House Thoughts:
In important updates, we got the rug from IKEA and it looked bad in our house. Andy took it back to IKEA and now we still have the same old rug. He did see another potential rug, but shipping is £35 and I am not paying £35 to potentially return a rug.
Someday we will go to IKEA and pick up this rug:
I moved our existing rug under our sofa, because I saw a picture on Elisabeth's blog and her room it looked so nice! Photos in the future because I just moved the furniture when writing this blog and it was dark and I don't feel like picking up any toys.
Budget Question
I have a budget question, for those who do budgeting. My husband and I share bank accounts and keep track of all our spending in the following budget categories.
Recently, one of us got a parking ticket. What budget should parking tickets go under?
Feeling Generally Behind on All The Things
This morning I updated our budget for September and uploaded August photos to Snapfish so I could work on photo albums. Usually I do budget around the second week of the month and I aim to upload photos in the first week of the month. Also, I am feeling a bit of ennui/dread (there must be a better word) about the August albums. We did so much in August - there are 177 photos! I can't believe how much we adventured and how many visitors and day trips we did. But also, I need to corral these all into the 4 kids albums and 1 family album and it feels like a lot.
I also feel like I'm not staying on top of things that make my life easier - for example I went to the office on Wednesday. On Tuesday evening I went to the gym with my gym friend and got home late and hungry, ate a salad, watched a mountain biking video with andy, took a shower and went to bed. on Wednesday morning Andy was doing a peloton ride so I had to get kids up and get breakfast sorted, and also pick out clothes and pack for work. The clothes I picked were not a good combo, because I was tired and getting dressed in the near-dark. I only realized how silly the dress-tights-trainers look was when I was in the toilet at work and saw myself in a full length mirror. I could have picked a better outfit if I had picked one the night before. I also didn't pack food, so spent £7 on coffee and a sandwich.
Wednesday evening we did our
FLOM and I was so tired I could barely think of food choices for the week. The FLOM finished when we both couldn't focus on anything and went to bed.
Running Thoughts
I am not sure running is very good for me. I think the net result of my training is that I am tired all the time, I am very hungry, I crave sugar and chocolate, and I have gained 5 lbs. I'm not doing running to lose weight, I am doing it because I (nominally) like it, but I think I would be much better off not running.
This is kind of good, because the weather has been 100% against me for the last two weeks. I did 38 minutes of my 45 minute run progression run on Tuesday. I did not run Wednesday or Thursday. I will run tomorrow (Friday) and definitely do a long run on Sunday.
I'm starting to look forward to my post-half marathon sport revamp. I want to do more Peloton rides and a Peloton Strength programme. I'll also keep going to the gym with my gym buddy and with my NEW gym buddy (I mean, she's my sport buddy of years but recently we have started to try and lift heavy Sh*t together after she read a Stacy Sims book and I am just keen for any sport all the time.) I would still like to do a long run once a week, but maybe I will *only* do a long run once a week and keep the rest of my weekly sport more... not running.
Weekend Adventures/Weekend Survival
On Saturday Andy is going biking all day (and taking the car!) which means I've got 4 kids and no car. It is his 40th birthday present but I am also pretty concerned about how the day will go, but I wasn't ahead enough to make any play date plans, or try to sort out someone taking one of the kids somewhere... so it's me and 4 kids and no car.
He said one of his friends might be able to drive (he's driving all his friends) but I am fairly sure that all their wives do not want to be left at home all day without a car.
On Monday I texted a friend I haven't seen for ages and in the middle of a longer text I said "if you're around this weekend I'm solo parenting without a car and it would be great to see you if you're free for a catch up/play date?" They hearted the text but I am not sure if that means they are keen for a play date? I need to figure out how to ask again... perhaps I should have been more specific on a time... but also hanging out with me is kind of the worst when I am trying to watch 4 kids so maybe a play date is not a great idea anyways. Two year old are hard. Two two year olds are extra hard.
There are also lots of good things
- Going into the office was great, and I got to go out to pizza with my new team and they seemed very happy that I have joined them.
- Even though I complain about running, I am so happy I've been strong and healthy enough to run
- Our childcare situation is working so well at the moment. I did not realize having a nanny could be this good, she is so good with the twins and she also makes kid dinner twice a week and other super helpful things.
- The big kids are doing well with the school routine
- I may have found a cleaner to do fortnightly cleans (fingers crossed)
- My new job is going well (I think) and tomorrow I get to work out what I'm actually going to deliver in the first 3 months
- It might stop raining next week
What budget does a parking ticket go under? Are you feeling behind on all the things (is that just September energy)? Would you have a play date with twin 22 month olds (I recommend not).
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