The Triathlon!

I am going to be doing a Sprint Triathlon on Saturday. I have been training pretty hard, especially the last 2 weeks. Today I found out there are only 6 people signed up so far for it. That sucks, but it also reinforces and will emphasize the reasons I am doing it. Even if it was only me, it shouldn't change the reasons or my desire to do it. (Though I wish I would be able to be lost in the mix a little more.... So here are my reasons: 1) It was a motivator to exercise, lose weight, and get in shape. (I still have far to go, but I have lost 5 pounds in 2 or so weeks!) 2) It is a cool thing that I will feel proud to accomplish, especially 4 months after having a baby. 3) I turn 28 on September 29th. I want to say I accomplished something cool, something for me, by then! 4) Sounds kind of fun, challenging, but fun!

Now here are some things I have learned while training:

*I am still as competitive as ever. I am old, out of shape, and flabby. But man I still have a competitive drive. (I am not sure if this is a good thing.)

*I still care too much what people think. I just moved to a new town, don't know many people, yet find myself wondering if people are judging me as I flail through the water, or about my wet ugly hair as I run, or my form as I am biking...etc. I am doing better. This has been good for me...I am doing this for ME and who cares what others think!

*There are so many different versions of in shape....Swimming is TOTALLY different on the lungs than running. Also, there are skinny girls that I could outrun, outlift, outride, etc. But no fair that they LOOK so much better! Side note: And there are people with amazing calf muscles that have never worked for them. I used to work my fanny off for nice calves but it just isn't in the genes. Thanks mom. Why couldn't I get my dad's calf gene!?

*Swimmers are amazing!!

*Running to music SERIOUSLY helps.

*I am stubborn. (I already knew this, just have had it reinforced many times.)

*I am capable of surviving on very little sleep. (I have been waking up at 5:30 every morning after having been up at least 2 times for feedings in the night!)

*The body is an amazing thing! I could go into this a lot, but I won't. It just is.

*I love food, WAY too much!

And hopefully, after Saturday I will be able to say I accomplished something I never have before and it felt great! And I surprised myself....We will see.

P.S. I will SOOOOOO be making one of these AFTER my race to indulge in.

Chocolate Reese's Cake!

OR

Reese's Mud Pie

Mmmmmm......

Bugged

Just need to vent a little, so here are some things that have bugged me lately:

• People in stores saying how cute my "baby girl" is when HE is dressed all in BLUE with a BLUE blanket!
• People that wear skorts to work out at the rec center at 6 in the morning. Seriously?
• Not losing weight when I am working my butt off! (I wish it was literally!)
• My 2 year olds sassiness, sometimes his smartness, and all the time the fact that he still isn't potty trained.
• Teething in my 4 month old...Ouch! Waaa! Aah!
• Women's clothes sizes. Pretty sure I fit in a range from size 12 to 18!
• My skin, dry cracked hands and heals...and my poor boys inherited it.
• Dustin's lack of pay for hours worked.
• Ridiculous rent price in freaking LARAMIE, Wyoming.
• Feeling like I have to beg people here to be my friends.
• 2 failed ACL surgeries and the the fact that my ACL is torn for a 3rd time! I think I should get a refund for the first 2 sucky surgeries.

Probably enough for today. Oh life, somtimes I think you hate me!

I'm Back!

Hello! I am back. After a very long hiatus from this blog I decided I REALLY need somewhere to vent, think out loud, and just write down some everyday stuff from my life. I don't want to taint my family blog by doing so. Hopefully I still have some followers on this blog as well. Comments, ways you relate, stories, or empathy is welcome! Soon to come. Blogs on moving to Larmie, Wyoming, motherhood, dealing with a 2 year old, becoming old, etc. Oh the joys of everyday life.

"Phd in Grammatical Studies"

So I assigned my students a grammar worksheet to work on parts of speech.  It was a little more difficult because it was advertisement slogans rather than complete sentences. I wanted it to be more challenging because it makes them actually think about what part of speech each word actually functions as in that phrase.....Anyway, one of my students came to class today and we had an interesting conversation.

Student:  This homework was so hard.  My mom got a Phd in grammatical studies and she didn't get it!  

Mrs. E:  Really??  Your mom got a Phd in grammatical studies?  Wow!

Student:  Ummmmm..... or something like that!  

Yeah kid, "something like that."  Could it have been linguistics, semantics, or anything else.  because maybe I am wrong, but I am sorry cuz I don't think there are  any Phds out there for "grammatical studies." AND if there are, what a seriously LAME Phd.  What do you study, the philosophy of grammar?  I wanna know what she wrote her dissertation on?  Commas?  Great to hear the kids say later as we graded it, "I can't wait to show my mom how wrong she was on this worksheet!"  Really, so she does your homework for you?  Maybe if your mom with a Phd in grammatical studies doesn't "get" a worksheet copied straight out of a middle school grammar book, then she is in the wrong line of work.....or her education was a bit fat waste of time.  

The End

It's been awhile...

It has been awhile since I wrote on this blog, but summer is over, school has begun, and I have a stuff to say and once again do not want to taint our wholesome family blog with my opinions, ramblings, and ventings.  More to come, but for now here is my first entry in awhile.  

This is what happens when you let husband's dress themselves! :)

Done, D-O-N-E, Done!

I am DONE with work for the summer!  Whoo hoo!!  I feel like I am 20 lbs lighter!  (Wish I literally was!)  Anyway, I survived my first year of teaching.  Let's just say, it has to go up from here! :)

3 days and counting....

Only 3 days of work left and I can't wait!  I am way more excited to be out for the summer, as a teacher, then I ever was as a student!  Yay summer!  Only one more stack of portfolios left to grade.....