A healthier me.....by 33 AND house update #2.

So after spending my 32nd birthday in the Emergency Room facing a possible blood clot, I was terrified.  I remember joking with the nurse that they couldn't let anything happen to me because my husband is not capable of fixing my daughters hair.  Then I started to cry.  It hit me like a ton of bricks. 

I have spent the last 10 years putting myself last.   I spent years devoting all my time to my classroom and students;  working long hours, and then bringing work home, eating unhealthy, drinking WAY too much caffeine.  Then came kiddo #1, 25 months later #2, 25 months later #3.  With each kid I found myself more and more in "survival mode".  Less sleep, more caffeine.  Less healthy meal choices, more eating standing up as fast as I could.   Not only did I physically not feel well, but I was kind of an emotional mess too.  I started having anxiety that I have never had before. I came across this quote, and it hit the nail on the head for me. 

It was time to make a change and so I began slowly. The kids and I started walking everywhere.  To the park, post office, downtown to pay a bill, etc. (and let me just say, the hills in our new town are NO JOKE! I prayed every time I pushed the double stroller up the massive hill at the end of our walk that no one would drive by and see me struggling...not a little, but about to pass out struggle.   We also started walking the trail here in town in the evenings with Mark.  I then started menu planning again, something I had gotten away from with the chaos of our move.   Recently I have started running the track at the rec center here in town.  I am not going to lie, it's kind of a pain.  I usually go with the two little ones, and end up spending a lot of my time convincing Nora she isn't going to die of boredom and trying desperately to keep Emmett in the stroller. BUT....it has been good. It is good.  It is what I NEED to do for me, and for my family too.








So....I have signed up for my very first 5k. (Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning) Mark assures me it is no big deal, and it is not that far.  I keep reminding him I am not a runner.  I am the girl who dreaded the day when we had to run the timed mile in gym class.  I could walk all day, but running is a whole other ball game.  Mark will be running with me, just in case I keel over.  Ha!  




I know I am not at my best, but I am working at it.  This is about becoming a healthier me, so that I can be the best for my family too.  As a Mom, it is difficult to put yourself first.  I have finally realized that if I don't, I am not giving anyone else my best either.

Now for the exciting stuff......

The kids standing in the basement.  This will eventually be our "movie theater room".

The forms for our basement walls.

                                                                 Walk out basement.

                                                     Mark is standing at our front porch.

                                                 Pouring the walls!  This was fun to watch.

Things are coming along with the house and it has been fun to see things progress.  The kids are starting to get excited too, now that they can see it.  Our little lady can NOT wait to get to have her own pink and purple room. (We will see how she feels that first night without big brother to share a bunk bed with.)