked up the courage to make an appointment with a chiropractor the thought of someone twisting and popping me makes me cringe. However I can twist pop bend crack all day long and that don't bother me. But it was time to finally get my hips corrected they are out of whack and its affecting me trying to run walk or ride my bike. So vs pushing thru the pain (which I have done for more years than I care to admit) I will be smart and get realigned.
*Last Friday I took vacation day from my office job to attend a class at the ambulance base, was a good class lots of good info and I honestly learned a lot. There is another class I really need to take on the 25th so hope my boss sees I have the work caught up and hours made up so I can take it. Plus it sounds fun RSI rapid sequence intubation I believe is what it stands for. I have yet to see anyone be intubated but I know it will happen and I need to know what I can do to help my partner.
*This Saturday and Sunday is a class at a local fire department that I signed up for months ago. Sounded cool fire cause and determination and arson awareness. Yep two days of classroom but figuring out that there will be a practical live burn that we do..... So I will get to try out my new gloves and new pink nomex hood but not so fond of having to wear SCBA.. or having the massive crash course on relearning to use it since its been YEARS (12) since I have had an airtank and mask on.... To say I am a bit frazzled is understatement.
*Saturday night the kids stayed with my mom so we went to dinner at a local bar and grill. Planned on just having dinner and going home. Well one drink tasted so good I had a few with dinner and ended up closing the place down with another couple we knew there.
*Sleep would be great between working the last two nights and Nathan deciding he don't want to sleep by himself anymore I am wore out. Think its just a phase he is going thru as I remember Blake doing the same thing around the same age. Plus he is getting some molars in, allergies acting up with all the pollen oh and watched a movie that scared him and now don't like zombies. SO between me putting him back to bed a million times telling him leprechauns aren't real and zombies aren't real we usually end up on the couch trying to sleep.
*Hard to believe theres only a month left of school and I will have a 4th grader! He's already asking how many days until the pig roast and how much older does he have to be to shoot the pig.
*Theres lots of other things going on that has created stress and busy times but not things I will post about on here.
If I survive the chiropractor appt next Tuesday I will post about it as well as post about my fire class I am taking this weekend.
* Life went from pretty calm and only working a few ambulance shifts a month to crazy every weekend busy between working both jobs, helping with the fire department for the auctions and taking some classes.
*Weather has still been hit and miss nice one day cold the next which has dampened my mood as well as efforts to get out of the office at lunch and walk.
*Finally sucked up the courage to make an appointment with a chiropractor the thought of someone twisting and popping me makes me cringe. However I can twist pop bend crack all day long and that don't bother me. But it was time to finally get my hips corrected they are out of whack and its affecting me trying to run walk or ride my bike. So vs pushing thru the pain (which I have done for more years than I care to admit) I will be smart and get realigned.
*Last Friday I took vacation day from my office job to attend a class at the ambulance base, was a good class lots of good info and I honestly learned a lot. There is another class I really need to take on the 25th so hope my boss sees I have the work caught up and hours made up so I can take it. Plus it sounds fun RSI rapid sequence intubation I believe is what it stands for. I have yet to see anyone be intubated but I know it will happen and I need to know what I can do to help my partner.
*This Saturday and Sunday is a class at a local fire department that I signed up for months ago. Sounded cool fire cause and determination and arson awareness. Yep two days of classroom but figuring out that there will be a practical live burn that we do..... So I will get to try out my new gloves and new pink nomex hood but not so fond of having to wear SCBA.. or having the massive crash course on relearning to use it since its been YEARS (12) since I have had an airtank and mask on.... To say I am a bit frazzled is understatement.
*Saturday night the kids stayed with my mom so we went to dinner at a local bar and grill. Planned on just having dinner and going home. Well one drink tasted so good I had a few with dinner and ended up closing the place down with another couple we knew there.
*Sleep would be great between working the last two nights and Nathan deciding he don't want to sleep by himself anymore I am wore out. Think its just a phase he is going thru as I remember Blake doing the same thing around the same age. Plus he is getting some molars in, allergies acting up with all the pollen oh and watched a movie that scared him and now don't like zombies. SO between me putting him back to bed a million times telling him leprechauns aren't real and zombies aren't real we usually end up on the couch trying to sleep.
*Hard to believe theres only a month left of school and I will have a 4th grader! He's already asking how many days until the pig roast and how much older does he have to be to shoot the pig.
*Theres lots of other things going on that has created stress and busy times but not things I will post about on here.
If I survive the chiropractor appt next Tuesday I will post about it as well as post about my fire class I am taking this weekend.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
April already what happened to March????
Wow hard to believe its already April. Where did March go heck where did the whole first 3 months of the year go????
April needs to be warmer than March was very much over being cold having frost on my windows each morning. Not that I am ready for thunderstorms and tornadoes but they do sound better than snow and ice. April is also the month for my birthday I will be 31 on the 25.
Last month my goals were:
Goals for March:
1-Get some mileage in on the dreaded treadmill. I have signed myself and hubby up for a 4 mile race March 22, some friends of ours are doing it and talked us in to it. Wish I could say that mileage happened but it didn't. However the race came and went and I survived....
2-Continue spending more time with the kids in evenings and once weather warms up taking them to the park or for long walks or bike rides. Doing good with this one hasn't been warm enough for park fun, but have taken them skating a few times and went on a couple short bike rides (forgot how sore those seats can make your behind).
3-Find ways to manage stress better I would like to say I am better at this but learned its a process can't just happen over night. So I am better with it than I was this time last month.
4-More water less soda (its getting easier but days when stressed I WANT my Dr. Pepper) Tried the Advocare Spark drink and like it and also use Zipfizz some as well. 98% on this only have one soda a day and sometimes none....
5-Learn to open up more to my close friends before getting to the over stressed overwhelmed point. Lets just say I opened up to a "close" friend and didn't go so well. So I have one or two people I know I can talk to about anything and I will have to be ok with that.
Goals for April:
1-Participate in a instagram challenge called #HeatItUp. Never tried one of these challenges before so thought it would be fun.
2-Decided to do the April plank a day challenge however I know if I try to aim for the seconds and minutes it states each day I will get overwhelmed and quit. So I am just going to do a plank each day for however long I can hold it.
3-Do more family things with the kids and hubby. Blake loves roller blading so I think I am going to make that something me and him do together until Nathan wants to go out there with us. Then find something that Nathan and I can do together.
4-Less soda I don't need to add more water doing good at that. Right now I really only want soda when I eat certain foods or really stressed. So I will just limit it more and more and hopefully one day I won't want it.
5-More bike rides with the boys. I learned Saturday that I need to figure out what is out of whack in my lower back hip area that has been causing pain and making it hard to ride the bike.
6-Continue to work on stress management.
April needs to be warmer than March was very much over being cold having frost on my windows each morning. Not that I am ready for thunderstorms and tornadoes but they do sound better than snow and ice. April is also the month for my birthday I will be 31 on the 25.
Last month my goals were:
Goals for March:
1-Get some mileage in on the dreaded treadmill. I have signed myself and hubby up for a 4 mile race March 22, some friends of ours are doing it and talked us in to it. Wish I could say that mileage happened but it didn't. However the race came and went and I survived....
2-Continue spending more time with the kids in evenings and once weather warms up taking them to the park or for long walks or bike rides. Doing good with this one hasn't been warm enough for park fun, but have taken them skating a few times and went on a couple short bike rides (forgot how sore those seats can make your behind).
3-Find ways to manage stress better I would like to say I am better at this but learned its a process can't just happen over night. So I am better with it than I was this time last month.
4-More water less soda (its getting easier but days when stressed I WANT my Dr. Pepper) Tried the Advocare Spark drink and like it and also use Zipfizz some as well. 98% on this only have one soda a day and sometimes none....
5-Learn to open up more to my close friends before getting to the over stressed overwhelmed point. Lets just say I opened up to a "close" friend and didn't go so well. So I have one or two people I know I can talk to about anything and I will have to be ok with that.
Goals for April:
1-Participate in a instagram challenge called #HeatItUp. Never tried one of these challenges before so thought it would be fun.
2-Decided to do the April plank a day challenge however I know if I try to aim for the seconds and minutes it states each day I will get overwhelmed and quit. So I am just going to do a plank each day for however long I can hold it.
3-Do more family things with the kids and hubby. Blake loves roller blading so I think I am going to make that something me and him do together until Nathan wants to go out there with us. Then find something that Nathan and I can do together.
4-Less soda I don't need to add more water doing good at that. Right now I really only want soda when I eat certain foods or really stressed. So I will just limit it more and more and hopefully one day I won't want it.
5-More bike rides with the boys. I learned Saturday that I need to figure out what is out of whack in my lower back hip area that has been causing pain and making it hard to ride the bike.
6-Continue to work on stress management.
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