a little feral

Longest run this year and my long runs will just get longer!

Now I’m eating real fast and then meeting my bestie at the gym for some back and biceps. Usually I workout with my Babe on Thursdays but she was under the weather yesterday so I’m giving her today off to fully recover.

Decided to paint my toes and ended up doing mine and all 3 girls.

Ror was taking sneaky pics of me during our workout today. I make the best faces 😆 Lateral raises are hard, ok?!

I’m watching This is Us with my girlfriend Marylee and cried over something and my sweet 8 year old came and wiped my tears and ‘put them in her heart’ for me because that’s what I do for her when she cries 😭

Random stuff update

Had Addie’s birthday party yesterday! First party I didn’t take a single picture of, not even the cupcake tray. Rory snapped a few pictures and he had Jen record a few things so there are some pics to remember it. Most of the adults stayed as well and hung out and it just made me so freaking happy seeing Addie with all her cousins and friends, seeing all the adults chatting in little groups but not in a clicky way, there was plenty of pizza and cupcakes and chips for everyone…

Addie wanted to play pass the parcel so I bought a bunch of stickers and hair pretties and tattoos and glowsticks and then Jen put 2 parcels together and it took the kids a solid 30 minutes to get through them but since there were 2 parcels going at the same time none of the kids complained because they didn’t have to wait too long before it was their turn again. The middle prizes were little stuffies and they were a hit.

Moved the chicks out to a kennel in the chicken coop last week and I’m amazed at how much they’ve grown already! They’re turning into such pretty birds. I can’t tell which ones are hens and which ones are roos yet but that’s ok. By the time summer is over I should have an idea and I’m hoping to move them out of the kennel to be with the rest of the chickens in another month or maybe two. I’m hoping sooner rather than later but I can’t rush it otherwise they’ll get picked on hardcore and no one wants that.

I started a new antidepressant last week and am currently taking half a pill. I’m supposed to bump up to a whole pill on Wednesday but the half pill makes me slightly nauseous 20 minutes after taking it so I’m not looking forward to what a whole one will do. The nausea doesn’t last long though so it’s not that big of a deal but it’s not my favorite. If it helps make me not such an angry/sad ball of rage and tears then I’m fine with it but it’s too soon to tell how effective it’ll be.

The kids are supposed to have state testing the next two weeks but we don’t test so they’re not going to any of their Homelink classes and it’s like a second spring break but with slightly better weather! I mean, they do test because it’s required but we opt out of the state testing and do a different one that’s much more low key and is done by a person and not a computer.

First run of my training plan! It was windy but the sun was shining. 🙌🏻 Put on my worship playlist and reminded myself that I ‘get’ to run, I don’t have to, and it felt pretty decent! I’m only running twice a week instead of three but I’m hoping if I stay consistent with the two then I’ll be ok. Fingers crossed!🤞🏻

Doesn’t matter that I’ve seen it 100+ times; I ALWAYS cry when Moana sings to Te Ka as she’s about to restore the heart of Te Fiti 😭

This song! 😭