Its wednesday already?

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I think I know why people say that life goes by faster once you have kids...you have so much more stuff to do that your time is fleeting. I swear it was just Sunday...anyhoo...I should chat about the weekend.

Friday was our day off and we slept in a bit and then dropped Benton off at daycare so we could have a nice shopping day to ourselves. We hit joes for breakfast and then off to jewelry shop and antique a bit. Mel was on the look out for my birthing gift/birthday gift and he got me a lovely pair of diamond and ruby earrings. I am again reminded of how much I like maguire's jewelry up on Wetmore and they again hit it out of the park. Here is a picture of them: Earrings.

We also hit up the Three Sisters Estate sale shop which is fabulous. I got nordicware mini-bundt pans for 6 bucks a piece. All in all it was a good day and we had a nice lunch before we headed home so I could pump milk and then we relaxed before picking up the boy. He had had a really nice day at daycare and was all happy.

During the evening we got a phone call from Storvarr. He was going to head our direction to then catch a ride with us to collegium and then work on the house benches the next day. It worked wonderfully since he was able to check on Benton for us and it made the trip up a delight.

All day long I had other people carrying the boy around. It seemed like every time I looked up someone else had him. LOL. He did really good at the event and played a lot with Mel and folks.

I taught 5 Steps to make Stuff ala Tarrach. It went really well. My hem class I only had 2 students but that was okay. I know have kits for teaching it on the fly which is also good. We headed out of Wickenburg by way of Dunkin Donuts for coffee/crack. Headed down the road to home. The ride back was long and we were all a bit tired and cranky. Ben was not feeding well and I really wished I had packed my pump along. Figured out later that I had a blocked milk duct and had to take care of that when we got home but I was exhausted by the time I got that worked out and then was AWAKE which didn't help. I was just worn out and mentally drained as well. Mel was awesome and let me sleep in after Benton had his morning feed and then didn't wake me up until he really needed to be fed. That was awesome.

The 4 of us headed to joes where you can see the uber happy boy here:
After that Benton was a bit fussy and would not nap. Finally at 3pm he fell asleep on me and I snuggled with him for over and hour before I set him down. After that he was as right as rain. I thinking he got held a lot on Saturday and wanted more of that.

Monday through today has been work and getting into a groove with a schedule. I've been getting up earlier so I can get breakfast and pump before the boy gets up and I think that works great. I can get everything packed and ready to go and then its feeding him and into the car. So, its been a good couple of days but its been tiring. Mel hasn't felt great since Monday. Not sure what is up there but he's very tired now but at least he's eating which he hadn't been on monday. He hit up kung fu but skipped fighter practice. We shall see what he does on Thursday.

Today I'm going to hit the gym for the first time at the new gym for work. Its a really nice setup and I'm going to enjoy working out there. Bob and I are going to do the measurements and assessment before I start so I have a baseline and then I'll be off to work out. I hope to get in some weights and cardio (taking it easy to start) and then start really getting into the groove in the next few weeks. I have a plan (which I of course left at home) from The New Rules of Lifting for Women. I really liked the set up with it and all of it is free weights so I can do some of it at home on the weekends. So we shall see how I do.

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Yup...we so should do that...Sushi is always good.