So... Yes, I did drag my butt to the gym yesterday. I was sore and hurting and couldn't push my butt farther than a 1.5 mile run and a few other exercises, but I'm glad I went.
Today's resolution was to sleep in and make pancakes.
Let's just say that we had no problem accomplishing that one. I'm pretty sure that John is a little upset that he missed out on this resolution! We rolled out of bed between 8:30-9:00am and made our way to the kitchen. Of course Scarlett requested pink pancakes. We took our time stirring and mixing. Emmet jumped in the bouncer as we enjoyed our morning. We made a batch of pink and a batch of green batter. We mix and matched them to make some funny pancakes. The best one had to have been all pink with a green smiling face! Scarlett laughed so hard I thought she may pee her pants! What a great morning!
We headed to a friend's house and spent mid-morning until early afternoon playing over there. I feel as though I am starting to truly appreciate the friends I am making at this stage of my life. I will always love my best friends from childhood (still close friends today), my best friends from high school, and my best friends from college (who will always be my best friends). But this time on my life, where I'm about to entire the early 30's age group, with two small kids, a husband, trying to survive the depressing economy, etc... there's something about friends in the same stage of life. When we first moved to Savannah (about 7 months ago), I will admit how easy it was to get caught up in the "lifestyle" of Savannah. It seemed as though everyone had money and liked to talk about what they were purchasing, had purchased, or were going to purchase. John and I are not like that - for one reason being that we DON'T have extra money to "talk" about. I was swept up in this - surrounded by it almost. It was easy to fake. We lived in the right neighborhood, drove the right vehicles, and took part in the right events, but when we were permanently relocated here (meaning that the company didn't pay our living expenses anymore), we quickly realized just how much we were faking it. We moved into a house we can afford and drive a lot less to save on gas money. We also live on a ridiculous food budget. Yes, we try to eat organic, but there are some months (like this one) where we eat what we can afford - even three nights of hot dogs or rice and beans for a few days in a row. We are determined to not pull money out of savings for the day-to-day things anymore. But, now that I am completely off tangent, I have come to appreciate a true friend when I meet one. I have been meeting a lot of mamas lately who are great company and conversation. I was afraid that I wouldn't find any real (non-judgmental) women. I am so glad that I was wrong. I have a strong feeling that I am going to find some lifelong friends here.
ok - You'll see where that vent came from when you read tomorrow's resolution!
Tomorrow's Resolution: Meet a new friend :)
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