21 posts tagged “happy”

Just felt Gummy Bear move [for sure] for the first time... That means that both of my babies gave me a birthday present before they were even born...  With Boogie, I had a positive pee test the day before my birthday...  With Gummy Bear, it was feeling movement 4 days before my birthday...  Awesome!  Later days...

I took a second pee test, and the line was a little darker...  Clark is officially allowing himself to be excited now!  So much so, as a matter of fact, that he did a little geek coding in his status message for Google chat:

if ( $today < "February 2010" ) {   prepare(); } else {   thefamily++;   exit(); }

I love my geek!  Later days...

I can't believe how much of a difference it makes to have a good therapist...  I went in yesterday, and she told me that even she cannot believe how much more relaxed I seem, and she doesn't know the half of it!  I am sure that the Prozac is helping a lot, but she assures me that my conscious efforts to overcome my anxiety and to de-stress are a big part of my improvement...  Last night's staff meeting was a great reminder of just how far I have come... Instead of sitting there stressing about everything we have yet to achieve and everything I could have been doing in the time the meeting took, I was able to stay "in the moment" and just focus on the discussion at hand...  I can't even begin to tell you how many times meetings have caused me anxiety, but last night's meeting was so different...  It's not that there were fewer issues...  Quite the contrary...  I guess I have just been learning how to take things in stride a bit better, and I am much happier for it...  That doesn't mean that I don't occassionally let my OCD take over, though...  I still have moments where I find it very therapeutic to re-organize my desk or to organize a cabinet full of food storage containers...  I guess it's just so cool to know that those OCD moments are more a way to further decompress than a necessity at this point in my life...  Maybe I'm pretty lame for feeling so happy over such a small victory (relative to other problems I and other people have faced), but I honestly am...  So, yeah...  My "extra" time before work is over...  Guess I better wrap this up and start on my newest projects...  Later days...

Boogie let us sleep until almost 9am this morning!!!  Granted, we had him out late last night, and we are pretty sure he was up playing in his room for a while before he came to get us, but that is still wicked awesome!  I swear, he sometimes wakes up earlier than normal after staying up later at night...  Such a strange thing...  But, I don't have time to dwell on this miracle right now...  I have to go and get ready to attend a baptism for our friends' baby...  Later days...

So, it seems that my Slim Fast diet and increased exercise was worth it...  We just tried on my dress, and it fits!  I added the extra hook and eye closures just to be sure that it was sturdy, and I will probably wear the corset just as a little extra insurance...  But, it fits!  Thank you, thank you, thank you, sweet baby Jesus!!!  I plan on continuing the diet just to be sure, but I am no longer ready to cry or have a nervy b...  Yay!  Later days...

I can't believe that my former intern is already done working at my library...  But, more than that, I cannot believe she was so lucky to find a job already -- at which she starts today!  Granted, she was awesome and she deserves every bit of praise I gave her, so I am not completely surprised that she found a job already...  It's just that things never seem to work out so well for many people when they graduate...  I guess interning at my library is just good luck -- because finding a job (technically before graduation) has happened to me, Flower, Tech Girl, AND my former intern (for whom I still need to come up with a clever blog name)...  So, congrats FI -- hope your first day is great!!!  Later days...

Clark never ceases to amaze me...  He stayed home from work today and got all sorts of unsoldering and soldering done...  So, it seems that we should be able to turn water back on in our house again tonight!  There is one small leak that he is patching as I type, and then we should be good to go...  Oh, my, I am sooooooo happy!  On a side note, I just wanted to remind everyone that my posts and e-mail checking will probably be sparse over the next week...  (Arizona, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, and Vegas, baby!!!)...  Later days...

It's hard to put a price on happiness, but I know this money is well spent -- as it will make many people very happy...  That is how much I just put on my credit card so that Clark, Boogie, and I can fly out to to visit my uncle...  We will be flying into Arizona so I can meet the cousins I have never met (and their kids!), and then Clark and I will be renting a car to make a side-trip to the Grand Canyon (with Boogie, of course)...  After that, we will meet up with my uncle in Vegas!!!  (He works there, so he has a condo where we will be staying)...  OMG!  I am soooo freakin' excited!!!!!!!  Later days...

I am so happy...  Clark and I were talking the other day about how I am less comfortable in my body than I would like to be...  I haven't gotten fat or anything, but I have started to get a little extra "padding"...  Clark swears that I am still "hot," but I am more concerned with my own perception than his at the moment...  Besides, exercise is supposed to help with depression and insomnia...  I mentioned that I had been thinking about joining Curves again, and he asked me what was stopping me...  To be honest, money was the only issue for a while...  And now, I am being "forced" to work a few extra hours per week (there's a new schedule for all full timers, not just me), so I figured that this would be a good time to just go for it...  I can afford it again, and Clark is willing to help me arrange my schedule around a couple workouts a week, so why not?!?  On the way home last night, I decided to stop in and sign up...  This morning, after I took Boogie to daycare, I got to go in for my measurements and my first workout...  I love this Curves!  The owner is wicked nice, they have all of the machines (some locations don't), and it is only a 1-2 minute drive from my house...  Awesome!  Now, I am just doing a little bit of laundry before heading out to work...  A good day, indeed!  Later days...

If you, or anyone you know, is feeling a little achy and think a hand and/or foot rub would help -- I have a massage therapist for you!  This woman (who also happens to be my friend) is simply amazing...  I used to call her Masseuse in this blog, but I guess I need a new name for her...  So, Mrs. Massage Therapist, what shall I call you?!? Or is "Mrs. Massage Therapist" a good name?!? Teeheehee...  Later days...