July 30, 2012, Jay is back to work!

Well, It is Monday and Jay is back to the grind after a few very busy weeks of moving, dealing with heat and a very quick trip to Louisiana to see family, friends and catch some fish....
Matthew also had a big adventure this morning as I dropped him off at Daycare for half the day. We decided to enroll him now and get him on a routine of going to school half the day so when baby #2 arrives in October Matthew has a schedule and routine that hopefully will be kept and help with the transition of a new arrival....but boy....he did not want out of the car, started screaming/crying big fat tears when I got him inside and was really throwing a fit...too bad they don't have an ipad for him to play with there b/c he was asking for mine this morning immediately after waking up....this kid is already addicted to technology. I know it will take a few days but boy it is tough to leave him so upset and crying at daycare.

So we lost power for a few seconds yesterday and everything came back on except our master bathroom outlets. For the life of me I could not figure out where the GCI reset outlet was, did the circuit breaker switch a few times for almost everything related to upstairs and still no luck...so our handyman came by this morning to put the new screens on the windows that were broken and of course in like 2 seconds he finds the outlet in the hall bathroom, resets it and the outlets work....gosh an hour lost last night trying to figure that out...still can't seem to figure out the huge noise that comes with using the shower or toilet for upstairs but our handyman thinks with the house staying empty for a few months it might just be some water in the line that is trying to work itself out....and the doorbell is broken but it appears it is fixable....the garbage disposal...had paint and other stuff caked in there (so we didn't do it, it was the owner folks who clogged it up) and we are at least able to get that working again....so some minor success....

I also got Jay's bike fixed...he is having issues with gear shifting so I think I need to give him another lesson on how to do the shimano shifters so he doesn't keep getting stuck in the little chain ring up front and in back....and I changed the tube on the front tire and b/c it wasn't holding air and there was a hole in it so score one for me, I can change at least the front wheel tube if a flat tire occurs....if the back tire, call me a cab b/c I am not going to try to get that wheel off the bike much less the tube out. Gotta go check a box downstairs to see if I have more tubes and flat changing tools around as now I am out of tubes in my tri-bag kit and before I got buy more bike gear, I want to take inventory of what I have....Jay's bike probably needs a tune-up so might just have to take it in anyway in a few weeks plus mine but for now it is working and allowing him to ride a bit around here so he can avoid a gym membership. Although we went yesterday and splurged on a spin bike for the house so this way I can get some exercise as well and again, avoid a costly gym membership while preggers and then after the pregnancy for a bit when the new baby is around...then hopefully when we decide to buy and hopefully find a gym close to our new place we can do the gym membership thing....but I am super excited about our new spin bike and know exactly where it will go downstairs in the kitchen area where it is nice and cool....may need to look into getting a few small free weights for Jay so he can do a few other things in addition to cardio...but between walking, running, biking outside and now biking inside I think we have some ability to do workouts at home....

That is about it for us. More to come on Jay's work and new job....I am 27 weeks and 180 lbs....shot up 12 lbs in the last 7 weeks as this move, this heat, this stress associated with move (plus loss of a gym membership), and bad eating habits on the road and for a few days here without food in the house has taken its toll....but hopefully I can get back ontrack now that we are all getting into a routine and I can possibly prevent too much more weight gain...I am at 30 lbs now and still 13 weeks to go....was hoping this pregnancy to not gain 50 lbs like last time but it is not looking good for that....200 lbs may get hit again....oh well, just means I will have to do better on the flip side like last time to get back down around 150 and under....

Feeling really proud of myself on changing the bike tire, 27 weeks preggers and in 10 minutes or so...I know it is not going to get me a job as a flat tire changer on the tour or any other professional bike circuit but at least it lets me feel that I can do something and avoids at this time a trip to the bike shop! Go me!