One Day At A Time

And it's not what you think!

So, let me start by saying, yes I'm alive and well. This week is Spring Break. My mom and I took a short trip to Minnesota to see my Cousin Sara and her two kids. UGH!! It wasn't long enough! We had such a good time! Other than that nothing too exciting going on.

So....Shopping Extravaganza. Where to start? Several weeks ago my cousin Sara suggested I check out the website TheGroceryShoppingGame.com since we were looking to save money. So I did. However, I saw that you had to spend money to use the website, so I didn't give it another thought. UNTIL, my trip to Minnesota. My cousin taught me all about using sales and coupons. I'm so stoked. So, I'm calling my project Shopping Extravaganza. The hubby.....is not too thrilled. Oh well, I keep reminding him that we are going to save a lot of money. The first thing I did was made a list of everything we buy. Thank God we don't buy it all at once! I have ten Excel landscaped pages!! The second task was a field trip to all the stores in my area that I could possibly grocery shop at. While there I plan to scope out everything on my list and write down the quantity and the price. Today my plan was to hit up all the stores.

HUGE MISTAKE!!! I knew this was going to take a lot of work, but the hubby and I spent nearly 4 hours in Meijer today!!!! By the end he was ready to gouge his eyes out! Unfortunately we have 4 more stores to go to! EESH!! I keep reminding myself that all this hard work is going to pay off. We already found a couple things we know we're going to Meijer for, for sure! I've been scoping out tons of websites and looking for coupons. So, if you have any suggestions I'll take them. I LOVE COUPONS.

My friend LH, thinks I'm an idiot and stupid for doing this. I keep reminding her that she is going to be jealous of how much money I'm saving. I also told her that some day, she's gonna want all my info!

I do have to admit I complained at Meijer and I did want to give up. BUT, alas I did not. I pushed forward and we completed the list of prices (well most of it.) Somethings we couldn't find. Tomorrow my goal is to hit up another store. I can't wait to be able to compare!

Who opened the flood gates? It's been raining non-stop since last night. There is a lake forming in our neighbors backyard and it's slowly inching toward our backyard. I don't have much to share, but thought I would check in. My motivation to workout isn't all that great. However, my clothes are starting to get to the point where they aren't comfortable any more. It's definately a sign that I need to get my big 'ol booty to the gym. I am very excited for a class that I am teaching this trimester (yes we have trimesters, not semesters) I taught it last trimester too, but I had a mix of kids from our functional life skills classroom and some have limitations that limited us from doing some things. Anyway, right now the kids are working on power point presentations. They had to come up with at least ten stretches that we could do before and after we exercise. Then each student is going to take a week to lead warm-ups and cool-downs. After we stretch then we walk. They have to walk at least 10 laps in 15 minutes. When I say laps I mean around the hallway outside of my classroom. If we go outside they have to do four laps around the track. Four laps is a mile. When I first started the class I had some students complain about how they didn't need to exercise, that they were fine the way they were. However, before we started we read some information and watched a video about the importance of exercising for everyone. Now, I hope their attitude has changed. We'll see how this next week goes. I think we will begin walking next week though. They are still working on their presentations.

Okay, I'm done being a whiney baby. I wasn't handling the miscarriage very well and came to the point that my husband stepped up and said that I needed to see the dr. So, I did and she put me on a medication. This past Wednesday I went for a check in with her to see how the medication was going. First she put me on Lexapro. If you like sex...not use it! (Sorry mom! I know TMI!) I also got a lot of headaches from it. Then she put me on a newer med called Pristiq. I am liking it a lot! No more headaches and sex is good again! WOOHOO! Anyway most of our discussion didn't end up being about the medication. It ended up being about getting pregnant. We discussed my cycle and what I observe every month. We also discussed how I have MS and I haven't been on my meds for almost two years probabl (I haven't had any problems, thank God!) However, my neurologist wants me back on meds as soon as I have a baby. With all that being said she thinks I need to consult a fertility specialist. She gave me the name of a dr. to go to. I've thought it over and if I'm not pregnant by next month I'm going to give him a call. It's hard to accept that there may be something wrong and that's why I'm have trouble. So, we'll see and I'll keep you posted.

Update on the drama...Crisis averted. The girls met and discussed things and as far as I know this are all better.

Now on to my UGH. So last August I found out I was pregnant. I was so excited and couldn't wait. I was really hoping for a girl because both of my brothers and the hubby's sister have boys. So, I thought how cool to be the first to have a girl. I mean I wanna have a first!!! My brother was the first to have a baby. Same brother was the first to get married. The other brother was the first to have a second. So there I was really hoping for a girl. Then....the miscarriage. It really sucked!!! Then my brother decides to announce they are expecting again. Let me tell you it's not easy at all being happy for them after going through a year of trying to get prego for it to end in a miscarriage. I'm not happy at all really.

BUT, everyone in the family keeps gonig on and on to them about how it will be a girl and how cool that would be. UGH!!! I wanted the first girl!! But no! Today he rained on my parade (not that there is a parade since I'm not prego, but we're working on it!) and announced that they are having a girl!

WHAT THE HELL!!! WHEN WILL IT BE MY TURN!?!? WHEN WILL I GET TO HAVE MY TIME TO SHINE!? I know I sound like an ungrateful whiney baby, but I don't care right now! WHY!? WHY!? WHY!?

UGH!!!!!!!!

I don't think I'm one who is up for much drama. However, I seem to have joined a group of girls who do. What do you do when grown adults cause drama, that's not necessary?