8th
Late.
Well. I delayed posting about January because I got caught up in a few things, and the not-posting thing just kind of caught me in an inertia loop. And I got sick at the end of January and Rob was sick for like two weeks, and frankly it was just Life that caught up with me and I just haven’t had the time.
So. January. Went pretty well, actually. I had one beer the entire month, and that was when we had some baby-free time, so I felt like I deserved it. And I had no sweets until my birthday. My mom brought me a cake and I nearly OD’d on the sugar like it was pure heroin or something and I had just mainlined it to my veins.
The goal of finishing the blanket: I am almost done! I did want to get it done by the end of the month, but I just couldn’t get it together. All I have left to do is the border and then I’ll be done.
Goals for February: Finish blanket (really!), cook dinner twice a week and cut down on discretionary spending.
All in all, I think I did OK. Now I’m struggling with the February blues, I think. Sometimes I feel like I’m trying to walk through water — I’m so tired all the time. It started mid-month when Catherine started waking up at 3 or 4 in the morning and wouldn’t go back to sleep. I was loathe to let her scream so early in the morning, so I would take her back to the bed with me and Rob. It worked out just great for her, but I can never get comfortable when she’s in the bed, so I wasn’t getting much sleep at all.
It snowballed on itself and we had to do the whole cry-it-out thing and blahblahblah… Anyway, she is sleeping much better now but I’m still digging myself out from the tiredness. I’ve been trying to get up early in the morning to exercise but I am still so tired that I can barely move. I’ve been going to bed early, like at 9, and I’m still trying to eat better, but I just can’t shake this tiredness. Probably some caffeine cutback is called for, as I slam down about four cups a day. And maybe some lower impact exercise, not the 30-Day Shred. I don’t know.
I do know that I am just seriously ready for February to be over. That’s bad, isn’t it?
