Well, as of tomorrow, Christmas break will finally commence. Which means, 5
1/2 weeks of no school!! No homework, no stress. And one week of that break, we
will be back in beautiful California. I’m. So. EXCITED! I have one more final
tomorrow, which has me in a nervous state, and then some peace.
So for now, let’s catch up. Thanksgiving was pretty much like any other
day. My family had made no plans so we went to my husband’s grandmother’s house.
We had an early dinner, my husband stayed at his mothers to spend time with his
cousin (I wasn’t all that thrilled), and Emery and I made our way home. We spent
the rest of the day playing, watching movies, and eating junk food. Ok,
I ate junk food. Emery was only allowed a few cookies
and the rest was fruit. On black Friday, I opted out of the early morning chaos and instead we went later in the day with Kim to do a little bit of shopping.
That afternoon Kim, my brother, my dad, and I went to go watch "Breaking Dawn Part I" and "Immortals". On Saturday, Emery and I went to have dinner with Kim and
Olivia’s family. It was a vegan Thanksgiving! Very different, but still
delicious! The rest of the weekend was lazy, amazingly slow, and filled with
naps.
Emery is learning new words every day! Both English and Spanish! So, I’m
pretty thrilled about this. But with more words, come more expressions. And boy
can she be expressive. She stomps her feet, says “NO”, and she’ll shake her
finger at you if you don’t “play” by her rules. She’s pretty much spoiled. No
matter how much we try and correct it by disciplining her she just gets away
with whatever at her babysitters (and at my parents) so she doesn’t really care.
It’s been a bit of a battle, but hopefully with some consistence disciplining,
her attitude will eventually calm down. Or, it’ll just get worse and we’ll
really be the epitome of the phrase “You’ll pay for this when you become a
parent.” Either way we’re in for it. But in all seriousness, I’m enjoying
watching her grow. Even with the teenage attitude she seems to project at times.
I’m completely in love with her.
My husband was “offered” another job. But it won’t start till February, if
he wants it. For me, it would be awful. The money is a lot better, but he’d be
leaving a lot early and getting home pretty late. Had this offer come up before
Emery, I would have sucked it up because we need the money. But this job would
mean less time spent with her. She already has two days out of the week that I
barely get to spend time with her, and I just feel that having both parents gone
a lot would really effect her in a negative way. So we decided to just think it
over, see what changes his current workplace is going to be taking on (if
they’ll benefit us or not), and then finally make a decision sometime in
January. If the offer is still on the table.
My weight is holding steady at 159 lbs. As much as I feel like a damn
failure, I’m also pleased that it hasn’t gone up. Especially with all of the
food for Thanksgiving, at our office (everyone is bringing baked goodies at
least twice a week), and with Christmas coming up too. I’ve been slowly letting
go of red meat. I do really well for a few days and then all of a sudden I just
crave meat. So I indulge, and then go back to poultry, veggies, and fruits. But,
I’ve also discovered the vegetarian/vegan section at Wal-Mart (don’t judge) and
I’ve found a couple of tasty “meatless meats” in that section that I’ve actually
enjoyed. So even though the transition has been a slow one, I’m well on my way
to becoming a “loose vegetarian”.
I started running again! After my little spill, I had to kind of ease back
into running. I’m a bit frustrated because before I was doing 3 miles and not
feeling very out of breath or tired. Now, I’m barely doing a mile and a half
before I start to lose it. My breathing gets all out of whack, and I feel like I
just have to stop. Sometimes I can push through it and reach two miles; others I
barely make it passed one. So yea, I’ve been a bit annoyed, but so long as I
don’t have anymore injuries I should be back up to speed in no time.
I didn’t take very many pictures in November. Maybe about 10-20 at most?
Very disappointed in myself for that. I’m all about pictures and my camera
is always with me. I guess I just got so caught up all of these finals, and
trying to get all of my projects completed in time, that I haven’t had enough
time to really go out and take pictures. But with this break, hopefully I’ll get
myself back on track with that too. Ok, so that’s about it for me today. Hope everyone else has been doing
well!
