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Fitness tracking and other stuff

July 11th, 2012 at 03:41 am

July 9:
10-min. workout: Yep.
Calorie counting: Yes, estimated 1,414.
No night snacks: Success.

July 10:
10 min. workout: I don't think I'm up to it tonight. Total so far: 6/10
Calorie counting: Yes, estimated 1,256. 10/10
No night snacks: No problem. Half the calories were in dinner, so I'm stuffed. 10/10

It's been a hectic couple of days!

I worked Monday and took today as parental leave instead, because NT got his wisdom teeth taken out and he needed a driver to take him there, wait there and drive him home.

Monday AS and I went to the sheriff's office and got fingerprinted as part of a background check for adopting each other's kids. It took ages and little SL absolutely hated the wait. I thought the other people waiting to get fingerprinted were going to scream themselves after a few minutes of her crying echoing through the dingy little hall we were in.

Today I got a carshare, we dropped AA off at daycare and took SL with us to the dental appointment. Surgery went well, and NT was only a bit slow and dazed from the anesthesia. I drove him to the pharmacy to get his painkiller and antibiotic and some mango sorbet (also picked up some junk food for me because I hadn't had time to eat). Then I got him home, changed the gauze in his mouth, got him some soft food and milk to eat so he could take his meds, fed SL her bottle, dropped the car off and walked home.

In another hour I had to go to the dermatologist, so I strapped SL in and took her with me. Also picked up some ibuprofen for NT, and mailed off a package as well as the background check packet.

Got home and rushed to make some lentil dal so NT could eat and take more painkillers. The second round of Percocet really hit him and he was finally able to nap. SL and I napped too, until it was time for me to pick up AA from daycare. I left SL with NT since she was fast asleep, walked to daycare, and AA and I walked back home. She's a good little walker but you have to keep on her to hurry, and she always wants to stop and touch flowers, grass, etc., which I can't say no to most of the time.

Then AS and I cooked a dinner of all soft foods so NT could eat it too: scrambled eggs/tofu, smashed new potatoes, and stewed apples. AS said she'd been skeptical they'd all go together but would actually have it again sometime!

AS and NT helped me clean up and get AA to bed, and then they went out to trivia night. So, don't think I have a workout in me, but I did a ton of walking and stayed under my calorie range, so I'm happy.

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On the reorg front, we got rid of the CD bookcase, someone said he'll pick up the empty DVD cases tomorrow, and I Freecycled our bed frame and box spring for someone to pick up once our new one (which will give us more storage) arrives. Hope someone takes us up on it. I did notice a lot of other people offering mattresses, box springs and bed frames on Freecycle, but I don't get the "Taken" emails so don't know if people take that sort of thing.

We talked about a few more things we could do around the house. AS wants to sit down and sketch out a plan of everything; we are making progress but it's a bit haphazard at times.

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In other health news, AS is working SOO hard to get her milk supply up, but it appears that work, plus SL sleeping through the night, have affected it too much. We bought a box of formula to have around. May make it a few more weeks without supplementing; if not, we'll do a combination for as long as AS can. Same thing happened to me around the 3.5/4 month mark with AA, and I hung on doing half-and-half for another 3 months.

At this point she'd only need to supplement with a bottle here and there; she's not much short but when she goes to work, she doesn't bring home as much as we pull out of the fridge and freezer.

The formula will be an added cost, BUT, not too much at first, and AA is going to get potty trained in September, so not buying compostable diapers in a few months will offset the formula costs in the grocery/household budget.

NT has a vasectomy scheduled for later in the month. I'm glad the wisdom teeth surgery didn't affect him much, since he'll have something else to recover from soon! The dental surgery was $705; not sure about the other one.

I'm putting off getting a dental checkup; should have gotten one in June, but I know I want to switch dentists again and just can't face the hassle and uncertainty, what with everything else going on.

I do have my annual physical this month. My job is offering $200 of flex spending next year if we check off a certain number of preventive health measures this year. I'm going to take the list to my OB/GYN and see how many she can do in one visit! I want that $200. (And then watch, next year will be a super cheap health year and I'll struggle to use it. I always have either way too much or way too little flex money.)

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We've been trying really really hard to eat through our CSA and the pantry and cut down on grocery/household expenses. One week we only spent about $20 on food! This past week it was $110 or so; still really good for us. However, with diapers, wipes, cat food, a bike light and a bus pass, we still struggled. So far we're about $25 into our July 16-31 grocery amount, so we're still behind and need to be smart about our food spending this week. We've only let one thing from the CSA go to waste; some basil in the fridge that looks like it's about to go. AS might try to dry it before it goes bad, so maybe we won't even waste that! (Oh, and I tried a cilantro-scape pesto that was nearly unsalvageable, but that was a different kind of waste so I don't feel as bad about that.)

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Still scheming and dreaming about saving money for a house/moving fund, but until we get all our medical bills for the summer settled, and see what our new mortgage payment will be in November, I can't really do anything tangible about it. Once those hurdles are out of the way, should start to see some real movement on that fund!

My job just got a huge new project from our biggest account, and I've noticed a ton of promotion announcements this past week. So I'm hoping in the spring we'll be doing well enough to talk raises! NT's work seems to be doing well enough for an Xmas bonus, and he hopes to get either a raise or more PTO soon.

So anyway, you can see why I'm exhausted. Physically ran around a lot today, and mentally I'm all over the place!

1 Responses to “Fitness tracking and other stuff”

  1. CB in the City Says:
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    Wow! Whatta coupla days!

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