Another full weekend. This time thankfully I was not on my own, though we did a fair amount of ‘dividing & conquering’.
Saturday:
1- Trip to Flamingo Gardens (I took kids solo while Josh worked)
2- Lunch out @ local diner
3- 18 patient charts completed at local Starbucks (my shift of work time!)
4- A ball. (Benefit for the hospital where I work, so essentially a work event — of which there seem to be about 348723 in the next 2 months)
Sunday:
1- Long run (7.5 mi) from 6:45 AM – 8 AM in gorgeous cool weather (high 50s!!! This is our winter!)
2- MyGym with G — I hadn’t gone in forever. She was sooooo excited.
3- Piano & Panera with all 3 (Josh had some time to work / play guitar)
4- Made dinner – Fed and Fit recipe (cheesy chicken rice and broccoli casserole) + roasted carrots. Josh and I thought it was great. The kids were not big fans but said they would attempt it again tonight if smothered in ketchup (ew, but ok).
5- Completed 5 more charts. And now I am caught up! Whew, but ugh.
6- Cleaned up house & prepped lunches. Our nanny was out Weds – Fri of last week with what sounded a lot like flu. It was a struggle.
BUT! One side benefit of her absence is that we realized that taking all 3 kids in the morning is not all that difficult. And therefore after many years of G (nanny) helping us get out the door in the morning, I am shifting her hours later (and slightly reducing the #, but will keep $ the same). Now I will have more bandwidth in the evenings to help A&C with homework and piano. I am excited to see how this helps the flow of our evenings.
I am working hard (and taking proactive steps) to work on my mood issues. More on that in a future post (I think).
WEEKLY WORKOUT REPORT:
M – 21DF Total Body Cardio, 10 + 12 lb weights
T – Stroller run b/c G up at 5:30 AM for no reason
W – 21 DF Upper Fix, 8 and 12 lb weights, pushups: 29 total full pushups, 14 total on knees
R – 3.7 mi intervals (pouring rain for 2nd half of this). 1 mi warmup, 45sec x 6 at interval pace (5K pace approx), 1 min rest between each. 1 mi cool down. Total pace 10:19/mi.
F – OFF
S – 21DF Pilates
S – long run (7.5 mi) shown above in great weather ave 9:28/mi
MEAL PLAN THIS WEEK
M – leftovers of this Fed and Fit meal, salad
T – shrimp / black bean / rice burrito bowl
W – leftovers of M & T (whatever is left)
R – pasta with meat sauce, green beans
F – leftovers
S – family dinner out
S – I will cook something (maybe another F&F recipe!)
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Big fan of shifting hours later as kids get older and need more evening management! This should make your nights more calm.
Flamingo Gardens sounds like a nice outing — and glad the weather is finally better! That dress looks great on you so happy it got more use. It sounds like you had a full but balanced weekend. 🙂 Would appreciate you writing more about what steps you’re taking and outcomes of mood stuff if you’re willing to share — think you would probably find many readers can relate and would appreciate. Have a nice Monday!
I spent sooooo much time charting this weekend. Going to try to make a conscious effort to do as much as I can in the moment/at work this week to avoid a repeat next weekend. Nice job on cramming a lot in there this weekend!
Avoiding charting as we speak, but so very glad I am not the only one whose kids try to improve almost all foods with ketchup.
Shifting hours is great as long as you can have her “on call” for sick days when not all 3 kids go to school! That was our big lesson, even with 4 in school, we still needed full time coverage. In the winter we inevitable had at least 1 day/week with 1 kid home…
We are very lucky that she is flexible and this won’t be too much of an issue. But yes!
Sounds like a full fun weekend! Are you using a recipe for your shrimp black bean bowls? I bought (frozen cooked) shrimp and I’d like to integrate it more into my meals, but have never made it at home before!
Nope – total improv 🙂 more of a “mix a bunch of things together and hope it’s good” plan!
Mornings at chez OMDG have also gotten way easier (when in-laws not around “helping”) as Dyl has gotten older, but nights? Argh.
I love that dress BTW. And your arms look fantastic. Where did you get your clutch? I keep trying to find one, but have only been able to find ones that are a) ugly, b) too small, c) too big, or d) really gd expensive.
Thank you! And yes I am excited for the mornings va nights exchange! Last night was great. The bag is some generic Nordstrom brand from years ago so I am no help there!!
I definitely want to hear how you’re working on your mood struggles. It’s a problem for me. too.