Quiet Day

I slept in today and woke up feeling like I was finally on the mend.  I did some housework this morning, went to Costco (we needed a LOT), did the food prep for the week, and finished all the housework except cleaning off the dining room table (where the mail lands when it comes in the door).

Hub is about 3 hours from home - its a tough drive even with someone else in the car.  I've been calling him regularly because he's having to do the thing by himself.  After this things will be pretty quiet until we head to Georgia for Thanksgiving.  My bff (and former lunchtime walking buddy) is coming down for a visit in October, but other than that its just work and the usual housework etc. until T-day.

With hub not getting home until late, I bought a rotisserie chicken to use in our lunch salads tomorrow until he can get the chicken grilled up tomorrow night.  I made meat loaf for breakfast with spinach.  I know it sounds weird but 1) it's really good and 2) it's a convenient grab and go breakfast we both enjoy. 

Hub's birthday is this week and I am taking him to a brazilian steakhouse for dinner.  Not sure if we'll go on his actual birthday or on the weekend after.

The new sessions of classes is starting at the fitness center at work.  I was disappointed that they aren't offering the AMP class that I used to enjoy so much.  I've been working out either by myself (weights and kettlebells and yoga) and/or also working out with the ladies at 1 o'clock some of the time.  I miss AMP class, but I have been enjoying the kettlebell I took in. 

Having access to a fitness center at work really makes it easy to get workouts in.  Doing my food prep on Sunday makes it so that I have healthy meals available all week long.  Dinners are planned.  Having hub counting on me to prep healthy food gives me an extra push to make sure it gets done.

There are a lot of things that aren't ideal right now, and I don't have control over some of them.  But I do have control over taking care of myself and helping hub take care of himself.  It feels good to know that we are making progress toward our goals, both health and otherwise. 

Slow Motion Saturday

So, the guys went to Tampa yesterday to pick up parts for the jeep.  I took MIL home last weekend and picked the boy up for a short visit.  Hub is took him to Tampa then they are going to NC today, with hub returning home tomorrow.

I picked up a cold that I haven't been able to shake.  I've resorted to taking actual cold medicine, which is proof of severe illness in my world (I hate the way cold medicine makes me feel weird).  I did the grocery shopping and a bit of housework today, but that's about all.  I'm washing my sinuses with salt water, drinking plenty of water, etc.  Blech.

I've felt run down and crappy, exercise has been minimal.

Unexpected

I've been dealing with some very unexpected feelings lately and haven't felt ready to write about it until now.

To recap: I had my bridge removed and 2 additional teeth pulled.  My front 2 teeth were knocked out in a swimming pool accident when I was 15 and I've had a bridge every since.  The 2 teeth next to them held the bridge but over the years, the pressure was killing those teeth.  They had to come out this time as well.  Bone grafting was done and once that heals, I will have implants. 

But I am looking at roughly 8-10 months of a temporary appliance.  I knew that up front, but I didn't realize that I would't be able to chew with this thing in.  I can't bite any food because I am missing my 4 top front teeth.  So everything has to be cut up.

I didn't know up front that eating with this in would not work for me.  So going out to eat is very uncomfortable since I have to remove my teeth.  This I avoid any social situation involving food.

But the biggest shock is how I feel about myself.  The first time I looked in the mirror, my initial reaction was "I look like Willie on 'Swamp People'."  I felt robbed of my femininity and my physical attractiveness.  Now, I don't feel particularly pretty at my current weight, but I don't feel like a troll either.  And after losing 30 pounds I was feeling pretty good!

Not any more.  I feel like a part of my womanliness is gone.  And its a part I never thought would reside in my teeth, you know?

Today has been really awesome.  Hub and I went for a terrific ride on the mountain bikes this morning.  There are a couple of trails near our house out through the Everglades (we live about 2 miles from the end of civilization).  We rode for an hour or so, then came home and cooled off with a swim in the pool.  That was followed by chores (oh well, but plenty of time left to slug out in front of football and an evening swim.)

Today has been a very nice day.

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On Wednesdays there used to be a noon stretch class. One of the other ladies and I have continued the tradition, and a few others have joined us. We have a good dvd we all enjoy, and it’s a nice way to mark the mid-point of the work week.

Jeff IMed me this morning and I asked if he’d be available to work out this afternoon as I really wanted to do some weights and kettlebell swings. He said yes so we had an afternoon appointment rather than my doing zumba at 1. Hopefully Liza will post a schedule for the 1 pm workouts soon so I can plan.

This weekend hub and I are taking our bikes out to the Everglades trail we checked out last weekend, weather permitting. We can get some pretty serious storms down this way and I haven’t checked the forecast yet for the weekend. We had a brief evening storm last night which was the first rain we’d gotten since Isaac rolled through.

My MIL’s visit is going pretty good. Honestly we haven’t done too much since she generally sleeps until 1 or 2 in the afternoon. She seems to be having a good time, so that’s nice.

Maya appears to be making improvement with the physical therapy, but he hip keeps rotating and the lady has to get it back in alignment. I’m hoping that will stop soon because I can really tell she’s uncomfortable when it happens, poor thing.

Hub is being kept busy for now with work and for that we are both thankful. And he is genuinely enjoying this particular job, so it’s really good all around. I know he would love to find a full-time job, but things are going okay.

Das boy seems to be doing well in school so far this year – there’s a lot less drama and misery than this time last school year, so I am very grateful for that as well.

We have booked a cabin in Pine Mountain for Thanksgiving again this year so we can pick up my great aunt for a few days. We all really enjoyed it last year and I am looking forward to doing it again. The boy’s gf may be coming with us. That’s still up in the air.

Hub’s down 2 pant sizes!

Life’s certainly not perfect, but it’s pretty good.

Happy holiday?

Hope you all had a nice Labor day.  Hub and I both worked, so it was a pretty normal day for us around here.

I spent A LOT of the weekend doing food prep, but I'm in good shape meal wise for the week.  My MIL has lost about 5 pounds in less than a week after eating my cooking.:-)

I worked out at 1 today.  The ladies chose Billy Blank's "Combat Boot Camp" (I think that's what it was called).  It was a little too military-ish for my taste (8 years was enough for me), but it was a good workout.

This weekend we checked out a trail in the Everglades just down the road from the house.  It will be a great place to ride bikes and that's the plan for this weekend.

Other than that, we picked out a nice color to paint the master bath and I plan to do that sometime soon.  Not this weekend - I just want a quiet weekend and the weekend after I am driving to NC to take MIL home and pick up the boy.