An Early Start to Spring Break

THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING! SEND HELP!!!

That's how things feel in my head right now ha. I've teased a few times that my kids are home right now, so I thought I'd quit teasing and share what is going on.

One topic that I don't blog about much {I know it's controversial, and I'm not interested in a debate because I won't be changing my mind} is that our kids aren't fully vaccinated. I'm not going to go into the reasons they aren't, just know that I have done my homework and have our pediatrician's support. 

However, when you do something that isn't the norm, there can be consequences, and right now, we're facing one. There have been 3 confirmed separate cases of chicken pox at Trent and Drew's school. The health department recommended for children who weren't fully immunized to be removed from school during the incubation period, which is 3 weeks. SURPRISE! I now have Trent and Drew home until after Spring Break...because the end of the 3 weeks is the first day of Spring Break. Yay! 

I am so fortunate {for a million other reasons} that I work from home, otherwise we'd be majorly scrambling to find child care. And I am also so thankful for wonderfully supportive and involved grandparents because they have volunteered {or agreed when asked} to help with the kids. 

We got assignments on Tuesday afternoon from the school for them to work on over the next few weeks, I've been looking at some stuff on Amazon - I found some really cool map puzzles that have 'flags' you put in for the capitals - and I've got some new books reserved at the library. Plus, I'm making them play outside and do chores {to earn screen time ha}. I'm glad Paige isn't home too because the 2 I have home get bored A LOT since I can't really play with them!

Day Camp with Babs and Pops - finding snails and 'holy molies' {roly polies}

*They wanted to keep Paige too this day but she is mostly going to school*

Enjoying our new bed!

So we are 1 week into their extended spring break and surviving. But I wouldn't complain if you sent me some wine! {grin}

March Weight Loss Goal

My first weight loss goal post! This might be incredibly boring for everyone who reads this...and maybe most people will skip, but I'm hoping it'll be some accountability for me.

So...I have blogged about this before, but it's been awhile - I thought it would be worth recapping [quickly] how I ended up where I did and what my overall goal is, etc.

When I got pregnant with Paige, I was about 10-15 pounds heavier than I like to be, but there isn't much that can be done at that point. I gained my usual 40-45 pounds with pregnancy, and I didn't pay much attention to my weight initially because I'd just had a baby! I remember at my 6 week postpartum appointment I was about 30 pounds above my happy number and about 20 pounds over my pre-pregnancy number. Postpartum anxiety quickly set-in after that appointment, and the anxiety was so bad, I couldn't eat. Within a few weeks I had lost those 20 pounds and was at my pre-pregnancy weight {not my happy weight}. But then with the Zoloft I gained 30 pounds, so by the time I got off of it, I was 45 pounds heavier than I wanted to be, EEK. I lost 10 of those pounds pretty quickly but have yo-yo'd ever since then {2.5 years} with my lowest being after I did a round of Faster Way to Fat Loss in the summer of 2018.

At the start of February, I was about the same weight I was at my 6-week postpartum appointment [so depressing] meaning my overall goal is to lose 35 pounds before I turn 40. I also have some goals based on upcoming events. I want 15 pounds off before we go to our annual Dell Match Play weekend, and I want another 10 off before we go on a trip at the end of May {more details to come soon!}. Then that will leave the final 10 to get off in the summer.

As of March 1, I have lost 7 pounds! I'm happy about this, but I also recognize that means I need to lose 8 pounds before Dell which is in 3.5 weeks. That might not exactly happen, but I'm pretty sure I can make it by the end of March. I'll report back next month! Anyone need an accountability partner? Ha!