I hope the rest of my day is as good!
This morning so far has been made of awesome. I hope this continues throughout the day. :)
I've been feeling rather rundown lately, prolly because I've gradually gained weight since stopping pumping. In hindsight, stopping right before the holidays was a BAD IDEA. I'm a grazer when it comes to snacks, and I fail my willpower rolls vs. cake/ice cream/cookies/etc. I haven't met a carb I didn't like, and it shows on the scale. I'm up to about 175 lbs or so now, which makes me frowny. I'm now size 10/12 instead of 8/10, though I don't look noticeably different. I think the extra 10 lbs doesn't really hit me consciously, but I'm starting to feel sluggish. It's hard to work in exercise, too, because by the time I get home, it's pitch black dark and I don't want to walk Indy. Or do anything but veg after Maddy gets to bed. I mentioned this to Katya yesterday, and she told me about workout DVD's with babies that she was thinking of picking up for her maternity leave after her baby's born.
So this morning I decided to start jogging around the couch and lifting Maddy like I used to do when I was on maternity leave. There aren't any good free on demand exercise vids anymore, and the two DVD's I have at home I've done to death. Not to mention there isn't a lot of room in the living room. So I did laps around the couch at a light jog, and Indy raced around me and tried to jump, as I knew he would. Maddy thought it was funny, and walked around me until she got bored and went off to pull things off of shelves. I actually felt a bit better, which is yay. This is something I can do in the morning playtime pretty easily. :)
And Walmart opens at 7! I saw the cars outside, and decided to stop by and pick up something else for Jay for Christmas. I can say what he's getting since he never reads my journal anyway. ;) I ordered a Dr. Who Chameleon Arch watch, which is still in the packaging it was shipped in. I got him a sweater and a DVD of the first 10 He-Man eps. Perfect stuff for him. He's starting to wonder what to get me, and when I showed him the list of stuff I wrote down for family, he scoffed and said he wouldn't get me anything else on it. (Lich King had been on that list, too) So we'll see what I get when hols rolls around. :D
And even better? I had a fic idea that could go for either k/m or d/g, and I think I'll write them both. the K/M is a smutty oneshot that I wrote in my head driving in to work, and the d/g is actually a post-epilogue piece. I know, I know, I think it's a piece of crap, but the story might actually work if it's epilogue-compliant. O_O
And another piece of awesome? I got my usual parking spot under the lamppost even tho I arrived 20 minutes later than usual. Win!
I've been feeling rather rundown lately, prolly because I've gradually gained weight since stopping pumping. In hindsight, stopping right before the holidays was a BAD IDEA. I'm a grazer when it comes to snacks, and I fail my willpower rolls vs. cake/ice cream/cookies/etc. I haven't met a carb I didn't like, and it shows on the scale. I'm up to about 175 lbs or so now, which makes me frowny. I'm now size 10/12 instead of 8/10, though I don't look noticeably different. I think the extra 10 lbs doesn't really hit me consciously, but I'm starting to feel sluggish. It's hard to work in exercise, too, because by the time I get home, it's pitch black dark and I don't want to walk Indy. Or do anything but veg after Maddy gets to bed. I mentioned this to Katya yesterday, and she told me about workout DVD's with babies that she was thinking of picking up for her maternity leave after her baby's born.
So this morning I decided to start jogging around the couch and lifting Maddy like I used to do when I was on maternity leave. There aren't any good free on demand exercise vids anymore, and the two DVD's I have at home I've done to death. Not to mention there isn't a lot of room in the living room. So I did laps around the couch at a light jog, and Indy raced around me and tried to jump, as I knew he would. Maddy thought it was funny, and walked around me until she got bored and went off to pull things off of shelves. I actually felt a bit better, which is yay. This is something I can do in the morning playtime pretty easily. :)
And Walmart opens at 7! I saw the cars outside, and decided to stop by and pick up something else for Jay for Christmas. I can say what he's getting since he never reads my journal anyway. ;) I ordered a Dr. Who Chameleon Arch watch, which is still in the packaging it was shipped in. I got him a sweater and a DVD of the first 10 He-Man eps. Perfect stuff for him. He's starting to wonder what to get me, and when I showed him the list of stuff I wrote down for family, he scoffed and said he wouldn't get me anything else on it. (Lich King had been on that list, too) So we'll see what I get when hols rolls around. :D
And even better? I had a fic idea that could go for either k/m or d/g, and I think I'll write them both. the K/M is a smutty oneshot that I wrote in my head driving in to work, and the d/g is actually a post-epilogue piece. I know, I know, I think it's a piece of crap, but the story might actually work if it's epilogue-compliant. O_O
And another piece of awesome? I got my usual parking spot under the lamppost even tho I arrived 20 minutes later than usual. Win!