Tuesday Doldrums....

Waaaahhhhh....(sounds just like Snookie)...lol...Wow..it's only Tuesday. I have a feeling this is going to be a very long week. Last weekend flew by, as did Monday...but today, Tuesday...well, it's moving (barely) at a snails pace. I feel like I have been here forever already today.

I was extremely busy yesterday, for a Monday. So, I didn't have a chance to post about my weekend. Needless to say, as usual, my weekend was extremely busy and flew by in a flash.

Friday night, after work, I went to the gym and ran a quick 4 miles...afterwards, I went to the grocery...had to get some wine, stopped and grabbed myself a salad and picked up a pizza for the hubby and the boys. I always feel weird, after working out, being all sweaty, etc..in my work out clothes, and then go inside somewhere an order a pizza...lol. I jokingly asked the teenager behind the counter at the Pizza King, if the pizza they served was calorie free..then I had to make it a point to let him know the pizza wasn't for me, just my boys. Why do we do that? Feel the need to "explain" ourselves to a perfect stranger. Anyway, went home and relaxed for the evening.

Saturday morning, I was up and out the door for a run by 8 30 a.m. At first, the temperature was great..but, it warmed up quickly..in 45 minutes, I got a great 4.5 mile run in. Then I had to shower and dress, as the hubby, myself and the boys, had to drive to Terre Haute (2 hrs away) to meet my 20 year old, to take care of his paper work for his financial aid/student loans for his Sophomore year of college. The paperwork had to be done and turned in this Monday and of course, he pushed the envelope, waiting until the last moment. We got to Terre Haute around 1 pm..took care of the paperwork, then took all 4 of my boys, plus the oldest (Tim) girlfriend, out for lunch. Anytime we visit, the boys always want to go to Buffalo Wild Wings..not my favorite place to eat, but, hey..whatever makes them happy. I finally got to meet Tim's girlfriend....I was a little nervous, as they seem to be pretty serious(from conversations I have had with Tim) and I didn't want to embarrass my son, I wanted to make a good impression. I really liked this girl...out of the three girls I have met, since Tim started dating, she is by far the best...even Max the seven year old, had a crush on her...it was too cute, to watch him blush, when she teased or talked to him. He even told his brother, "Tim, Natalie is hot...you did good!"...lol..it was too funny. Natalie couldn't join us for long, as she had to be at work at 2 30...so, after lunch we parted ways with her. But, not before I got a shot of all of them outside the restaurant...


Tim has been talking about moving out of his Dad's place for some time and Saturday, he told me the apartment that he and six other of his friends were planning on getting had came through and that he would be moving out of his Dad's the next day and into this apartment/house. I was shocked...I knew it would happen eventually, that my baby would "fly the nest" so to speak..but, it was hard for me to fully wrap my head and my heart around it..the fact that Tim was old enough to be out on his own...my baby boy isn't a baby anymore..he is a man...boo hoo. I can't tell you how sad it made me..but, in the same sense..very proud of him. He wanted to show us his new place, so I eagerly agreed to follow him...we had to stop by and pick up the key from one of his friends, then drove over to the new place...

The house that he and his six other friends rented is an old, old 1890's era Victorian home, in a very old neighborhood in Terre Haute...the house, I am sure, was very beautiful in it's time and if someone had several hundred thousand dollars, it could be restored and be quite beautiful..as it is now, well....it needs a lot of work, but for seven college boys, it is perfect. Tim, I feel, has the best room in the entire house. He is very excited and I hope sharing a house with so many other guys works out well for him. I spoke with him yesterday and as of Sunday evening, he is officially on his own. Paying his own bills, his own rent and putting himself through school. I couldn't be more proud of him. After touring his huge new home, we said our goodbyes to both older boys and made the two hour drive back to Lafayette. We got home around 5 pm and by 6 I was out the door to run more errands..the video store and the grocery store.

Hubby ended up grilling out for dinner and we wrapped up our evening by watching the Wolf man, with Anthony Hopkins...it was a rather stupid, graphic/gross movie and I would not recommend it to anyone....

Sunday, well..the morning was kind of a lazy day...I made pancakes for everyone for breakfast, cleaned up, did some household chores..then showered and dressed and took Max, the little one with me into town, to pick up a school supply list and go look for him some new shoes for school. After returning movies to the video store, we stopped, yet again at the grocery and got stuff to grill out again and came home, prepared dinner, cleaned up and I was in bed by 10 p.m...

As I said Monday, here at work I was extremely busy, and 5 o'clock came fast. After work I went to the gym, ran 5 miles and proceeded to do my stretches...as I was strecthing out my left leg, I looked down and seen blood seeping out of the side of my shoe...I had literally ran until my feet bled...what the heck? I took of my shoe and my sock was covered in blood..apparently, I had a small blister on the inside of one of my toes from my Saturday run and had popped it open and it bled as I ran..

Seriously, I am not kidding...



I went to the locker room to survey the damage...



I had planned on doing legs and abs, but knew the legs were out of question...as I didn't want to leave a trail of blood throughout the gym, I had no bandaid, no extra shoes to change into, so I did my ab work and left the gym.

So, tonight, is another gym night...it feels so great to be feeling healthy again and able to give 100% with my gym routines again. I plan on at least a 4 mile run and my leg work I was unable to do last night.

Hope you all have a great Tuesday...3 more days and the weekend is here again! Whoo Hoo!