Aug. 15, 2009 - Wow has time flown...again.
I now have 5 children and we have lived in Louisiana for 2.5 years. I have figured you can just 'right off' the 1st year of a new child's life- as it it'll be a blur. :) It's enjoyable to be sure, BUT it is also very busy. And tiring. I don' t know what it has been about child # 5, but this has been one hard year. Perhaps it's not the child fully (as adorable as she is!), but also life situations, nonetheless it has been a hectic year, shoot 2 years, really, because my pregnancy was no a picnic.
I don't have much to say at present, but I thought I'd say SOMEthing. :)
I am nursing poison ivy on my forearms ~sigh~ again. I was out cutting annoying viney 'stuff' under the oak tree in the front yard. Guess it wasn't just the viney stuff... turns out it was much more. As I got closer to the tree I was suddenly surrounded by flying stinging insects ~OUCH~ I had never been stung by an insect before. (Well, do mosquitos technically bite or sting? Mosquitos don't count for the purposes of this entry. I live in Louisiana and the mosquitos here are as thick as the air!) I think I disturbed a hornets nest as it appears to be in the ground. Four of them stung me. The vines sit...less then half finished, and I am now planning the hornets demise. It Doesn't really matter if they are hornets or not- they will be gone shortly.
I have been enjoying the gym. We have wanted to join one for some time, but finally did because the physical cost to each of our bodies was a worse option than not joining. Morbid obesity runs in my husbands family and he'd been struggling with keeping weight off as he's become more sedentary. I have also struggled, and having given birth to 5 children has not helped. I am outnumbered and have not been successful in exercising from home (as was my custom) in some time due to the numerous interruptions. To say it has been frustrating is an understatement. I can't describe how much my body and soul are enjoying the ability to exercise- uninterrupted and utilizing various weight machines, etc. I have also been able to get back into running which I am thoroughly enjoying. It has been a goal for a while, but life circumstances have kept me from it. I hope one day to run a marathon. It might be a while as I'm only up to 3 miles. :)
