I have been super horrible at updating. Sorry, it kinda happens when you have 5 kids to take care of all day. Please forgive me, or at least don't judge until you try to do my job full time. I started a post last week, but never finished... so I'm gonna finish it now!
1 week ago:
I have a GRAND announcement to make!! I have successfully conquered TWO... yes 2 full nights of sleep!!!!! And get this, with NO sleep aid!!!! YES! Can I say BOO-YAH Grandma! I feel like a totally different person! It's really kinda crazy how much better you can feel after sooooo many years of basically never getting a good night of sleep.Today:
It has officially been 10 weeks: to the day, since I have had any caffeinated beverage... mainly Dr. Pepper. I decided that it would be good for me to stop drinking it so that I would feel better and be able to love my running like I used to when I didn't drink Dr. P before. So I just quit cold turkey. Some advice... if you are planning to stop drinking any caffeinated drink, I think that you should try to do it slowly. And if anyone tells you that it is not hard to quit, I will tell you this... IT IS THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE! No joke. I went through some major with drawls and had a few HUGE meltdowns over Christmas break, it was not a pretty sight. But I feel SSSSOOOOOO much better and I'm positive that, with the amount of Dr. P that I was drinking, it's no wonder I wasn't sleeping good. I was drinking close to 100 oz. a day... if not more. But I am very PROUD to say that I no longer drink Dr. Pepper. Or any other kind of caffeine drinks for that matter. Now, Shasta: Raspberry Creme Soda, that is a whole different story!
Although I have been doing much better on the whole sleep issue... the last few nights have been very weird. I'll go to bed by 10, and usually fall asleep by 11 ish. So randomly around 2am I'll wake up with my tummy rumbling. Weird? I'd say so. I normally have a small snack right before I go to bed too, which makes it even more weird to me. Just wait, it gets better. So I'll have a banana, carrots, or some crackers to compromise with my stomach, get back in bed and be asleep again in like 15 minutes. Then, at around 4:30 I wake up again with the same grumbling tummy. I figure I can't be HUNGRY again, but I figure it can't hurt to eat... I'm so much in love with food that I don't pass up any opportunity to consume some. :) But isn't this weird!!? I think it is... and it's been happening every night for like 5 nights. I'm just weird I guess.
Anyway, other that that nothing is really going on. School is going good and I'm actually enjoying my classes. Work is busy as ever with my awesome kiddos and I wouldn't give it up for anything!! It's way too much fun. The other super awesome and exciting news.... drum roll please!
My awesome cousin Kyle will be coming home from his mission in roughly 7 weeks!!!!! AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited to see him! He is loving his mission in Portugal, and he is doing an amazing job serving the Lord and I am so very proud of him. But I miss him oh so much! It'll be amazing to have him home so we can hang out and go do fun stuff like we used to always do with all of my other cousins!!
This is where he has been serving! It looks amazing, I wish I could be there! Anyway, I'm just really excited for him to come home!
Other than that life is grand... and continues to surprise me. How bout a photo!?
Okay:
This is a photo of a drawing I did... just randomly. I am an ART major so I figure that I should try to expand my skills...
I took this one at my mom's house before all the snow melted. It's icicles under the trampoline... I thought it was pretty cool.
This is one I took back in March last year... it was over my spring break. I went with my family down to Southern Utah. We stayed at Quail Creek State Park/Reservoir. It was lots of fun... but this is my sister Annie, she is this insane rock climbing, mountain biking, running 50 miles; crazy person. She is awesome. I wish I had her energy and drive. Anyway there were these cool boulders all over the place around the lake, so we spent a good part of the afternoon bouldering and she taught us all some cool tricks.
Enjoy,
Much love,
Rachel