Weird.

I'll get to my title here in a bit.  But first, response to comments!  :D

2hotinhere and andly:  I love coffee!  In every shape and form -- even as ice cream!  YUM!  So, I can take it just about any way you can make it!  I actually use to drink it black all of the time and didn't get into adding any cream or anything until I was older and was introduced to Starbucks.  Starbuck's black coffee is AWFUL so I got to where I drank the sweetened and flavored.  Now I'm thinking it may be time to go back to plain ol' coffee.  I will still sweeten it, but I think I won't use creamer.  I will still use milk/cream in latte's, obviously, but I want to get back to enjoying coffee without it being so watered down!  So, coffee with sugar may be my new norm.  Going to try it out here in a bit.  :)  I'll get back to you on whether or not I can handle it now!  HA!

My weight this AM was 194.0 and that is what I am going to count this week.  Today is the Fall Festival and all that jazz, so I know my weight will be weird tomorrow.  We will be out of the house the good majority of the day and will probably eat dinner out.  Besides, I don't think I will be down.  Why?  Because my cycle started early.  Like, somewhere between 4 and 6 whole days.  I'm sorry if this is TMI, so skip over this whole paragraph if this sort of stuff bothers you.  Anyways, my cycle usually runs right at 30 days.  Sometimes 29 and sometimes 31, so an average of 30.  But this time, I started at 26 days.  I was afraid of that -- I ovulated early, too.  I can always tell.  I won't describe it, but I can always tell!  LOL  This explains the meltdown yesterday, back pain, etc.  At least now I know.  It's just weird!  This would also explain the lack of weightloss and the chocolate cravings.  And the way I was always feeling bloated.  It's just strange.

Yesterday was a good day.  I got a few things done around the house and then took the kiddos outside to burn off some steam.  We were outside until our ears were frozen!  We came in and I made home-made mac-n-cheese for the kiddos and then a pasta toss for the hubbs and I.  I love those!  I just saute up a bunch of veggies with a splash of oil and seasonings and then toss in some meat and the pasta.  YUM!  I accidentally spilled in too much thyme, but that ended up being a good mistake -- it was DELICIOUS!  A sprinkle of parm after and I swore I was in heaven!  After that, youngest got a bath, a bottle, and headed off for bed.  Oldest got to stay up later to look at the stars through his new telescope -- they had so much fun!  But it was a late night for all of us and I was glad to go to bed.  However, no more than had we gone to bed and youngest was up a hundred times.  I don't know what is going on with him -- I thought for sure he would be so tired that he would sleep straight through.  But nope.  I honestly thought I was going to have a fit just because I am so worn down I can hardly stand it.  I just don't know what to do to get this kid to sleep!  NOTHING has worked!!!  I'm getting to the end of what I can take.  Exhaustion is hard core set in and my body is starting to show it in odd ways.  I think these lines/bags under my eyes may be becoming permanent, too.  :(

Well, I guess I should be bringing this to an end.  I need to finish up some housework and get things ready to go here in a bit if we are able to go.  The hubbs is having lots of trouble with the truck and well, I don't know if he will be able to fix it today.  UGH.  Either way, sitting here isn't going to get anything done, so I'm going to go.  I'll try to catch up on some blogs later or tomorrow.  Have a good weekend!