Thoughts from the Treadmill

We're back from our month-long states stay and things have been crazy. Some big changes are coming our way so January isn't going to be slow like I'd hoped. It was a great trip, and it feels like one big blur. It also feels like a big burden to blog about. But it will come, slowly but surely.

I went to the gym today, exactly one week after having come home from our trip. It felt good to be there, and to have my kids being baby sat one wall away. Having forgotten to charge my iPod, I had 45 minutes of just me, my thoughts and I. So, I wrote a post while exercising.

First I started to watch the tennis match. I really liked the one chick's outfit. 'Maybe I should start playing tennis...' And then it hit me. I'm already 26, too old to be a professional athlete. Not that I was planning to become one, just the fact that it's wiped off my white board of possibilities caused me to ponder. I could do a triathlon someday. It may not be professional, but it's more my style. That's still on my possibilities list. Whew.

'How long has that girl been on the machine? It must be more than 12 minutes...ahhh...30 minutes, you go girl. I wish I was already 30 minutes into this. No I don't. I can go through this, it's good for me.'

Kelsey is doing so far with potty-training. We started on Friday or Saturday and we've had 5 accidents total (2 were the first 2 times with underwear on, 1 was in the shoe store). She really seems to like it and she's good at telling us when she needs to go. We have also been home a lot the past week so I wonder how she'll do when we're out. My friend Jenna gave me the idea to bring the portable kid potty with me in the car, which has been used several times. At home, it's been nice to have the stack of diapers stay stacked. We've gone through a lot more toilet paper though. It takes a lot more time right now though. She's waking up some mornings with dry diapers and even though it's annoying to have her call for me at 11 or 12pm to go pee or poop, it's progress. At least she's not using it as an excuse. She loves her sticker and lollipop rewards. When she fills up her sticker wall, she gets a mermaid doll head and a wooden beauty set. I can't wait to give it to her.

'I hope this machine was wiped off well before I got here. I hope I don't get sick from it. I hope the kids don't get sick from the day care today. We need to get used to all the Swiss germs again.'

Aiden's being a good boy, he's been a bit fussy the past few days. Poor guy had an ear infection earlier this week - fever and everything. He's better now, just a bit fussier than usual. I hope he's not going through a "mommy only" phase. He's sitting up on his own now and he loves the freedom. He reaches for everything and is pretty good with his hands. It's bad at the dinner table. I guess I'm not used to him being able to pull over cups and grab plates. He's also talking a lot..."dadadada...." is his favorite.

'So if I keep going this fast for this long...that's 8x5...which is...35! No, crap. It's 40. Why am I still so bad at my multiplication table? Just because I had kidney surgery and was in the hospital for much of my 3rd grade, doesn't mean I can still have that excuse for not knowing them. Gosh, that's embarrassing. I need to re-memorize them for when Kelsey starts learning them otherwise I'll lose all credibility. So let's practice...' I proceeded to go through several multiples, but then I got bored.

'Why does that guy keep looking back at me? I'm looking at the TV, not at him!

I'm glad I didn't have an iPod today! Are iPods making us all stupid because we no longer think while we do things, we just mindlessly listen to music?' I love doing that, especially while working out.

Anyway, I know this is a random post, but this is the closest thing to a post you may get for awhile. Why you ask? Because we're moving back to the states in February or March. I have mixed emotions about this. I'll write more on that later. As for now, LOTS to do!