^ Truth right there!

Marla - Ugh! I hope you feel better soon! There's been nasty stuff going around my house as well. So far I've escaped *fingers crossed but for four weeks, at least someone has been sick and staying home. Youngest had a fever for a week straight. It finally broke last night. I agree with Laura, if you have some sun, so sit outside and that should help a little bit. I hope.

Sherry - Don't be too hard on yourself. Your having to go it alone with two kids in a foreign country. Hopefully the leg thing keeps improving instead of reverting back. Did what you were doing stop working?

Had a good conversation with hubby. He was truly sorry for a lot of the things he said, and liked the idea of me getting a therapist. He's so stressed at work and basically doesn't know what to do about it, so it squirts out at me and occasionally the kids. Which I get, as his work is the suckiest thing on the planet at the moment. Anyway, I'm hoping a therapist will teach me to better assert what I need, so that I don't make my hubby had to try and read my mind and guess what I need. Plus, and outlet to work through other stuff as well. Now to find one.

In other news, now that the big Springfest is done, my schedule has finally normalized. I've been getting all my training in and the stress has almost disappeared. Which confirms for me my decision to step back a bit from the PTO. This year it just got to be too much. I'll take notes at meetings, and help with Springfest. But I will do absolutely nothing else. That should help relieve a LOT of stress. Hubby and I have worked out our training schedules and so far it seems to be working. It's hard because we can't train at the same time for a lot of this, because someone needs to be home with the kids. So it's like squeezing double the training hours in. But I think we have a good system worked out. I may take a step back next year for a year and only train for springs and an occasional Olympic. Just until youngest is in kindergarten. Then, once he's in school all day, and their old enough to watch each other if we train, I'll ramp up to do my bucket list...a full ironman. But that'll be three or four years down the road.
Eating is better. I'm snacking more frequently. But it's things like hard boiled eggs, baby bel cheese, or smoothies with whey protein. Helps stave off my hunger so I've been way under my calorie count each day without feeling tired or hungry. Hopefully that keeps up!
Happy hump day everyone!