I’m Janice – a wife, mother, employee, runner, softball player, internet addict and a completely obsessed New Kids On The Block fan. My blog title is a reflection of how busy life has become caring for 2 completely adorable, yet “spirited” little girls while my hubby travels A LOT for business, though I do still run on occasion.
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Oh where, oh where have you been dear sleep? You are amazing! You are now my new BFF (Sorry K, O, T and B).
On Tuesday night the hubs and I had our brand new pillow top mattress set delivered to us. LOVE! OMG! I have not felt this rested since….hmmm… since BEFORE kids!
I have been dragging my sorry ass around here for years – blaming the fog in my head and my lack of focus on so many things… the hubs travelling, the kids, my job, lack of exercise etc… When now I’ve learned that sleep, eating well and exercising are the three key things I can do to help me feel good about myself and to help me be productive. So excited about the new mattress, I’ve been turning in early and skipping TV, skipping the twitterverse and the amazing twitter parties and skipping the blogosphere. And OMG! I feel great!
Yesterday I even went on a run – yes a run. I know, I know… I made a glorious training plan a month ago after the Underwear Affair 10K and I was going to do the Turkey Trot and I was going to train hard with tempo runs, 400 repeats etc… and I was going to set a new PR… But, then the hubs told me he was going away for 3 weeks in October and I couldn’t do the race ‘cause I couldn’t get the training in, or do the actual race ‘cause SuperFan won’t be there to watch the kids….. And – my excuse list goes on and on… But on Friday I woke up feeling AMAZING so I went for my first run in close to 4 weeks.
Awesome-sauce! Here’s the proof:
I guess the moral of this little story is if life has got ya feelin’ down, try doing something for yourself – go to bed early, eat some fruit and veggies, skip that extra coffee and have some water, go for a walk… You’ll be amazed how much these conscious changes can make you feel AMAZING! Yes – turn your ‘puter off and go to bed!
If you follow me on twitter, then you’re probably well aware that I HATE traffic and I HATE the commute to my new job. Although, hubby has graciously stepped up to the plate and has begun taking the kids to daycare/school in the mornings without complaint, I still spend over 2 hours a day commuting. To me that is time that could be spent exercising and looking after myself, or spent with those near and dear to me, my oh-so-lovely daughters (on most days they’re ahem… lovely).
Completely fed up with my morning commute, yesterday I decided to try taking another route to work – a toll route (for those living in Toronto or the GTA, I bit the bullet and tried taking the 407 ETR). It saved me 40 minutes AND I got a parking spot in our staff lot, instead of having to park off-site and take a shuttle into work from the off-site parking lot (there’s not enough parking at work for the amount of staff that work here). 40 f—king minutes! I already take the toll route after work, and it saves me 30 minutes… By taking it yesterday morning, and after work I saved myself 70 minutes/day in commuting! That’s a fair amount of time! With the help of my handy dandy calculator I’ve figured out that over a year it will save me 303 hours. 303 HOURS! That is a considerable amount of time! ‘Cause that’s like 12.5 DAYS of my life! Holy crap – if I work here for 5 years, taking the 407 ETR will save me 62 days of my life.
But of course there’s a cost to taking the toll route… Heh heh, hence the word TOLL. And I tell ya, this toll route is not friggin cheap… And I am…. Taking this both ways every work day will cost me $100/month. So here’s where I ask the internet for advice:
I went back to work because staying home with my kids all day drove me nuts.
I left that job for another job because that old job drove me nuts.
I’m now contemplating figuring out how to stay home because learning the ropes at my new job and commuting is driving me nuts.
Maybe I’m just nuts?
I dunno – maybe I just haven’t found the perfect work/life balance for me. I like working – but everyday? Will the grass be greener if I straddle the fence? Work part-time and be home part-time? How much money do I need to make working part-time to live the same lifestyle we’ve become accustomed to? Gah! Don’t you just love Mommy-Guilt?
In other news our new mattress set arrived last night. I had an amazing sleep, but didn’t manage to convince the hubby who had just spent two nights in a row up too late watching football (oh joy football is back…) to test out the new mattress with me ?
