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Life is so crazy right now. I have been so busy I don't have time to get on FS and record anything or catch up with my buddies. I hate that because I really thrive on this site. I honestly believe that I would not have succeeded as well as I have so far if it was not for this site. Work has been a killer. Last week I had to travel two different days and will have more of that over the next couple of weeks, plus it is registration time so I am swamped with that, and we are in the process of getting a new computer system and I have meetings regarding that coming up. I have had to take off work quite a bit for hubby's dr. appt. so that puts me behind in my work even more. I was only in my office one full day this week and I am so far behind from being out of the office I felt like I didn't even make a dent in anything.
Hubby is still having alot of pain from the L1 fracture. He is keeping me awake at night so I am exausted. I told him I was going to start sleeping in a different bed because we both need our rest and if he needs to sleep in our bed then I can deal with that. The other beds are twin and not the best mattresses. I don't think it would be a good idea for him to sleep on those. The good news is that he is finally off of all of his blood thinners, except a daily aspirin. And they have taken him off of one of his blood pressure pills. So he is finally scheduled to get his injections in his back for August 10th. However, we have to see the Orthopedic dr. Monday so he can see him for his L1 fracture and decided if he thinks it will even do any good to get the injections now since he has the fracture.
We are in the middle of remodeling our kitchen. The floor joists were rotten and out kitchen floor was falling in. So the whole floor had to be ripped out. I told my husband if we were going to go to that much trouble I wanted the whole kitchen redone. The contractor is taking way too long to just replace the floor. Finances are tight so we decided that when he is done with the floor we are going to try to do all the rest of the work ourselves. To save money we bought unfinished cabinets and I am staining and polyurethaning (I don't know if that is a word or not) them. I did the sink cabinet already because the contractor is going to put that in since it will require some plumbing. I am really excited about it. I think they look great. I like them better than the finished ones we looked at. I can't wait to get the rest and do them too. We need to pick our paint and what type of flooring we are going to put down. And I am trying to decide what kind of splash guard I want up. We are looking at tiling behind the sink and between the wall and floor cabinets. Since hubby can't do any of the manual work he said he thought he could supervise and he is going to tell me how to install the cabinets and stuff. I am excited about it. I have decided that if I can successfully pull this job off than there are alot of other projects around the house I can do with his guideance. That is if we don't kill each other in the process. LOL Nerves can get a little raw when you do projects like this. And with me working 2 jobs, 6 days a week time is limited. My plan and what I have done so far is do a little everynight and on Sundays. I am wanting to put an island in the middle of the room but the formica top for the island was way to expensive. I'm looking for ideas of how we can maybe make our own counter top for the island. I am really excited about his project and hope it looks good when we are done. It is alot of work and I am spread so thin that I am really tired and I know it will probably take me a couple weeks to get it all done. But it is also a bit of a stress reliever for me to get away from everything else.
Bad news is that I fell in the kitchen the other night and messed my leg up. The contractor had put boards across the floor joists for us to walk on if we needed to. He had them screwed in. Since hubby's back is messed up there is only one door he can come through. So I cut through the kitchen to get to that room to unlock the door. When I got to the last board he had taken the screws out without me knowing it and the board flew up behind me and I fell. Hit my leg on the floor joist in front of me right under my knee and slid down to my ankle. I have a terrible scrape from knee to ankle. I think I bruised the bone and maybe messed up some muscle or something. I have area of swelling on the right side under my knee and as the day goes on and my leg is down the whole leg and ankle swells up. First thing in the morning it isn't too bad and I don't limp much but as the day goes on and it starts swelling it gets to bothering me. Tylenol helps some. The rest of my body is kind of sore. Probably a combination of the fall and the physical work around the house. I'm trying not to let it slow me up though. The last two nights I was in the kitchen staining cabinets and applying polyurethane. Putting on a second coat tonight. I wish I had a digital camera so I could post pictures of the progress. I will try to see if my sister will take some pictures when it is all done at least and post them.
Well with my life being in chaos right now this WOE is proving to be difficult but I am muddling through. I don't have a stove so cooking is hard. I have learned how to make scrambled eggs in the microwave pretty good. I had done that years ago and I didn't like them but I have a pretty good technique and they taste pretty good. Hubby cooked some pork and chicken on the smooker ther other night so we have been eating on that. Veggies has been the hardest thing but I have been having a large salad every day for lunch at work so that helps. I've been so busy I really havn't felt like eating alot. That is probably the biggest problem is making sure I eat and eat well. Also havn't been getting my water intake in like I usually do. Going to try harder on that too. That usually isn't a problem but sometimes I just get too busy to remember to drink. And honestly since I hurt my leg I just don't want to get up and go downstairs at work to fill up. Good news is weight is staying the same. Bad news is that I wish it was going down. This summer has been crazy. I havn't been able to go to Zumba for at 6 weeks now. I just don't have time. Between the remodel, drs. appt, working late, keeping up with the house, laundry, and mowing there just isn't enough time. I am telling myself that all this activity is exercise too even if it isn't cardio like Zumba.
Well now that I have written book I guess I'll give it a rest. I don't know when I'll be able to get back on. My Saturday job is pretty boring so that is why I am able to be on today. Hopefully I will be able to check in some next week. If not, I wish you all luck in sticking with your goals. Keep you chin up and keep plugging away.
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