Dinner for 10

Wow, I had a few friends over last night and we had a fantastic time. Normally my husband will cook and I do the cleaning. Not so yesturday, he had to work a 12 hour shift. I got up at 9am, did some shopping at Sams and Bruno's, came home and had the sauce simmering by noon. I cleaned the entire apartment, made spinach manicotti, and sangria by 5 pm. My timing was perfect, everyone ohh'd and ahh'd over my homemade vegetarian sauce. All of us had a great time, some had too much wine but everything was perfect. I was Bree Van De Kamp a la Desperate Housewives, my party was perfect and my husband was not only proud but mostly shocked I was able to pull the whole evening off with out any of his help at all. I was one woman army with a recipe and a dream.

exhausted...

Well today I joined up at Weight Watchers and then met Leah at the Rec center. We spent two hours in the pool. We did 45 minutes of laps, then we played with her son and husband, they played keep away (from me!) for about an hour. Every muscle in my body is sore. I am so tired. I still have yet to wash the chlorine out of my hair and take a shower. I am excited about WW. I can't wait to start loosing weight and getting down into my smaller clothes. I wish I could go swimming every day, but my gym doesn't have a pool. Oh well I need to hit the gym again anyway, pool or no pool. I turn 30 in 3 months, and I really want to drop some pounds before then. anyway I am going to take a shower and crash out.

Partying!!

It seems like since last Friday night I have been partying every off day I have had. Now I am not complaining it has been fun but damn a girl's gotta get some rest. For instance last Friday night I hosted a party at my apartment complex's club house, I didn't get to bed til 3am. I had to work Saturday 11-4pm, I came home and crashed. Ken and I got up at 10pm and went out for a late dinner. Then Sunday we got up at 11am on Sunday and went to Ken's friend's house where I had too much to drink. We left from there and went to my dad's house where I continued to have too much to drink. I was in bed passed the fuck out by 10:00pm. What can I say, I am too old to party. That was last weekend and I am still trying to recover from that.

This weekend I have been taking it easy, hung out with Leah some today. We took the kids to the roller rink. Maybe it was nostalgia but it reminded me of my Skate Haven days: where there were the cute boys with their pegged pants and Spuds Mckenzie shirts; I had a side ponytail with a scrunchie the size of a softball in my hair and my arm was covered with jelly bracelets all the while A-Ha's "Take On Me" is played during an all skate. Ah the days, I never could skate, even back then. Lord knows if I tried to skate now there would be ER visit involved. You know the kid that clung to the side of the wall, took her 20 minutes to do a lap and fell down 30 times in an hour, yep that was me. I never have been cool. While we were there today we saw at least 4-5 girls/women with side pony tails. Maybe it was "Napoleon Dynomite" that repopularized it, I don't know. Maybe I need to get my scrunchis out of the back of the closet and start pegging my pants again.

It's official

So Ken and I had a big talk last night, we officially decided to stop taking the pill and actively stop trying not to get pregnant. So I guess that means we are not having safe sex anymore. What would Sue Johanson from Talk Sex say?? I am excited and yet apprehensive at the same time. I don't expect to get pregnant right away, it will probably take a year or more. I have PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) symptoms include irregular or absent menstrual cycles, acne, and hair thinning (female balding). Many, but not all, women with PCOS are overweight. I certainly don't have the thining hair but I do have the other symptomes including amenoria. When I am not on the pill I have like 2 maybe 3 periods a year and man they are doozies. I won't get graphic but think about the cramps you have every month, mine seem to be once So we are trying to get pregnant I think it will take a while to get there. I really haven't done any research on it yet but I have an open mind.