SBF2 Reboot Boogaloo! Christmas Week

yoginimary

Yep, Christmas week. Yikes. I'm really busy this week - well, the next three days. Though part of my busyness today is getting a pedicure and having lunch with family.

Today: teach yoga, run errands, get bulbs planted (way too late! - I even had a dream last night that it rained and delayed the planting - you're over worried if you dream about a planting bulbs delay ) and get a walk in. Need to write everything down - it works better that way.

I'm working on my yoga goals for next year. Poses that I'm close to, but not quite there.

Christmas, boogaloo!

cp005e

I guess everybody's busy this week! I think I am done with shopping (unless I get any great ideas this afternoon), so I just need to get wrapping. Although, I may not wrap the ones I am bring to Houston until we get there - I think the paper would probably get messed up in the luggage. I forgot that I took the day off tomorrow (for some reason, I was thinking that I was going to have to go to work early and then leave straight from there to the airport) - I could save a vacation day by coming in, but I think I'll take the lower stress route and just take the vacation day.

Tonight is pushups, laundry and packing. For the week... my only real goals are pushups, and not overeating too much. I think my brother has a treadmill, so I'll bring my shoes and hope to get a run in. Heck - maybe I could even run outside! Dessert will happen, but I will try and keep it in the evening so that I don't overeat as much for the rest of the day.

Holiday spirit, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

So, wow. . .Christmas week. I am a freaky-deaky this week. I still have to pick up the present I got for my MIL, and finish it. I bought her a locket, and I have to shrink down and cut pictures of her three great-grandchildren to fit inside of it. She's a super-cranky lady, so it's my Christmas dream that I get to see her genuinely happy about something. Anything.

Plans for the day are an appointment downtown (with my therapist. . .man, do I need it ) Bikram at 5:30 (man do I need it), a tiny bit of housecleaning, and then I have to go home and learn all the music for Christmas Eve/Day.

Performances went well yesterday, although I had a diva moment at my second gig. . .and then was full of tearful remorse. I felt like it was a test that I had become a calmer and more enlightened person, and that I failed. (effectively, someone said something I found offensive and I sort of said "hey, I found that offensive" and then worried that I had hurt her feelings and harshed her mellow.) Then again, ten years ago I would have been a holy terror from start to finish, so . . .progress!

Getting to Bikram is a bit tight, because I have an appointment downtown until 3, then have to make it home and leave again by around 4:30. (Monday night class is really busy, and I like to get there early and claim a "safe spot". . .I'm very fragile right now, and like to hide a little bit) I'll probably just have to make myself leave the house although I don't want to.

Hey, I learned this the other day. . .did you know that "merry" means peaceful, or did at the time the word originated. . .like "have a merry christmas" means have a "restful" Christmas. Anyways, that's what someone told me, and I'm trying to think on it.

Merry boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

V, I guess most people really don't have a "Merry" Christmas anymore if it means peaceful and restful. :huh:

Sorry I don't have time to comment on all the posts. I need to get back to work. I didn't get much sleep last night again, so today is kind of a blur. My goals for today are: make cornbread, cookies, clean house (almost done!), eat, take a walk and try to get a short nap in! The people are coming over tonight that I've never met. I am not too nervous about it. Tomorrow overshadows tonight in nervousness! We got an email from the agency director and she said she will be contacting us tomorrow with hopefully a child match for us! I'm screaming on the inside! I am so excited I don't know if I can get a nap in! Most of me is excited. The other part is thinking, "What are we doing?!" :laugh: I think I am too excited to eat too! This could be beneficial!
Last Christmas was by far the worst one I ever had. I lost my baby that day. I don't know why but it has been my "dream" to be pregnant over Christmas. It's two of my favoritest things and I want to have them together. If we get news tomorrow that there is a little girl in Russia for us, I will be getting my dream! I can't hardly stand the thought of there not being a child for us. I will be crushed.
High hopes boogaloo!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Sending extra good thoughts your way, MM.

mechanicmom

Thanks V! :flowerforyou:
Last night was successful. A little awkward at first but the man is a talker so silences were not long. The little boy played very well with Alex and Alex with him, which is unusual, so that was also a success. He was a very sweet low-key boy and I would have no problem with him coming over again.
Today is the day! I actually slept surprising well for the first 3/4 of the night until DH started tossing and turning. So I am still tired but not as much as yesterday.
I don't have much to do today, unless our Christmas presents arrive, which would be nice. So I have no excuse not to work out today. My back is feeling better since I haven't done taebo. :frown: I guess I will dust off some other DVD's and do those for awhile.
CP, I tried to do push ups the other day and I am so embarrassed with where I am! I commend you for keeping up with them. I am going to try to start doing them again three times a week but not following the program right now. I'll just do as many as I can and add another five or so to that until I get built up again.
I will post later when we hear what's going on!
Pins and needles boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

Good luck today MM!

Another gift wrapping day for me. I've decided that spending time with my family is more important than going to hard yoga tonight (insert shock and awe here). I'm going to get a walk or bike ride in today and nothing more - and it will be fine. We are going to have dinner and decorate sugar cookies.

Yesterday - yoga was the only exercise I got. I did manage to get everything on my list completed - very happy about that.

It's going to hit 70 degrees today - nice day to be outside.

A yoga teacher at the gym is stringing me along for a sub day. Two weeks ago she asked for a sub. I and one other person responded, that we would do it. She still hasn't told me if I'm doing it or the other person is - I've emailed her three times, with the last email asking for a decision today. I don't think I'll will sub for her again. If she doesn't respond today, what should I do?

Priorities, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

Hi pebbs,

I dragged myself to yoga yesterday, and was very glad I did. Today is a break from Bikram for boxing. I kept vacillating between doing 20 and doing 25 sessions in the time before the gym opens. Today I'm back to 20, since I forgot to factor in one day a week for boxing in my original plan. Maybe I should split the difference and go for 22.5. (I amused myself yesterday by imagining that at the .5 mark, I would just lay down in savasana at the 45 minute mark of the 23rd class. I both amuse and cry easily lately. . .)

Also, I have to learn the music I didn't look at yesterday. I had a bad day (recovering from offensive remark business, discovered that it really hurt my feelings more than I realized, and had some crying. This time of year just leaves me open to all my emotions somehow).

So, today is boxing, lesson teaching, wrapping my husband's gift ( The Beatles box set in mono. . .I'm actually worried he will buy the same thing for me) and sneaking it into plain view, and sitting down with Christmas service bulletins to make sure there are no vocal surprises (a few years ago, I looked a page ahead in the bulletin during the service and discovered I had to sing something I had never heard of before. . .I had to sight read it. . .which is my performance nightmare).

Mary, if that teacher doesn't respond today, I would be fictionally scheduled for something else if she contacts you later. It's a big pet peeve of mine when people string me along. I think it's just the epitome of rudeness.

I'm thinking of you today, MM. . .keep us posted, and remember to breathe a little bit. . .I can't imagine how that suspense must feel.

CP, I am now obsessed with the George Bailey 5K. I want to go as Violet, and my brother wants to go as Mr. Potter and have someone push him the whole way. (difficulty: my brother lives in Colorado, and I live in Toronto, but I should add that we're both weird enough to travel to do this.)

December 22nd:noway: boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

cp005e

Best wishes for you today, MM!
I don't think I will do the actual push-up program this week - I am just going to do as many as I can at least 3 days this week. I think I am almost ready to move on to week 6, but we'll see how I feel next week.

CP, I am now obsessed with the George Bailey 5K. I want to go as Violet, and my brother wants to go as Mr. Potter and have someone push him the whole way. (difficulty: my brother lives in Colorado, and I live in Toronto, but I should add that we're both weird enough to travel to do this.)

I had a feeling you would enjoy that. Come on down next year!

I think I am all packed up, and will be heading off to airport in a couple of hours. Let the holiday begin! If I don't get a chance to check in with you all, have a wonderful week and enjoy your celebrations. :flowerforyou:

Merry Christmas boogaloo!

mechanicmom

It's a girl! Okay so we already knew that part. We did get our referral! I'm sorry but I can't give out much info on her due to Russian laws. I will call her M. She's cute and she will blend in with our family. She had a couple of diagnoses that we aren't sure what they are. We sent her info to Alex's doctor, who has adopted 6 kids from Russia. If they are serious or life-threatening, we will have to really seek the Lord about what to do. Now that I've seen her picture I'm not sure I could say no. I'm still feeling speechless (shocked?) and overwhelmed so I don't know what to think yet or what to say. I'm a big ball of emotions right now. A cry is probably in my future. lol.
As far as my work out today, I am not sure. My ankle/foot has been bothering me since yesterday. I may try to do something anyway. The release might be good.
CP, I hope you have a good, safe trip! And merry Christmas!
I'll chat with you all later!
MM
Oh and we will be going January 18th to Moscow! Where's the happy, screaming smiley when I need one!

yoginimary

Congrats, MM!!!

lotusfromthemud

Yay, MM! How exciting. And, wow. . .You're going to Russia soon!:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Thanks my friends! It's been an exciting 24 hour to say the least. We actually got a little more sleep last night, though we were both up at 3 eating a snack and talking. LOL. We really need to get some good sleep tonight since we are traveling tomorrow. DH told me this morning that there's a possibility he could be pulling an all nighter (or late nighter) at work tonight, which means I will drive tomorrow and he will sleep. :huh:
I hope the rest of the Christmas presents come in today! If they don't, hardly anyone in my fam will get presents from us. Talk about cutting it close.
My foot still hurts and I have no idea what happened. On the bright side I was down half a pound this morning. I have don't know how that happened either.
Today's goals:
horse therapy
little shopping
wrapping presents (if they come)
packing
maybe a nap.
I might try to get some exercise in somewhere if my foot can stand it (pun intended)
Both my step dad and my FIL are diabetic so I am suspecting the sweets to be way down at the families houses this Christmas. I hope. I don't need any encouragement right now.
Jingle bells boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

Have a good trip, MM & CP. I don't leave until Christmas morning. Good thing too, as husband was sick last night, so neither of us got sleep. I hope he feels better today. He won't be flying out though - don't want to risk getting his grandmothers ill.

Yesterday was nicely busy gift wrapping. I'm hoping for a repeat today. I'm going to get there early to set up and start making money :happy:

Today: teach yoga tonight and walk this afternoon. Manged a bike ride and a walk yesterday.

Lots of money for charity, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

Day off today. I'm indulging in my special Christmas tradition: the pre-holiday tension headache.

Happy holidays for the traveling folks. I probably won't check in for the next few days, either. But, I'm aiming to go to Bikram three times in the next four days.

Merry boogaloo!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

I think we just got another confirmation that we should do this! I'll try to keep a long story short.
We've been saving airline miles for months now for our trips to Russia. Steve read somewhere that it's 120,000 miles for a round trip for two to Russia and we are about 4,000 shy of that. So we've been trying offers and all that to get more. Well, we then found out a month or so ago that American doesn't fly to Russia from Sept-April, which really burst our bubble. Tickets are going to cost about $2000 now. Steve called American a little while ago and told them what we had etc etc. The lady said we can get to Russia on 40,000 miles a person round trip! So we'd have enough saved up for one person when we go on our next trip. By our next trip we should have enough saved up for both of us. Also she has the flights on hold for us for five days! So we have a little time to figure things out before we have to book them for sure. I started crying. lol. Maybe it doesn't seem like a big deal but it really is. It takes a load off our shoulders. We've been praying for confirmation that we should go and we believe that's what this is!
Anyway, I am really excited and I wanted to share.
Now I need to get busy. I'm so distracted that I am having a hard time focusing on cleaning and packing.
God is so good boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

Guess it will be lonely here. We had to move our Dallas plans since husband got sick, so we are leaving on Sat. Don't want to get the old folks sick as well.

Doing the last of the gift wrapping today and walking. Would be cool to go to a yoga class, but ah well.

Merry Christmas Eve, Boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

Just got back from a packed, exceptionally sweaty Bikram session. (that's 3 down, 17 to go).

Made the joking comment on the way out the door "I wish just once my *kitten* would drag me to workout, and not the other way around."

Hoping the energized calm continues through two stressful services.

Merry boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

Merry Christmas y'all.

Took me a minute to get your joke, V :laugh:

Today: walk and maybe yoga. A little too cold for a bike ride, though the wind has died down a bit.

We're going to my parents house for a little second Christmas get together, since we're not in Dallas today.

Christmas, Boogaloo!

yoginimary

Off to Dallas today. See you guys next week!

lotusfromthemud

OK, I know I'm probably just talking to myself, but I miss checking in if I don't do it. Hope all is well with my pebbs, and you all got just what you wanted for Christmas.

Yesterday involved sugar cookies and potatoes au gratin (I make this about once a year, love it and then move on. . .) and tums.

Today involves: hydrating, Bikram and a few errands.

Almost all went well with Christmas performances. Had an interesting experience of "fibro fog" where my brain simply stopped working mid-phrase on Christmas day. Had this moment of "Oh, I am singing in church and should continue doing that. What are the words to this song again?" I found my place and kept going. . .but it was a pretty glaring "something went wrong" moment. Ah, well. . .we move on. It was an indication of how tired I was. . .as I haven't had one of those moments in a long time (they used to happen a lot. Like I would forget words for a common object (vacuum cleaner, for example. . .I had to say "the machine that you clean the floors with" one time).

Resting up and eating well boogaloo. (in prep for second Christmas in the states on Tuesday):flowerforyou:

lotusfromthemud

Or, I could fall asleep on the sofa and miss yoga.

That would be good, too.

mechanicmom

Hi Pebbs!
I liked your joke, V.
Mary I hope you had a safe trip to Dallas!
Our trip was cut short. We were on our way out to Steve's parents when they called and said their toilet is unplungeable. Apparently all the snow they got somehow messed it up. I'm sorry I am not much inclined to squat and go when it's 15* outside. :noway: So we are home now and will probably see them next weekend.
We were kind of wanting to go to church tomorrow since we got our child news this week and want to share with the people who have been the most excited and supportive about it for us. So now we get to go. It's settling in that we are going and I'm starting to feel emotional. Maybe when I struggle with fear/doubt/or sadness about leaving Alex, I can just look at M.'s (I started to type out here name. lol) picture and it will remind me of why we are going this. We have a whole lot to do over the next couple of weeks. I am going to set a goal of losing 3-5 pounds by then as well. I figure I will either eat due to stress or not eat due to stress. I'm not sure which way it will go. Nervousness usually causes me not to eat. It's 3 weeks from tomorrow and I know it's going to go by so fast. I just wish she was going to be home after those three weeks. :frown:
I'm going to try to come up with some goals for this week to help me stay focused and get me back on track. It's good to be back home but I do wish we could have gone to Steve's parents house. Next week I guess.
Still snow in the yard boogaloo!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Morning pebbs,

Very busy day today. Have to get everything ready for travel, have to go pick up some sheet music from a retired/moving to a condo singer (8 boxes full.. . .eeep. where will I put it?), then pick up the present for my MIL (have been trying to do this for a week. . .now it's truly my last chance!). If (and I really hope it does) my schedule permits, I'm going to bikram at 4. For sure. . .not falling asleep on the sofa this time.

I'm examining goals for January, as I want to "re-examine" before the first of every month this coming year. what's working? what isn't?, etc. . .

Busy boogaloo (for Christmas 2: Extended family boogaloo!):flowerforyou:

ps. . .hate the new home page, and I'm thinking of un-friending nearly everyone on my list if they don't add privacy settings pronto.

mechanicmom

Howdy,
I don't really like the new thing on the homepage either V. But I saw several comments on FB about it and people like it.

Well, pooh. My family gave us a gift that keeps on giving: a cold. My mom said she was on the tail end of hers and we should be okay by the time we came down. She failed to mention the entire rest of the family had it as well. :grumble: Not a happy camper. Loading up on vitamin C etc. At least it's now and not right before or during the Russia trip.
Speaking of the trip, we booked our airline tickets today. We get to fly into London so I am kind of excited about that. Not that we get to leave the airport.... My mind is going into the "if I don't think about it, I won't panic" mode. Everyone at church was very excited about it today.

Still trying to figure out my goals for this week. I guess it depends on how sick I get. Maybe I won't get that sick. I can always hope right? It's a battle between eating what I think I want and what is really good for me. Actually I just want soup. And maybe some chocolate to follow.
I really don't have anything to report. I just missed checking in over Christmas. :smooched:
I'll post my goals tomorrow with the new week. Hope you all are well!
MM

cp005e

Hi everyone! And congratulations, MM! That is very exciting news.

I am home again. We had a pretty fun trip - though a lot of it focused, naturally, around my just-turned-2-year-old-on-Christmas nephew . He's very cute, but a bundle of energy for sure! I ate way too many ginger snaps and handfuls of trail mix the first day, then was good and went for a run the second day, managed to be pretty reasonable on Christmas (though I still had some treats), and then ate too much again yesterday because we were traveling late and I thought I needed the energy. :ohwell: I also only did pushups once, so I'll have to get back to that next week.

Today I've just been recovering and playing with my Christmas presents (Beatles Rock Band, and a ukulele!). Though it seems like the post-holiday blues are beginning to set in... I don't want to unpack, and do laundry, and go to work tomorrow, etc. I need to spend some time this week thinking about my priorities and my resolutions for next year.

I hope all the sick folks feel better (including your husband, Mary!), and I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. :flowerforyou:

lotusfromthemud

Just got back from the lady's house. Eight boxes had turned into fourteen, so I spent a lot of time sorting through. A lot of the music was ancient to the point of falling apart, as some of it she inherited from her teacher (who performed in the teens and twenties, to put it in perspective) I left with about two boxes of really cool music. But, again, I didn't make it to Bikram. Which made me really eager for my new gym to open. . .as I won't have to keep to a schedule. Jan. 18th, I hope. I did do yoga at home, but it's not the same as a class.

Tomorrow I leave for the states, and will be gone for second Christmas. I did pretty good food wise over first Christmas, so I hope to continue with that. I only have one big meal planned, and the hotel has a gym.

Hope everyone who is not well is well soon!

Everybody's travelin boogaloo.