Don't Do That To Me!

So today, the phone rings. I check the caller ID and it's Dan. We usually talk a few times during the day, so I answer it and he says, "I just got some really bad news." I'm thinking, somebody died, somebody got in a car accident, he got in a car accident, you know...all of those fun things your mind does. Your heart drops, you start preparing yourself for the worst. Anyway, so I say, "What?" and he says, "I just found out that all the deer tags are sold out." I kind of jolted because this was not what I was expecting to hear. Apparently, deer tags selling out is really bad news. Don't do that to me!

Later on, I had just put Ethan down for a nap and I'm getting ready to start working when he calls again. He says, "What are you doing right now? Is Ethan asleep?" I say, "Yeah. He's asleep. I don't know. Just sitting here getting ready to work. Why?" He says, "My gas gage got stuck again so I'm out of gas stuck between Tooele and Saltair. Can you bring me the gas can?" So upstairs I go, to wake up Ethan, get gas in my car, because ironically it was just about out of gas too, and get drinks, because it gets hot out there in the middle of nowhere, and off we went to rescue Dan. By the way he told me this news on the phone, I think his priorities are a little weird....deer tags selling out apparently is worse than running out of gas in the middle of nowhere because your gas gage said you had gas.

Just a little...

Sore...I know, I know, exercise means no pain no gain and all of that, but I'm just a little sore this morning. The last two nights, I have gone to exercise. It has been great and know the soreness will go away after I keep at it, but still it's not fun to be sore. Thankfully, I'm just a little sore. At least that means I didn't work myself too hard. Hmm....maybe Dan will let me go get a massage....

Another weird thing, yesterday I was getting Ethan dressed in the morning and I grabbed a pair of 5T shorts that I bought him at the beginning of the summer. These are the same shorts, mind you, that were a little bit long on him and that I had to cinch the waist up on just a month and a half ago. All of the sudden, they fit. They're no longer too long at all and the waist fits just right. Weird. I swear that boy will be taller than me by the time he's six! I mean, who heard of a three year old being that big! Oh well, I guess he got the tall genes from my grandpas and the big genes from Dan's side of the family.

Dan got his graduation stuff this week. He has an official cap and gown and everything. The graduation ceremony is next week. I'm excited for it. He's starting to get excited for it. I think telling him he had to go made him realize how much he needed the celebration at the end of all this work. We should be hearing from the state within the next week or so too to find out when he can take the NCLEX (state licensing exam). After that, he'll no longer be Dan, Student Nurse Extraordinaire, he'll be Dan, Male Nurse Extraordinaire!

My First Workout

Dan and I got a gym membership. We got a pretty good discount through his work and the location even offers free child care for when I want to go work out during the day. I went for the first time tonight. I really enjoyed it. Armed with my iPod, off I went. It was actually pretty quiet there tonight. It was nice to get back into the swing of things. I've kind of slacked off on the exercise thing lately. I used to go walking almost every day, but I've gotten out of the habit. Now, I can take the iPod, watch a little something on it, and escape for a bit.

I'm motivated right now to keep working out. Hopefully that holds and I'll stay motivated. I really want to move forward with it this time. Even after I get pregnant, I want to continue it. Everything I've read says it's good to exercise while pregnant as long as you're not pushing too hard. Hopefully since I'm starting before I'm pregnant my body will get used to it.

I always seem to feel better when I have a goal and when I'm working on a project of some kind, something for me. This is for me.

What A Great Weekend!

We really had a great weekend. It was the 4th of July, of course, which I love. I grew up celebrating this holiday with my extended family. In fact, I can't remember a time when I haven't gone to the fireworks in Kaysville and had lunch out there. We went to the parade in Kaysville first. It was really fun. Ethan had a great time, once he was able to kind of get the hang of what was going on. They threw a lot of candy to him. You can even see some in his hand when he fell asleep in the car in one of the pictures. He was so excited about that. He even got wet at the end when they had the fire hoses spraying everyone. He didn't like it while he was being sprayed, but afterward he thought it was great. He kept saying, "Mommy, I get a wet." It was cute.

After the parade, we went over to my Aunt Sharlene's for lunch. We had a barbecue and relaxed for a bit. We really had a great time. The kids played in the water and the adults just hung out. It was nice and relaxing, especially because my aunt has central air now. :)

After lunch, we took a car ride, where Ethan fell asleep. We wanted to go get some chairs and blankets for the fireworks and we went to pick up Nick. We went over to Aunt Lorraine's for homemade ice cream, another family tradition, and hung out there for a bit. The kids had a good time playing. I got some poppers to throw on the ground. Ethan liked them, but only from a distance. He would throw it like it was a grenade and run like crazy. It was really funny. He is so cautious for such a big burly boy. We went and snagged some dinner at Subway and then went up to the DATC where we had blankets set up for the fireworks. We played and visited until the fireworks started. Dan even got his glow sticks like he wanted and played with them with his brother. Ben and Lisa came and sat with us for the fireworks too. It was fun. Ethan didn't like the fireworks this year. He snuggled with me with his eyes covered the whole time. Oh well, maybe next year he'll do better. I think it was the noise of it all.

Saturday and Sunday were just spent recovering and relaxing from the weekend. We did a little bit of shopping and went to dinner on Saturday, but other than that we just relaxed. I took a nap yesterday and that was really nice. Sleep really is a wonderful thing.

Too much fun on the fourth.