The good, the bad, and the kids that don’t sleep!

The good, the bad, and the kids that don’t sleep!

Well I have made Chicken Basquaise, bell pepper and bacon quiche (One thing my kids actually ate), almond flounder meuniere and lemon steamed spinach. The fact that I have been able to keep up with last month’s challenge is good and I suppose I should start with that.  

I have had a real up and down week. This month is supposed to be Love: love my hubby and myself in honor of Valentine’s day. I admit I feel more like I have just been trying to play a game of catch-up. My kids have not slept well at all which means when they are awake it is a constant battle to keep everyone happy and instead I am going a little crazy. It is kinda funny. I thought they were sleeping better than they were. Carl was acting really grouchy though and I couldn’t figure out what was going on with him. Then I said, “Well the kids didn’t sleep to bad last night.” He laughs. Turns out they woke up about an extra five times last night that I didn’t even know about. They keep just going to his side of the bed. Everybody has been tired. So with that, working out has been a thing of non existence since last Sunday when I ran. Working out is supposed to be the ‘love me’ aspect of this month. Then on Valentine’s Day I worked super late and was going to pick up Zio’s Italian food on the way home, but the wait was 2 hours. We had to do Panda Express instead. It was already way late and we were both way tired. Then he went out of town on Thursday through late Friday night. Spending real time with my hubby is suppose to be a big part of the love my hubby aspect of this month and this week has been rough on that front. So it really seemed like there was quite a bit of bad rolled up in this week and the love was getting lost. But without the bad things will never get better. I had this major epiphany on Friday- If I really wanted happiness I needed to get more serious about making some changes. I realized Carl didn’t originally fall in love with a frumpy grouchy house mom, he fell love with a spunky, little bit wild girl that enjoyed life and laughing. I know he loves this old house mom but, I think that girl needs to be revived a bit.  One of my biggest issues ever is staying up too late and then when the kids wake me up at 6:30 I just want to die. I have never been a morning person even before kids, but that should be something I can change. It is something I need to change if I want to wake up happier and have some good time to get a work out in and working out boosts serotonin. It will be doing something nice for my hubby because then he won’t have to get ready for work with kids hanging on him and  if I can get up, boosts the happiness and get started on the day before either of the little rascals I will be in a much better place. So the good- I have decided to make a big change: I am going to get up at six everyday and get a workout in and really focus on the fun in life.

I decided all this on Friday. I waited up for Carl last night to get home and although this week had its rough spots it has all ended on a good note…