Yup, that's right, I'm swoll-den. Day 7 of the prednisone. 6 more to go. I tried to go to the gym yesterday to do my run but I.just.couldn't. I got on the treadmill and started to work and had the most terrible throbbing pains in my legs starting below my knees and extending down. Terrible. Then I started to run... I thought "I'll just jog it off" umm... yeah, right. I lasted maybe .25 miles and had to stop. I have terrible swelling and pain in my legs when I try to do anything and my belly is near about grown out to Africa or maybe Egypt, I'm not sure which. I have gained 9 pounds since starting this wonder drug, which did ward off the hives, but I'm so over it and ready to be done. Too bad the weight, water and bloat won't magically fade as it so lovingly appeared. All this, just in time to attend the wedding. I'll be nice and moon faced I'm sure. Nice.
Tomorrow I get my hair did and I'm excited for that. Everytime it's time, it's time I think I can't go another day longer with being the fugliest person around. I'm sure it's not that bad, but I'm ready and excited... not that it's been more than 5 weeks or so.
Ashley's preschool is participating in Vacation Bible School this week and she appears to be having a blast. I still really enjoy the fact that she is soaking up religion, even it is not particular to our own. Today when I went to school to pick her up her teacher told me I wouldn't believe what she had been telling them today. Of course, I had to know. Apparently Ashley thinks her Mommy has a baby in her belly (and with the prednisone, it's actually hard to deny that it looks to be true) but oh no no, it's not. How is this... now even the two year old thinks I'm looking fat and her spreading the news people will probably start to ask me more and more about it. I think Ashley's Daddy thinks it wouldn't be such a bad idea and although I'm not against the idea, I just know that we'd set ourselves back so far in all money progress we've made by trying to swing the daycare of a then 3 year old and an infant. Daycare was average $641.00 a month before Ashley turned 2 and went to her preschool. Now it's $380 to go up to $400.00 in September. I can't be adding another $650.00 on top of that and expect to pay our bills. We'd be right back where we were before and although I know some might say it would be more friendly if I just didn't work and stayed home, I'm close to reality knowing that even though I don't make a lot more than that a month, I do get insurance for the whole fam-damily for free (good insurance at that) as well as BONUSES... one of which is hoping to be right around the corner. YAY!!!
I guess since I've been thinking about it, I'll share some of the "Dave" in my life. Referring to Dave Ramsey. Since September, we have paid for everything we have purchased. Okay, so maybe that's not completely true... however, the only purchases that were made on a credit card totalled about $100.00 while hubby had my check card and were paid off within the same month and therefore, incurred no interest or fees. We redid our spare bedroom, or maybe I should say "did" the room because it was a trainwreck with a blow up mattress in it, before my parents came to visit and we PAID for it. We bought a new mattress for our room, switched our old one into the spare room, bought a bedframe, paint, decorations, it looks spectacular and WE PAID FOR IT. Now that feels good. All in all though, our spending has been a bit steeper than it should and we haven't been buckling down it still feels good to know that we aren't CREATING more debt to try to wipe away later. I do plan now though to get back on the boat after this wedding crap and visits to Virginia the next two weekends... I mean, damn, a girl does gotta look good for it, right?
So, we are still in debt but I think it's cracking and it feels good although we, of course, like most still yet have a way to go. We're getting it, not accepting it... I guess that's what really matters :)
I find this blog thing funny. I enjoy it, but I really haven't had too much to say. I find myself rather boring at times and just follow you all but I do like the sitemeter thing. I find it interesting to see what has brought people to my blog. The #1 hit getter has got to be the word "yuve". I talked about Ashley saying "I don't yuve you" and apparently from that, I have found that my little one speaks spanish because folks from all over spanish speaking countries have come to my blog from far and wide with regard to the word "yuve". I still haven't really figured out what it means though. Any idea? Is it bad?
Okay, so I've come, I've blogged, I've shared some not-so-interesting stuff and I'm not going to proof... I'll just spell check and post, hope it makes sense! TTFN blog land.
