Welcome Back To Junior High

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I found out last night that I the other parents at my kids youth group don't like me, so four of them ganged up and told the guy in charge of the parent group that if I stayed around that they would all quit helping out.  Obviously, the key to groups like that surviving and flourishing is parental involvement and four is more than one, so I'm out.   Even though the guy in charge said that he didn't agree, liked what I was doing, and appreciated all of my efforts.  Whatever.   It is so not worth my time and energy to put up with that.  It really amazes me that I'm obviously so important other people feel that they need to plot my removal.

I watched a video online the other day about Mom Bullies, and the person was saying that they had never run into them.  Oh... my... god... just come spend some time in my shoes.  My youngest daughter and I have actually spent the last four months in therapy because of these people doing crappy things to us.  Between the therapist and my best friend saying "leave... why are you staying... leave... take yourself out of the bad situation... leave... stop letting yourself be abused..." a sense of protecting my child from these asses kept me there.  Katie and I now more or less have our Thursday nights free again, and have lost a WHOLE lot of stress, and will save money without the therapist bills. 

Yesterday, I sat down and made out a work schedule.  I printed it out, and posted it on the wall for the family to see what I really do all day.  I'm hoping that getting my hours organized is going to open up some time in my day to fit in some other things.  Like this!  Look, I've actually gotten another blog post made here.  Granted it's more random ranting, but here it is none the less.

Have you ever taken much more time that you should have to get out of a bad situation because you thought you were doing the right thing?  Have you ever dealt with "grown ups" that forget they're not in Junior High any more?  What did you do?

What do we have here?

Oh looky here, what do we have?  It would appear to be a long forgotten blog that I started sometime shortly before my life went absolutely insane in 2012.   According to the stats page there are actually a whole 10 of you out there subscribed to this poor long lost blog that was supposed to be dedicated to me getting fit.   Thank you so much for reading, and at some point in time subscribing to my ramblings.  I hope you'll stick around. 

2012 went crazy for me and I spent most of last year in survival mode. The wheel has turned and like most American's with the coming of 2013, I've been thinking about getting in shape again.  I won't be making any resolutions, because I won't keep them, but I an very aware that I need to turn some things around.  I've just been *so* unmotivated to actually get them done.  I have to do something, I need to get moving again on many different levels.

When you work at home and are always "on call" scheduling things gets a little loosey goosey and that's part of what has happened with my life.  It's not working for me though and I need to come up with some self discipline and organization in my life.

I just came across this on the Disney Parks Blog, and couldn't love it more. It made me both laugh and cry.

That girl there, Jenna Boyd, crossing the finish line. She could easily be me. She looks like me, she just finished a half marathon. What the hell is my problem that I can't even find an hour in my day anymore to go out and take a walk.

I've got some serious re-organizing of my life to do.  If you stay tuned, I'll do my best to keep you updated on how that goes.

1.5 is better than a butt on the couch!

I went out and walked today!  I would have never gotten out there on my own, but my BFF and I made a date to go walking at the same time and call each other.  She kept me accountable and I finished 1.5 miles.  I did a 20 minute mile, which is slow, but considering my health scare last month and lack of doing anything for that time period, I'm happy with how I did.

What's that you say, pictures or it didn't happen?
Here I am right before heading out on the museum path!

 

How do you stay accountable?  Do you have a buddy to cheer you on?

Running Around with B

All the running that I've done this week has been running the kids all over town.  We had 8 Job's Daughters and DeMolay events in 10 days.  The kids have become quite active in both Masonic Youth Groups over the past six months (though we've belonged for about 7 years) and I even took the plunge and became an advisor for the DeMolay group.  The kids are having fun, but it can sure take up a lot of time and money when you have three kids involved! 

Tori, Katie & Kirk Working a Promotional Booth at a Local Street Fair

I put more miles in on the road than I did on my feet, but it wiped me out none the less.  We have a couple of more coming up as well.  Work? Let's just say I'm doing the minimum.  Training? Ha!  Let's not talk about that yet.

So, what am I doing lately to try and stay healthy?  I've drastically cut back on my soda consumption, and I've started taking daily vitamins. 

Since we don't have health insurance right now I really freaked out when my fibromyalgia took a turn for the worse in May.  While in Disneyland I started to experience numbness in my arms and legs, a symptom that I had never before had.  Along with some serious cognitive dysfunction it had me very scared.  Since I couldn't afford to go to the doctor, I hit the internet to see if I could fit the symptoms in with any of my current conditions.  I decided that I was probably suffering from a lack of Vitamin B.  I discovered that Vitamin B supports the central nervous system, and the symptoms of lacking it were pretty much a laundry list of what had been going on.  In fact, it read like a book about my particular case of fibromyalgia. 

It's been about 3 weeks now that I've been supplementing my B and I'm feeling better, I have no more numbness in my arms and legs, and my brain seem to have cleared the fibro fog for the time being.  I'm not advocating being your own doctor for any reason, and I will get it checked when I can, but for now things seem to be looking up!

That's a good thing, because I have more running around to do with the kids!

The Miracle

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Over the past month I have been sicker with my fibromyalgia than ever.  Training has not been happening.  This has caused an awful spiral that has kept me from posting with you, my friends.


I still don't know what to write, I'll try and get a Vlog done in the next couple days and share with you what's been going on.

In the mean time... try to keep the faith!  Because it's not the destination, it's the journey that counts.