1656 New Year New You

Saucy Scale: 10

At some point in late summer, I truly feared that these children would drive me crazy.  Mattson is still just a little guy & Gus was just really jealous of the extra portion of Mommy Time that Mattson was receiving.  I decided that I needed to put a little bit of space between the 3 of us.  So, I signed Gus up for a local Parent’s Day Out (PDO) program.

On Monday mornings I drop him off at a local church.  Mattson & I get a few hours alone together.  Sometimes we go to Panera for breakfast.  Sometimes we run those errands that are just too hard when you’ve got more than one child along for the ride…

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Before I had a toddler and a baby to contend with, I just had no clue how much more difficult it is to run into a  store for "one quick thing".  Every single errand means you have to get them out of their carseats and decide if you need a cart, a stroller, or if Gus gets to walk this time.  There is no leaving them in a locked car "just a sec" while you run in…not unless you want DCFS on your ass.  (Trust me, I know someone this happened to when she ran in to grab her dry cleaning.)

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…and sometimes we just get groceries.  OK, most often we go get groceries. 

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Because grocery shopping carts were just not designed for a toddler and a baby.  Having Gus walking along side would just stretch out each shopping excursion (not to mention my remaining patience)  beyond belief.  It is pointless to put Gus in the grocery basket, b/c then you can only buy a handful of groceries.  Sam’s Club is the only place which has carts big enough for 2 kids in the seat.  They do surprisingly well sitting next to eachother, actually.  But who wants to go to Sam’s when you need a loaf of bread, a quart of milk and a stick of butter? (ok, if you get that 1970s tv reference, I love you)

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So, today was our first Monday back at PDO after a lengthy break.  Gus quizzed me about the contents of his lunchbox in the car onthe way over.  I thought that was funny…he’s never done that before.  He asked me if there was a bagel.  (Apparently my lunches were a bit predictable.)  Luckily for him, I tried out something new.  Something I NEVER thought would be in my kitchen pantry…

Oh goodness.  I’m so ashamed.  However, when I checked out his lunchbag after PDO, I was delighted to see that he’d eaten the whole thing.

Anyhoo… so I think PDO is a good thing for all 3 of us.  Mattson & I get a little alone time and Gusser gets to stretch his wings for a few hours each week.

Last year TBU and I won a "Biggest Loser" challenge set-up by his college friends.  Hands-down, we kicked their fat asses.  TBU took the guy division & I took the wives.  We chose the Weight Watchers route to do it.  And it worked for us to work it together.  But babies, death in the family, a laziness has us both sitting at the wrong end of the scale once again. 

We decided to get ourselves back to Fat Camp. 

Saturday morning started with a Last Hurrah at Panera stuffing our faces silly prior to that first weigh-in.  While neither of us was loving that initial weigh-in number, we were both happy to see that we were still a few pounds lighter than when we signed up for that last Biggest Loser Challenge (albeit just barely).

The truth is, that for us, Weight Watchers (aka Fat Camp) works better when we do it together.

So, la-di-da, here we go again.

Thanks to the nice people over at the local YMCA (and the childcare), my ability to take a few classes & get in some exercise just improved dramatically.  Tomorrow morning at 9 am…see you there.

Well, speaking of my beloved TBU, he’s just arrived home from work.  Bless his heart, he’s just volunteered for diaper duty2.  The least I can do is get some dinner on the table for him.

 5 Things That Make Me Happy:

1. This laptop
2. Fat Camp
3. YMCA
4. My Family
5. NOT MAKING NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS!