Triathlon

Before I registered I made sure that I was able to each activity for the distance it requires (plus some) separately (kind of), I just need to work on doing all 3 in one day. I don't care if it takes me all day to complete. I do not even run- I can walk or I can walk/jog. The bike ride is the longest thing and though I do not know the conditions or the race track, it is early in the morning and in NC, so I am hoping not as humid as it is here. I also only have a bike that was given to me so it is crappy. We have done a little work to it, but I have not even ridden it yet. I am also not used to riding on the road, I only ride staionary bikes- but I will be working on that for the next 2 months!!!

DO I think it is tough, of course I think it is tough, do you know how hard it is to load and unload 3 kids all the time who cannot get in and out of the car themselves and buckle or unbuckle themselves, I have to pack meals and snacks, as well as drinks, diapers and wipes and or a change of clothes every time I go. They are also both potty training, so I have to pull over and let them pee halfway there many times- which is very frustrating. Sometimes it seems like it takes forever just to get there, when I get to the Y I feel like I have already worked out and would rather sit down and drink about 4 beers! My training is 2ce as hard as most peoples, but having 3 kids in 3 years has done a number on my body and I need to whip it into shape to be able to keep up with them and have the endurance and stamina to last all day with 3 high energy kids!

Luckily, my kids LOVE going to the Y, so if I can work to get us all there, I know they are happy while they are there and that makes it easier, a little bit easier! In some ways, my energy level has increased, in others, I am still exhausted all the time. But I think that will get better as I continue on my training! I am sleeping better now that I am working out and I can only dream my exhaustion will just wither away!

I wish my husband and the kids could see me finish, but it would so add to my stress level to know they are roaming around, I would be worried if Brian was able to keep up with them and where they were. Since I hardly ever do anything any more without my kids, the time I am away from them is harder because I am always looking for them and wonder what 2 toddlers and now a crawling infant are up to is enough to drive me crazy!

I am doing this for me, I am doing this to have an accomplishment, I am doing this to get into shape, I am doing this for the health of our family. I may never do one again, but I want to at least try. If you would have asked me ONE week ago if I would ever do this, I would probably have laughed at you, but now that I have started this, I am in it all the way and am excited and a little nervous, but I am NOT here to win a medal- only trying to get to the finish line (or finish lion, as James calls it!)

I have so many factors that can happen that may not allow me to even go, one of the kids could be sick, Brian could have work issues, I could get sick or hurt training... something could come up with a loved one- who knows, but I am moving ahead with training until something stops me.. I have paid for it and unless one of the above issues or another issue I dont know about, I am moving forward with my goal!

Special Potty Seat!

I did not even get into what happened today. So this morning, I had a bunch of errands to do and I had to take all three kids with me because I have 3 kids and no one to watch them! One was the dry cleaners, which is easy because they have a drive thru, then I had to go to Brians work and get a copy of my drivers license, but he came out and got it, made the copy and then came back. So that is two errands without getting out of the car.

I then had a UPS package and certified letter to get, and while I was driving away from Brians work a UPS truck was driving to this 4 way stop so I jumped out of my car and told him to stop and handed off my package- Thank God I did not have to go to deal with that anymore so now my next stop was the post office where I was going to have to go in. Other than James asking for a postage stamp for his body it was pretty uneventful other than having to go potty at EVERY stop! Not Charlotte, but every time I asked Charlotte if she needed to go, James wanted to go in the "special" potty seat! Oh it was so annoying.

At the Y, after we went into the bathroom inside the Y before we left James said he did not have to go. He waited until I had all three loaded and buckled in the car to say he had to go, so I get out the baggie that he peed in earlier and ask him to aim in that. All was going well until he turned to tell Charlotte he was peeing in baggie and of course as he turned, so did his p*nis and sprayed my car, me and him! Luckily our next stop was home, but it just proves that there is never a dull moment with us!

Hopefully the fun of the car potty seat will die down soon or I may just lose my mind!

adding to my already challenging days......

James has been potty trained for a year, but in the last couple months there have been times that I thought we were going backwards. We had a few hectic weeks of travel and activities and he had more accidents in the month of may then he had while were potty training him.

Well, now things have hit a whole new level. I am now potty training Charlotte!!! She has been going in the potty at home most of the time, and we did still use diapers on and off sometimes at home, but always when we went out, but now I am working on going places and getting her to go potty which is just crazy!

The issue is the same here as it is when James needs to go- I have 3 kids that I have to physically get in and out of car seats and drag with me to random public bathrooms whenever anyone has to go potty! When it was just James I would just pull over and let him pee on my tire of my car, being a boy, that was not that bad. Now that I am potty training a girl- things are not that easy. I have finally gotten one of those potty seats for the car- which I swore I would never do and Charlotte does use it and is easier to go in the car then in dirty public restrooms- the problem is James now thinks it is FUN to go in the potty seat in the car so every time Charlotte has to go, he has to go too. It is such a pain, because he cannot unbuckle himself or buckle the bottom buckle so just like everything else I still have to climb in the way back to let him in and out of his car seat and of course it makes the amount of time we are pulled over so much longer and I feel like it takes us 2 hours to get anywhere!!!

If you are wondering how the photos fit in with this story- they dont, they are just random pics of these crazy kids sometime in the last month!

You can't always get what you want!!!

I have started listening to my own radio stations every once in a while in the car instead of ALWAYS listening to kids music which is nice most of the time.I listen to 80s, classic rockor christian music on the FISH. It is interesting when James asks me what songs mean or things are what is an "up town girl'" and other random questions about just about every song. It is challenging to answer sometimes and if I hear a song that has something in there that I do not want him to ask questions about I just change it as fast as I can.

James is one who listens to the words and really tries to figure out the meaning of it so you have to be some what careful about what songs we listen too because he takes everything so literally. He likes to find out the meanings of everything and he remembers it so I try to tell him the meaning of things and then I find that later on he tries to fit his new word into something he is doing. He also asks how to spell the words that he is hearing all the time too- which is fun too.

TODAY, was a good day on the radio, fun songs were on including " you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need! By the rolling stones. First of all James thought the band had a cool name and secondly, this song was perfect for them to listen to. They have been getting very demading lately so I thought it was fun to sing this song everytime they asked me for something! It is the little things in my world!!

Things are still crazy with 3, but we are getting by!