Postcards from the Tip of Insanity

Let’s just say today ain’t off to a good start:

1. I get outside and we have snow flurries.  Yeah I know, it’s Chicago and it snows here but I am not in the mood for flurries.  Of course my snowbrush is in Coach’s truck and my keys to Coach’s truck are upstairs in our apartment so I brush the snow off with my hand and keep it moving.

2. Panera used to be my favorite until today.  I just had the WORST green tea ever.  Smells and tastes like tobacco.  I don’t smoke, I don’t chew tobacco and I sure as HELL don’t want to drink tobacco.  Thank God for my cranberry pomegranate juice that I packed today or I would be headed to get my dollar back.  It’s the principality!

3. Coach and I are in a bit of a rough patch.  I’m moody and he’s trying to be patient.  But seriously, selfish me is trying to pretend to be okay mostly due to the fact that I have an upcoming birthday.  Ok maybe that’s not the only reason.  I love my sweetie but lately he has been playing double-dutch with my 2 last good nerves! 

4. The Wire finale was decent.  Slightly disappointing as I wanted Marlo to be killed and I wanted to see Avon at least one more time.  But overall, a decent end to an excellent show.

Ok back to my pumpkin muffin, maybe that will make me feel better.

I am off for the next 4 days.  Leisure here I come.  I have two Real Simple magazines to read and a head full of micros to take down (I hate micros- necessary evil for my 2 month trip).  There is a tin full of peppermint tea with my name on it.

There was a time when leisure was my life.  But alas, time marches on.

By the way… I am a new AUNT!!!! We welcomed Mr Jaylen Some Middle Name to the world at something after midnight on March 3rd.  He came in at 4 pounds something ounces and some length.  Yes, those details are courtesy of my brother AND his girlfriend!  Trife!  I had to go get a picture of the incubator ID card so I would have the details.

This is one stubborn but totally adorable little boy! The OB wanted to have the c-section on the 20th of March.  Well Mr Jaylen decided his birthday was going to be on March 3rd and that’s that!  So he was early but he is doing very well. He isn’t on oxygen anymore, he’s eating well, he hates being touched (sounds like my nutty brother).  They will probably send him home this week.  The only issue is that he only has 1 crease on his hands.  You wouldn’t think that’s a big deal but it can be associated with Down’s syndrome and other developmental issues.  We will have to wait 2 weeks to find out because the bloodwork won’t be back until then.  Keep him in your prayers.  It’s likely to be nothing as 1% of all people have a single crease and no issues.

So that’s what’s new with me…. 

I wonder if anyone is still reading?

I’m back from Georgia.  I didn’t write while I was gone because I had limited internet access and I’d rather spend my internet time catching up on what’s going on in the lives of my blog family.

Georgia was pretty cool.  Savannah is my mother’s family’s home and I have never gotten a chance to see it.  I could see myself living there (but Coach won’t leave Chicago).  My unit was there to train soldiers heading overseas.  There is nothing more sobering than to know that the work you are doing may make a difference in a soldier’s survival.  Alot of times, we take our training for granted but to know that these guys are heading into some real stuff, you stand up and make sure you do whatever it takes to make them ready.

I need a vacation.  I got back on Tuesday and went back to work on Wednesday.  I’m suffering from some issues that I have never shared with my blog fam so we are about to cross a barrier today.  I have not had sex in over a year.  My sweetie has some medical issues that have caused issues in the performance arena.  Of course I didn’t know this when we first started dating and I was already in love with him when the problem got worse.  He finally went to the doctor and is under treatment but of course I came home with expectations that things would be improved.  You guys don’t know just how much I love this man.  But it gets hard to not get my needs met.  Feeling guilty because I am frustrated, hating to see him in emotional pain, wishing I could just make things better, it drains me (and him too, I’m sure).  I got him some sessions with my trainer, hopefully exercise and weight loss can help get the blood flowing in the right directions. 

My neice is college-bound next year so I told her I would take her to New Orleans to see Xavier.  She is such a wonderful princess and of course I would love for her to follow in my footsteps.  No pressure, though.  Really, no pressure.  I want her to go to a school where she’ll be happy.  She hated her high school but she knows that she got a quality education.  This time, as long as she finds an accredited university that will provide her with a solid foundation, the choice is hers.

The weight loss thing is slowing down right now.  I’m looking and feeling much better.  Getting home has been a trip, I have to get to the grocery store to pick up some healthy lunch stuff and snacks.  The man in my house is a brownie baking, pizza eating, fast food aholic and i can NOT go back to my old ways.