Amazing

Not sure if anyone notices or cares, but I have been working like a DOG! No, I haven't found a job yet.... Full time anyway... But between working part time, school full time, and renovating the house... I needed a day off. I was so very glad to hear my helper couldn't make it today. Two bathrooms, hall, living and dining room, and kitchen have new coats of paint. New toilets and sinks in the bathrooms. New counter tops and sink go into the kitchen Sunday. Its amazing what news of a baby on the way will do. This fire under me is burning hot!!!

School is going ok, for the most part. Lets just say Microsoft Access ISN'T my friend. And I can't say I'm never gonna use it, because I don't know if I will or not. But I think I could handle everything.... If it wasn't for the slow pace. I understand that people learn at different paces, but this class is going so damn slow that we are still behind. I have a midterm on Monday that covers some material we haven't touched yet. I have sympathy for the slow learners, but this is an accelerated course, fellas. P.S., does anyone have a copy of Access I can borrow?  ;)

Wifey had her second appointment last week, and we both got to hear the heartbeat. This is becoming more real everyday. But I have these constant worries... How will I know WHAT the baby wants based on a cry? Hungry? Gassy? Change me? Hold me? I dunno!!! Maybe I should do all of it until the baby stops crying. Am I worrying too much too soon? Wifey isn't due until November. Should we buy a bunch of stuff now so we don't have to later? No, maybe not.. AARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!! Any, and I mean ANY advice anyone can offer would be helpful.

But I think I should stop focusing on the things I cannot control.... We both got to hear the heartbeat last week.


.......... We both got to hear the heartbeat last week.

Week one, complete!!

....And I passed. Watched the lecture read the book, used the flashcards, took the quiz, and passed. Only 6 questions, but they were kind of misleading. I mean, seriously, illegible handwriting is a HANDICAP?!?! Um, I guess that means most of the doctors in this country are handicapped, too, right?    ;)

I'm actually surprised I have the ability to stay awake right now. I didn't get home from pizza delivery till about 11pm, dinner and bed by 11:45. I know going to bed so soon after eating isn't good, but I was exhausted!! These 14 hour days are killers, but I love the extra money coming in.

Speaking of money, wifey and I are exploring ALL our options to have little ones run around the house. We just got off the phone with an adoption agency. Seems legit, I might add. Good story, pretty solid looking company. Then, like most things, it came down to the money. "SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!" And oh boy, they wanted us to show them A LOT!!!!! $27,000, and that's just THEIR fee!!! Legal fees, home study, travel, and birth mother support, you're looking at about $40,000. After all of that, there won't be any money left to support a kid!!! Hell, with that kind of money, I'll just go buy a hooked up Dodge Challenger and call it my baby.

So far, so good

The doctor said I was doing great. All my head holes, ok. Knees, feet, ankles, all doing good. Even after the *cough, cough* test, everything is a-ok!! He said he could find nothing wrong with me physically. (Mentally.....?) He also told me the best way to lose the weight is cardio, cardio, cardio. So I may be buying a bike in a few weeks.... we'll see. So now the only thing left is I must make the time to get blood work. Full panel, so I wonder how much blood those vampires will take. As long as they don't glitter in sunlight, I think I'll be ok.

I finally got the Total Gym set up in my workout room.

Although I did lose the instructions on how to put it together, I still have the workout book. So I'll just have to go to the interwebs for more specific details. Between this and the heavy bag, I'll stay pretty busy.

Back to the doctor, I think he was more interested in my tattoo work than the job at hand. So hopefully I've referrewd someone to Jess, she does excellent work!!! He also seemed very interested in the reddish, rash looking skin on the back of my arms. He called it keratosis pilaris. No biggie, its not going to kill me or anything, but he said it was a condition passed down from generation to generation. Also of note, he said scientists are finding that it is a condition that originated from Vikings. Not sure how much I believe him, because I couldn't find ANYTHING about it on a Google search. But anything is possible, because from what I know, my ancestors were from all over northern Europe. Germany, France, Poland...... I'm a Euro-mutt!!! HAHAHA!!!!

Have I read the book yet that I talked about last post?? No. Is it late?? Yes. Its only 135 pages, so what should take a normal person a week will take me a month!!! So if I don't blog here over the next few days, I didn't fall off the earth. Just reading........ Off to bed, with my new best friend, Melatonin.....

Good... no GREAT morning!!!

WOW, did I sleep well!!!! NO headache, no fatigue, no nothing. Melatonin, here I come for the next few days!!! For now, though, I sit and wait. Doctor appointment at 2pm. Not looking forward to it, but it needs to be done. I have to see what I am lacking and what I have too much of. Body fat is one obvious answer!!! HAHA!!!

I was finally able to get my 2nd bottle of Syntha-6 on Saturday. Apparently, the Vitamin Shoppe has vendors come in every now and then to give out free samples.The first one I was offered??? OxyELITE Pro. AKA, purple pegasus. Ive taken them before, so I said, "nah." The guy was perplexed, but when I explained to him about the side effects I had, he backed off. Next was a built guy just offering a book and some advise. I listened to him and his story was nearly a mirror image to mine, except for the age part. Overweight at a young age, not wanting to be like his father (health wise), and not sure where to turn. So I bought his book, which I WILL read and review later. Finally, a boxing class for women. Wifey loved the idea, so she signed up for a contest for a free year.

I feel like I want to get alot done today. I requested this day off from work specifically to go to the doctor, but I slept so well last night, I don't want to waste the day away by watching movies. So lets see if my body can match the motivation in my mind!!!

My bed must hate me

I haven't slept well all week. I usually end up going to bed about 11, but for some reason I lay awake until about 2. My body is tired from my new position at work, but my mind is running a mile a minute. Also, playing angry birds doesn't help.  ;)

Right now it is 10:00 pm, and I will try some melonitonin tonite. Hopefully it will help, because if not, I'm up a creek. I go to see the doctor on Monday, nothing big, just a physical. He'll tell me I'm overweight, I'll tell him I'm trying, I'll get needles into me, and then I'll go home. That's usually the way things have gone in the past. Hopefully this time around I'll get some actual advise.

Don't know why I'm feeling down about a lot of things right now, just a bad day I guess. Oh, well. Tomorrow is Friday. I had a productive weekend last week, here's to another one. Cheers!!!

*update* BTW, I wasn't going to post tonite, but then I realized, I can't disappoint all 7 of you. 'Nite.....

Day 1, Pt. 2

I was finally able to work out today, after weeks of suffering with the creeping crud. I still have some of it in me, but its mostly gone. I hit the heavy bag today. Now the only problem is when I hit it, it decided to move. So there I was, going back and forth, up and down the spare room with this thing. I am also sure it was giving wifey a mad headache. When I started it felt kind of awkward, but after about a minute of hitting, I was in the zone. Sadly, it didn't last very long. That's right, lady readers, I was your typical male. Full of energy at the start and then BOOM!!!!! peaked quickly and was done. HAHAHAHA!!!


I only worked out for about 15-20 minutes, but I was ready to be done after 5. I had to push myself. If not now, when? If not here, where? Broke a good sweat, but I know now I am seriously out of shape. I am going to be watching more YouTube vids on good exercises for a free standing heavy bag tonite too. I know I shouldn't disappointed today, I did take another step forward, but I just cannot come to grips with how I let myself go so much. I am my own worst enemy.

Today I did have my normal shake, the gooooooooood sandwich I posted about earlier, and a not so healthy dinner. Enchiladas. Two out of three ain't bad, right? Meh, its more difficult than I thought to stay on a good diet. So many temptations out there. And again, I know I am making some progress, but somehow it doesn't seem like its enough to me. Its something I'll have to think about.

Next week, I am going to submit myself to my doctor. Poke, prod, do what you have to do. Take all the blood and urine you want, I need to know if there is something missing or if there is too much something. Every little bit helps and I refuse to do this half assed. Tomorrow, I hit the free weights and Perfect Pushups. Can't wait to tell you about it, my dear 7 readers!!! [Show some love and click that 'follow' button to the right!!!   ;) ]