Catching My Breath

Life needs to have a pause button. I need a few moments just to breathe. I wouldn't want to fast forward; life goes by too fast as it is. I don't want a stop button, obviously. I surely don't want to rewind. It's been a couple of weeks I wouldn't want to live over again. But a pause button, that would be nice.

Mother's Day was great this year, even though I have a well-documented hate of the holiday in general. We went out to dinner with Sean's mom and siblings, and had dinner at my mom's house with my family. The kids and Sean made me breakfast and gave me everything I wanted (concert tickets, flowers for the yard, a trip to Yogurt Stop, and a girls day of my choice and homemade cards). The only thing missing was my beautiful oldest daughter, who went to Texas for 10 days to visit Levi, an old friend-ish type person. I missed her greatly. But she's home now, thank goodness.

Sean planted 8 tress in our yard. I'm very excited to get some shade, and now maybe I won't have to look at my neighbors anymore. Our houses are too close here.

I can't even think what else has happened. I have been in a fog for a few weeks, but I'm feeling better now. I have a few more weeks of school and so much to do. I hope I can focus and get it all done.

April Goal Report:
I kicked April's butt! I did so well. I very rarely get to say that, so it feels good. Of course then May came along and I had a nervous break down, so maybe I can only have one good month at a time.
*I did not gain any weight, and I in fact lost weight. Nothing dramatic or anything, just a good healthy amount that I feel good about. I modified a few small things and I'm going to slowly lose these pounds and keep them off.
*I got flooring bids.
*I did yardwork. I planted stuff.
*I not only hung the picture frame I wanted to get on the wall, I got another one finished that I've had forever.
*I put down the fiction temporarily and finished my diabetes book (well, all but a few chapters) and finished my diet book. I started Outliers, but didn't finish it. I needed the distraction of some fiction the last little while.
*We all stayed out of the doctor's office pretty well.

May's Goals:
*Get started on home remodeling projects.
*Finish Outliers so I can give it back to the student who lent it to me before school is out. Oops.
*Keep exercising and losing weight. I lost a few pounds due to stress, so I don't expect to keep those off now that I've started eating again, but I don't want to gain back anything that I lost pre-freak out.
*Survive.