Inhale, Exhale
It’s 10:30pm. Jorge and I are watching the Patriots vs. Texans game and I’ve just finished setting up my little Dell laptop my love bought me for Christmas :D. Yes. I cheated and got my gift already. Like Javi said (either last Christmas or the year before): we’re adults and don’t have to wait till Christmas, buahaha.
We got an amazing deal on this laptop. I almost wondered what was wrong with it. You can’t beat $100! So far, I love it. My little Samsung was a trooper but her little hard drive was giving up already :(. I’d be in the middle of paying bills (because, really–that’s all I use it for other than some light blogging), and the darn thing would shut off midway. So inconvenient.
(Yay, Pats won!)
Can I talk about what a nerd I am? Well, it’s not really being a nerd, it’s me hiking up my big girl chonies and taking control of my finances. I went on a craze updating my Microsoft account and downloading the Excel app on all my devices (including Jorge’s phone) so we can update our bills/daily expenses from our phones so it reflects the same amount at all times. I feel like a genius! I won’t have to hear, WHERE DID ALL THE MONEY GO??. He can see for himself :D. Now, if I can just get Husband to keep using it!
Anyway. So, I didn’t end up starting my cleanse. I was all PMS-y, overwhelmed and hadn’t even had a chance to pack breakfasts and lunches last week so there was just no way. I spent Monday trying like hell to be positive but I was just so emotional! And I just felt like I had so much on my plate. Thursday was by far the most stressful day of the week, since I was helping Gerry with an event while she’s out. I didn’t even get to eat lunch and I didn’t get to finish a task that was due by Friday so I’ll have to speak to my boss about that tomorrow =\. BUT. For the most part, I aced last week.
Alaethia had her Christmas program on Tuesday and she did wonderfully :).
Emily had PJ day on Thursday, but we were in such a hurry that morning I didn’t even get a pic :(.
Jorge and I hung out after he got out of work on Friday. We ordered WingStop and just had a good, long talk as we drove around. I’d been bottling up my emotions all week and just let it out. I wasn’t even quite sure why I felt so upset (I tell you, PMS), but he listened while I babbled. And then he babbled and we just let it all out. I felt a million times better :).
I didn’t have the kiddos this weekend, but Alaethia’s UIL meet was yesterday morning so I met the girls and Mary at the site. It was loud and chaotic but I was happy to spend some time with the girls :). My little gal won 1st place last UIL meet and I’m just so proud of her! I know she and Audrey did magnificently.
I did some Christmas shopping yesterday, wrapped a few of the kids’ gifts and visited Gramma. I was annoyed that she’d been sick with a cough for a while and they weren’t giving her any type of medication or treatment. Shoot, I don’t even think they’d checked on her much. So I waited to speak to a nurse and made absolutely sure they’d start her on meds and nebulizer treatments. I went back to check on her today and they’d done both, plus ran an x-ray.
Jorge and I had made plans to possibly go to the beach last night, but when he called me on his way home from work he said, “What’s the plan, do we have one?” I said, “I don’t know, what do you feel like?” and he said, “Don’t tell me that, I’ll say stay home,” and I said, “That’s fine with me!” So we did. We lounged and watched the fight while we drank mango Moscato :). Junior visited a while, too.
And as for today, we cleaned our bedroom, wrapped presents and just spent the day together at home. Well, I ran a couple of errands before visiting Gramma, but I was home for the most part. I made us some awesome shrimp tacos for dinner. And now it’s 11:00pm and I didn’t get to finish cleaning my bathroom, empty files from my phone or put stuff on eBay. The weekend just goes by way too fast.
I gotta get some rest and be ready for this week. I just need to keep calm and complete my tasks at work one at a time. I can do this!