It's been a long week already and it's only Tuesday. We lost our phone and internet connection last night due to the ice storm here. It was fixed by this morning but then we lost power this afternoon for about 2 hours. They were really good about getting it all fixed pretty quickly. But we had a large tree limb in our back yard break and was resting on a power line. So when the power went out, I called my husband because I thought it might be because of that (the limb broke the night before and we were keeping an eye on it.) But it wasn't our limb that caused the power trouble. My husband came home from work to cut the limb off. He ended up staying home the rest of the day. This really messed up my already off day.
Carter has been better. No fever. But he has been so crabby and has wanted nothing but for me to hold him. He is throwing tantrum like he has never had before. This was yesterday and today. He is probably still not feeling well, but I'm about to pull my hair out. I put him down for his nap at 11, minutes before the power went out. That is much earlier than his usual nap time. But I figured I'd still make it work with Collin's nap later. Collin was super tired as he was up late last night due to the ice storm. So he really needed a nap.
So when my husband decided not to go back to work, this really messed up my plans for the day. Collin never got a nap, as there was no way he was going down while daddy was home. Carter only slept an hour and a half and never went down for an additional time like I was hoping. I did not get anything else done, as for some reason, I cannot do anything when my husband is here. Not a thing. Well, I did bake cookies for Collin's Valentiine's party tomorrow (which is now cancelled).
The kids have been so crabby and fighting with each other like crazy. It was making my husband crazy. I got a bad headache and my stomach was upset. We have been housebound for 2 days and while it is supposed to warm up tomorrow and melt alot of this school has been cancelled. And so has my interview.
I'm telling you, I hope I survive tomorrow. I think it will be better as my husband won't be here to throw things off. I can handle the kids better without him. His presence just throws a weird dynamic into the mix when they are already off schedule and all that.
I just wanted a few moments alone today so I could get online and check in here. It would have been my escape and outlet for a few minutes. Just some connection to the outside world. But I couldn't do that with my husband here.
I didn't get any exercise in either. Yesterday I at least got in a walking video. Not a very intense video, but at least something. Today I planned to strength train while Collin was sleeping. Well, neither ever happened.
Wow, I am really whining today.
My food hasn't been stellar but it hasn't been awful either. I had a few too many cookies when I made them today, but that's usual as I don't make them very often. A little too much icecream at night. But no binges. So that's good.
It's been interesting to write down my food instead of logging it. I'm honest when I log, but I don't log the BLTs and I have been writing those down. It amazes me how much those add up. I'm just writing in a little notebook. I considered keeping track on my blog, but realized I would be embarrassed by what I eat and may be tempted to fudge, and that defeats the purpose. So I will keep it private in my little notebook. It's more convenient anyway.

The good thing about today: I had planned to spend the day focusing on the kids. So last night Collin and I made a list of all the things we wanted to do today. I planned to not worry about the house except a few chores that couldn't be neglected (dishes and starting dinner in the crockpot) and I had the boys help me with those. Well, except for Carter's temper tantrums, the morning was really nice. I just focused on the boys completely. We played bubbles in the bathroom, played upstairs in their rooms (they love that as we usually play downstairs) and a few other simple things. So while the whole husband coming home/power outage thing threw things off, at least we had a nice morning. And I realized I really want to do that more. Just set aside the housework and focus on them. They are the reason I'm a stay at home mom. Not to keep a clean house.
It's hard because I'm a very task oriented person. So just sitting on the floor playing with the kids doesn't always feel like I'm accomplishing something, even though that is very valuable. But I think making a list of activities to do with Collin spoke to that task-oriented part of me. So that is something I will do more often.
Okay, I guess this is long enough. Here's to a better day tomorrow.