Random Thursday Thoughts

Works every time.

 Random Thought #1: Do you ever feel more tired after a full night's sleep? Monday night I didn't get much sleep because little man was feeling fussy. Then last night, I went to bed early and slept for like 8.5 hours and now I can hardly keep my eyes open. I feel like my body is saying "Sleep? I love sleep, let's do more of the sleep."
 
Random Thought #2: I am really happy it's a short workweek. Yay for Federal Holidays! Thanks, Columbus.


Random Thought #3: I'm not sure if it's the exhaustion talking, but I'm feeling a little disheartened. My back and pelvis have been bugging me all week even though I haven't done anything but walking. I need to set an alarm and go through the exercises I got from the physical therapist when I was pregnant. I keep thinking "I need to do that..." but then I don't. Maybe if I set an alarm it will give me that little extra push to actually do it.


Random Thought #3.5: I'm really missing running right now and you know what they say: "you have to be able to walk without pain before you can run." That's a thing, right? I've been so focused on how much I want to run that I haven't been doing some of the things that could help like light strength training and yoga. But don't worry - I hear moping about being overweight and not running burns calories. True story.



Random Thought #4: On a less depressing note: my in-laws fed us a steak dinner last night. It was amazing. Cody's parents always watch little man on Wednesday afternoons and then feed us dinner. Is it rude to give my other family members a list of demands? If you want to see the baby we'll need two large pizzas, a helicopter, and a straight shot to the border... nope -that's the wrong list.  Side note: sleepy Megan is extra-sarcastic. Sorry.

Also true with husbands...just sayin'.

Random Thought #5:  There needs to be some hard-core decluttering this weekend. Have you  noticed I specifically didn't post any pictures of our new furniture arrangement? Yeah, there's a reason for that. Stuff. Everywhere. I'm on a mission this weekend to master the clutter - or at least knock it back a bit so we can see some of the flat surfaces in our house. Challenge accepted.

Random Thought #6: Having a baby is the best excuse for everything. "I can't make it to your catalog party." "Sorry my house is a mess." "There's spit up on my shirt." "I need to be home so I the baby can be in bed by eight."

What's your Thursday Thought?

Weekend Recap - Yes on a Tuesday

I had an amazing weekend. To quote Office Space, "I did nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be." It was rainy all weekend and we stayed hunkered down in the house watching Netflix and playing with the little man. It was perfect.

Okay. The "nothing" didn't actually start until Saturday afternoon. Friday morning I helped my parents out with some stuff they had going on. Then I came home and ran into the recliner that was sitting in two pieces in my dining room. Cody inherited said recliner from his parents - so there was furniture to be moved. We decided to get rid of the couch and chair that are in our downstairs family room (because we never spend time down there), and move my chair and part of the sectional downstairs. It sounds so simple, right?

The chaise aka "my chair"

Our massive sectional. Yes, it's as cozy as it looks.

So the furniture dance went something like this: move chaise into the dining room, pull the sectional out and shuffle pieces, (sweep, vacuum, swear never to speak of the things we found behind the couch, etc.), move bottom of recliner into corner, attach top piece of recliner, bring basement chair up, move chaise downstairs, try to move corner-piece of sectional downstairs only to realize it won't fit through the doorway, have anxiety attack due to massive amounts of clutter, take ibuprofen for super-fun lower back/pelvis pain. 

Then, because it was still raining, my brother-in-law (who was set to take possession of the basement furniture) couldn't come until morning...so there was some sideways shuffling around furniture for the rest of the evening. We were finally divested of the excess furniture on Saturday morning with the help of a super nice guy from work. Soooo..... the fabulous nothingness began on Saturday afternoon. I had visions of decluttering and changing the curtains, and that didn't happen.

Sunday there as much lounging and snuggling with an evening at my parents' house to cook my mom a birthday dinner and watch the debate. Monday I didn't have to work (yay-Federal holidays!) and we spent the whole day watching Netflix and playing with the little man. It was perfect. I don't even feel guilty for not working out or watching calories closely.

That being said, my weight is up a bit 310.2 (up one pound from last week), but I had a lot of salty food yesterday, so I'm not terribly worried about it. I'm back at it this week and fully expect to see a nice loss by Monday.

I will leave you with some cuteness from this weekend...

 

He is fascinated by his toes.

Run in the Rain and a Blogging Fail

First of all, I have to give a shout out to the best husband ever! I mentioned that I really wanted to try and get a run in after work and he got the pooch and the little man all packed up so that we could go to the park when I got home. He even made us tuna sandwiches so we I wouldn't get hungry and change our my mind (he knows me so well).

Old shoe photo, just for good measure.

So, I had a glorious two mile walk/jog in the rain. It was beautiful. The 1.5 mile track winds in and out of trees and has some gentle hills. It is awesome. I think the last time I ran here was during marathon training. Of course, any self-respecting blogger would take a few pictures along the way, right? Some shots of the path...Me-looking all wet, but happy... The obligatory shoe picture so you can see how awesome my neon green shoes are... How about a shot of my Garmin when I as done? ...Nope. I remember thinking at several points along the way that these would be great photo ops...but did I have a phone or camera? No. I did not. ...Blogging Fail...

The run itself had glimpses of awesomeness interspersed with a knee that was hurting and a body that felt - well, like it weighed 300 pounds. I tried not to get frustrated that I used to be able to walk as fast as I was jogging. I may have to leave the Garmin behind next time and not pay attention to how fast I'm going. Progress will happen, I just have to keep plugging away at it, right? I know the more I run, the fitter (is that a word?) and lighter I will get. The lighter I get, the easier running will be. The bright side? My Garmin says I burned over 600 calories going just two miles. That may be a bit over-zealous, but I'll take it. The celebration that followed involved warm pajamas, a snuggly baby, and a couch. Endorphin-laced laziness is the very best.

In other news, do you know what happens when you tell everyone how well your baby is sleeping? He wakes you up. At two am. And won't go back to sleep. I want to be mad at the little stinker, but then he looks up and gives me a huge gummy grin and my insides go all squishy. Cuteness is the ultimate self-defense mechanism. That and that snuggly baby smell. I don't think most babies would make it to adulthood if it weren't for these things.

I'm looking forward to a four day weekend (thank you Columbus day) with lots of naps, couch snuggling, running, and picture taking -I promise.

Happy Thursday, Friends!