I have no answers...

This has been a super busy week...I hate to go more than a week without posting...So I am posting.

:)

I have pictures to show you of our winter wonderland...and as soon as I find the camera cord...I will do that.

Also...no more news on the baby front. Still no definite answers which is good. But, the test I had to take has gone missing. I am sending out a search party...but I will at least be waiting another day or so to get an answer.

Also...baby Stellen is doing better, after a no-so-good-bout. One of her local stations did a news story about all the people praying for her. It is amazing the pictures that have been sent to her.

oh...and I am taking it easy this week since I kind of twisted my knee during spin class. I tried spinning for the first time Monday night. Actually broke a little sweat. My booty is sore. And while doing stretches after class, I popped my knee and it isn't very stable. I planned to walk the Y track last night will Evy was swimming, but I chickened out, not wanting to get a serious injury while in the care of her and no hubby.

Also...just being honest. I didn't do my Esther homework which means I haven't spent much time in the word. I have spent much time doing IEPs.

And...I have some answers about my position for next year. I am excited about it! Looks like I will be getting 3-4 year olds again. This will be great as I will have a lunch break! And time to plan! At least it ~should~ work that way!

Say a prayer today that the day is easy and stress free. Yesterday was full of stress and there were no IEP meetings. Today...I have two IEPs, bus duty, lunch duty, and another meeting with a teacher...plus I have to find time to actually teach my students!

Updates and Prayers Needed!

For those of you following my trying to conceive journey. It looks like I am will be testing gain Tuesday...maybe I will make it Wed. to have some April Fools Fun. It could be interesting either way. Say some prayers. I am waiting for God on this one.

This week has been crazy. It is my most busy and stressful time of the school year...report cards, IEP progress reports, parent conferences, meetings with parents concerning summer school, writing IEPs for the following school year and testing all crammed into about 3 weeks. It is only beginning and I am spent. Next week, I have a meeting during the school day AND after school everyday. Plus...trying to get all my triathlon training days in. (after school) We also added swimming lessons for DD to the mix. I am def. feeling the overwhelmingness of it all. I need to calm and take things one. at. a. time.

The training is going well...although I didn't get swimming in yet because Monday we had severe thunderstorms with lightening and tornado rotations (nothing new in March in Oklahoma) By tomorrow we are expecting to get a sleet/rain mix followed by 6 inches of SNOW... another not surprising aspect of Oklahoma weather. 70 on day 30 the next! I am going to an Autism conference, so I am hoping on all hope that I make it home before the snow. Actually, that I make it to parent teacher conferences...because I come straight from the conference back to town to meet with parents. WHOHOO! (can't you hear the excitement in my voice)

On another VERY MUCH MORE IMPORTANT note...



A fellow blogger, source of inspiration for me as a mom is Jennifer over at mycharmingkids.net. She has a very unique story as she was told her unborn son would most assuredly die in before birth. He was healed of his Supra Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT) and was born happy and healthy.

Last Dec. he contracted RSV and had some issues with heart that were unrelated to SVT. He got over the RSV and has been fine until this week when he contracted another cold. He was taken to the ER, where he was given breathing treatments that have put his heart into a SVT rhythm.

This is stressful on his heart and difficult because it is not responding to meds given by the doctors in PICU. He is showing signs of "trying" to resume normal heart rhythm, but has had at least on prolonged v-tach rhythm. Please pray for this little baby. I know losing a child at any stage of life is difficult and don't want Jennifer, PC or her other 3 children to experience the loss of their miracle.

Jennifer updates on twitter.com/mckmama
and through her blog pretty frequently as to what is going on. You can click the above picture or the colored link...it's fixed now ;)

Tomorrow marks 9 more weeks of school!

My highest accomplishment this week has been the mounds of laundry...and I am only about 1/2 done. I did manage to get the laundry clean, folded and put away. Even got the socks matched with the help of my mom! Laundry never gets finished at our house, so this might actually happen.

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Evy has been sick for a couple days...and has developed a fear of cleaning her room.



Me: Evy, since you are feeling better, please come pick up your toys. (Toys are all over floor by toy box...scattered about her red carpet)

Evy: (feet patting the floor to her room) Mom

Me: You need to pick up your toys

Evy: I like my room like this. I want to watch TV.

Me: These toys need to be put away before bed.

Evy: (now crying...) But I am afraid of cleaning.



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Evy hasn't been eating over the last couple days. She has eaten about half a bowl of macaroni on a couple of occasions, which is highly unlike her. If I can get her nothing else, macaroni is always something she sucks down.



But tonight... she is quitting it up.



She choose chocolate cereal instead. And...didn't finish it.



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New training blog...a few of you may have already found it....but I started a new training blog for the triathlon in August.

http://amystraininglog.blogspot.com/

Feel free to keep me accountable!
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Tomorrow is the first day of the last night weeks of school. Summer is just around the corner!

Spring Break

I think I am in need of a break from Spring Break. We spent the first 4 days of the break in Branson. It was a low-key no pressure kind of setting, but also busy and fun. We had a blast with Evy one day, just the three of us. Michael and I took her to "Ride the Ducks" while the rest of the family went to look for handmade knifes. They had dropped us off and left. As we bought our tickets, the only next available time with more than 3 hours away. We decided to walk over to Krispy Kreme and then on to The Track. Evy and I ate a mini-donut and she blacked her eye goofing around. We walked a little further down the strip and she was able to ride as many carnival rides as she could. A mini Ferris wheel, rabbit merry-go-round, swings, train, and tea cups. Then we played a round of mini-golf...all before boarding the ducks and taking the tour of Branson and Tablerock lake. Evy even drove the boat. We returned to quickly change clothes, grab some food and head off to a show. I think that was our most exhausting day...then we left.

Since we have been home I have been doing some massive Spring cleaning. Our bedroom was in major need of dusting and declutterization. We needed to switch out the winter clothes and Michael needed some help in the wardrobe department. It was almost a two day project and now I have about 10 loads of laundry to catch up on...seems to be my nemesis. I continued a deeper cleaning mode today, after my plans to go visit some friends got put on hold. Evy spiked a temperature last night (103.7 +) and has been clingy and cranky ever since. I finally got her to eat something today, but was a little scared after the "throwing up incident" at 4:30 this morning. Michael has been off at work, so it has been just us. My parents came by so I could run to the pharmacy and get a quick workout. He was suppose to come home for a break (has been there since 6 AM) but his replacement is sick...so he will be working straight for 24 hours. Evy doesn't want to leave, so he is on his own.

SO... I am ready for a break from my spring break week!

Today I climbed a mountain.

I awoke this morning with the same desire I had at 10p.m. to walk the steep hill at the foot of the resort. So...I dawned my new Nike sport bra, became very disappointed that my Nike +ipod sensor bit the dust, but decided that I would hit the trail anyway. I didn't know the distance and forgot to look at the clock before I left. The hill was so steep that I had to run down, trudge up the other side, and run back down, and trudge back to the resort. It was a crisp, slightly cool, Ozark smelling morning. I miss those morning walks at the farm as a teenager and young adult. The air *almost* smelled like Grandma's house. I listened to a little Needtobreath and pondered on my verses I am memorizing. I am still trying to figure out what is next...I need to get on it because it is 48 hours late! As I climbed back to the resort, I realized that I needed to pay attention to the time so I could figure out how much time it took me...see why I was so bummed about the sensor issue. When I got back to the room, I figured out the time by adding the songs I heard. I added the song totals and figured out it was 14 min. 29 sec. Then we drove it in the car... about 8/10s of a mile. Mapmyrun says .76 miles. It has an elevation ascent of of 194 feet and a decent of -190ft. I know it wasn't "30 minutes" of recommended exercise, but it got me sweating...which is good. So... today I climbed a mountain.

Accountability, please?

After a few days in Branson, I feel ready to come home. We had fun shopping and site seeing and eating. We have eaten to our hearts content and then some. It is so hard to make good food choices when on vacation. But truthfully, I live in vacation mode alot. I did get some workouts in downstairs...but no swimming as the water was frigid. Evy would much rather sit in the hot pool than in the cold pool. I am looking forward to getting back in the swing of home life again.

I am wanting to run/walk this hill from our hotel. It goes down and then up and is probably about a half mile or so...I am hoping that I can conquer it before we leave town tomorrow. I am setting out to do first thing in the morning...so keep me accountable! It would be a good challenge, especially before 5 hours of sitting in the car.

Things to do....

1. Dye my hair a lighter shade of blonde...this will make hubby happy.
2. Pack and clean for this impromptu trip to with the family. Am I up for it? Not really, but I am going to make the most of it and enjoy a break away.
3. Buy a swimming suit.
4. Get my triathlon training schedule written and on the ball...slacking this last week as not on the schedule.
5. Get over this terrible cold that seems to be plaguing me.
6. Take my vitamins and other pills...quit forgetting it...it isn't going to work if it they aren't getting taken.
7. Enjoy Spring Break and try not to think about the work that needs to get done before the end of the month.